"In the meanwhile, U.S. “realists” managed to stifle all progress. The trade-union movement had run out of steam. Business, under the thumb of Wall Street money managers, was focused on improved quarterly earnings and pumped-up CEO pay. Government, fiscally irresponsible, never seriously considered any measure that would threaten its taxpayer-supported revenue stream. The last serious attempt to enact shorter-workweek legislation in the United States was Rep. John Conyers’ bill introduced in April 1985."
^^^^ CB: Yes, The Income and Jobs Action Act HR 1398. Cosponsored with Rep. Charles Hayes of Chicago. It had a number of other provisions. Above is in "We Need to Unlearn the Economic Lessons of the Great Depression" by William McGaughey http://www.shorterworkweek.com/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
