eight hour day
Typical work shift
The eight hour day is the labor standard dividing the day into thirds: eight hours work, eight hours rest, eight hours for what you will.
A central demand of 19th-century labor movements, it became law in many countries during the 20th century.
The phrase appears in discussions of workplace rights and union history: The eight hour day was won through decades of organizing.
- workdayStandard labor period
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
- unionJoining into one
shift · time clock · punch card · factory · movement · reform · strike · fair wage · wages · clock · punch · commute · lunch break · schedule · forty · weekend · work life balance · rest
- labor movementsgeneral strike, general strikes, labor strikes, picket lines, unionization
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
- Progressive EraTheodore Roosevelt, progressivism, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, trust busting
eight hour dayovertime
Work beyond scheduled hours
dawn to dusk · double shift · around the clock · part-time · 24/7
eight hour daymandatory overtime
Required work beyond standard hours
forced overtime · exploitation · child labor · wage slavery · gig economy
eight hour dayhustle culture
Celebrating relentless career ambition
always on · burnout culture · presenteeism · rise and grind · crunch time