Kellogg's Six-hour DayTemple University Press, 1996 - 261 pages On December 1, 1930, W K Kellogg replaced the three daily eight-hour shifts in his cereal plant with four six-hour shifts. By adding on a new shift he created jobs. When World War II ended, Kellogg's managers abandoned the six-hour shift and began to define progress as more work for more people. This book documents the struggle of workers. |
Contents
Chapter One Kelloggs Liberation Capitalism | 13 |
Chapter Two The Struggle about Time | 46 |
Leisure in Battle Creek | 60 |
Unionization | 85 |
The Rise of the EightHour | 98 |
Chapter Seven Kellogg Workers Embrace the New Work | 133 |
Chapter Eight The SixHour Mavericks | 153 |
Chapter Nine The Death of SixHours | 182 |
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