Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · edit-213 days agoToo many non-working holidays in Americalemmy.worldimagemessage-square278fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageToo many non-working holidays in Americalemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · edit-213 days agomessage-square278fedilinkfile-text
He actually said this 😲 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/juneteenth-trump-too-many-non-working-holidays/ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/20/economy/trump-too-many-holidays-economy
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoRemember back in the middle ages, when everyone was sporting an axe and knew where the boss’s house was?
minus-squaressɐqɯnᗡ@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThey also had more days off back then, more time to sharpen that axe.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 days agoA lot less workers too to be fair (the plague more than did its work…), so it was a workers market
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoMore holidays, but when you’re a subsistence farmer, those aren’t really days off, just days you don’t have to work for the rent.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoAnd worked a lot less than 40 hours a week
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agowell, worked less than 40hrs a week for an employer. They had a ton of shit to do at home, and if they weren’t married, doubly so. My grandma used to tell me stories of how long it would take to forage for food before refridgerators
Remember back in the middle ages, when everyone was sporting an axe and knew where the boss’s house was?
They also had more days off back then, more time to sharpen that axe.
A lot less workers too to be fair (the plague more than did its work…), so it was a workers market
More holidays, but when you’re a subsistence farmer, those aren’t really days off, just days you don’t have to work for the rent.
And worked a lot less than 40 hours a week
well, worked less than 40hrs a week for an employer. They had a ton of shit to do at home, and if they weren’t married, doubly so.
My grandma used to tell me stories of how long it would take to forage for food before refridgerators