Kellogg's Six-hour Day

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Temple 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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