Those weren't the easiest of days

The workman, as a rule, works eight hours a day.

Laborers normally work 8 hours per day.

The workman, as a rule, works eight hours a day.

The workers were laid off for three weeks.

The laborer was layed off for 3 weeks.

The laborers were layed off for 3 weeks.

The workers. The striver's.

Nevertheless, there are ways to fix them without depending on public finance.

Right across much of the world

Workers put up with silly rules for a long time.

The tighter the government financing becomes, the more the citizens are burdened by increasing taxes.

Tom works long hours.

She quit her job because of the low pay and long hours.

People working for the machines monitored by other people working for the machines.

Other than a massive bill for overtime.

Most of them don't want to go back to the countryside, but they don't have the sense of belonging.

MAN ( on TV )

Richard Kimble.

What are these? Here I sit in a gang, construction worker, and and Professor nerd?

Instead of laying off these workers, why don't we just cut their hours?

I would like to show you how different the outcomes would be.

That manager often makes people work long hours.

It's a vocational training path.

Wasteful abusive and focused on labor productivity.

North America being a notable exception working hours have been coming down.

Let me write that down on the side here.

Also a really interesting company is Gore Tex.

So, we tried to take this what was perceived as a negative their over competitiveness, their, you know, long working hours and turn it into a positive and not run from it.

I did some quick calculations.

Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German a thousand.

The laborers are murmuring against their working conditions.

The workers are complaining about their working conditions.

The workers union called off their 24 hour strike today.

To cope with this problem, we had better quit working long hours, right?

Now she can't even give him the time of day. ( dramatic theme playing )

All construction workers.

This is not what you want to see.

They guaranteed regular employment to their workers.

The workers are complaining about the working conditions.

They are demanding shorter working hours.

But now it's turned around.

The other point is that it is hard.

And I've heard this story a number of times.

The workers are on strike.