On 3/2/2014 7:23 PM, sf wrote:

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>> Unions fought long and hard for better working conditions. The six day
>> and finally the five day work week was a big part of what they did so
>> we'd nearly all have the common days off.
>
> You clearly don't know anything about the union movement. Unions were
> not fighting for common days off, they fought to limit workdays to 8
> and a 40 hour maximum work week.
>
>
Seems they pretty much made it Saturday and Sunday though. I wonder why
they did not pick Tuesday and Thursday.