<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Michel<div><br></div><div>A great historical source is Ben Hunnicutt's Work without End. His book on the Kellogg workers six hour day finds a less positive outcome.</div><div>My student, Anders Hayden, has written a very nice paper on France, which I attach here. I am also cc:ing Ben Hunnicutt who may have some good references on positive cases. Ben, any ideas?</div><div><br></div><div>Juliet</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div>On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Michel Bauwens wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Dear Juliet, Orsan, and friends,<br><br>Can anyone point to the historical experience with shorter working weeks (with keeping full pay)?<br><br>As far as I know, these experiences were very positive overall, but I'd like to see this confirmed with concrete references,<br>
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