Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoToo many non-working holidays in Americalemmy.worldimagemessage-square293linkfedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down19file-text
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageToo many non-working holidays in Americalemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square293linkfedilinkfile-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-up61arrow-down1·1 year agoRemember back in the middle ages, when everyone was sporting an axe and knew where the boss’s house was?
minus-squaressɐqɯnᗡ@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 year agoThey also had more days off back then, more time to sharpen that axe.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year 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-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoA lot less workers too to be fair (the plague more than did its work…), so it was a workers market
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoAnd worked a lot less than 40 hours a week
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year 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.
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.
A lot less workers too to be fair (the plague more than did its work…), so it was a workers market
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