Good points. Yes, an 8 hour work day. All that labor strife was prior to the formation of unions. And as bad as unions have become, they were necessary in their early days to provide the work force with fair wages and benefits. It’s long gotten out of hand and partly caused the slow death of the US auto industry. But it all gets back to the same problem; overt greed and control on the part of management, that is, bad management. And before anyone draws any conclusions, I am in senior management and once was in a union. And for all you white collar folks out there who’d never been in a union, you think you got your company benefits because you’re college educated? The reason you got your benefits was primarily due to the union work force demands prior; management figured it was easier to give the white collar work force benefits, and have some control over them, rather than the white collar work force also being unionized. Think about it.
I made a statement like this several months ago on a thread,how unions were necessary early on in the industrial revolution,and man i have to tell you i was hit from 17 different directions. I am glad the discourse here changed.