40-Hour Week
A member of a Russian farm delegation visiting California asked a factory foreman how many hours the workers put in weokly and was amazed to hear about the 40-hour week. He pointed out that Soviet workers stayed on the job 70 hours. Replied the foreman : "You'd never get this crew to work 70 hours. They re a lumch of Commies."
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Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 196, 28 October 1955, Page 7
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6240-Hour Week Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 196, 28 October 1955, Page 7
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