Actually average hours worked per week have been steadily reducing for a century, not that it feels like it if you're one of the workers. As you would expect American's hours have been reducing less steeply than pretty much every other developed nation...
emefluence on January 7th, 2018 at 01:46 UTC »
Actually average hours worked per week have been steadily reducing for a century, not that it feels like it if you're one of the workers. As you would expect American's hours have been reducing less steeply than pretty much every other developed nation...
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/520f885769bedd321c000019/check-out-how-much-the-average-american-works-each-year-compared-to-the-french-the-germans-and-the-koreans.jpg
Verdict_US on January 7th, 2018 at 04:08 UTC »
Yes it has, but not the way you're thinking.
Manager looks at balance sheet and realizes production is so high he can lower labor by 40 hours a week. So he fires someone.
Now collectively the workforce is working 40 less hours per week.
Gans_Ruedi_Higer on January 7th, 2018 at 04:16 UTC »
Or making more money.
Minimum wage in the 70's is equivalent to 18/hr today when adjusted for inflation