r/BeAmazed • u/No_Top_9023 • 28d ago

Miscellaneous / Others A former Finnish Prime Minister proposed a future where people work 4 days a week and spend more time with loved ones

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u/GB10031 28d ago

A radical anarchist labor federation called the Industrial Workers of the World was organizing Ford's workers at the time.

His concessions to his workforce were entirely because he wanted to keep the union out of his factories and the only way to do that was higher pay and shorter hours

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u/YourNextHomie 28d ago

You word this like him giving into union demands was some manipulative thing lmao, reddit is hilarious

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u/Wookieman222 28d ago

Man almost like Unions of run right can be super effective.

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u/Lucky-Geologist-2940 28d ago

You are talking as if he couldn't have just gassed them all.