Through out this whole history of labor leaders calling for a shorter workday, somehow the union bosses always assumed that the paycheck would stay big while work hours got small.I don't think they really gave a rat's ass about the paychecks. They were assuming the union dues would stay the same, and the companies would have to hire more workers, so there'd be more of them.
Union bosses caring more about dues than paychecks? I'm shocked. Shocked!