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quaker bill

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Tue Oct-04-11 04:55 AM
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43. The 40 hour work week

was not obtained by "independent individuals", "trading for it". Most modern labor rights were obtained by collective demand by a movement. OWS, so far, is only a vague foreshadowing of the movement that gained these rights and benefits. People literally died to get these rights and a fair shake from the system. This is our actual past, you can even see it in the movies.

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