When will the 8-hour working day be implemented in China?

The origin of the 8-hour working system is that in the19th century, capitalists asked workers to work 14~ 16 hours, which caused many workers' dissatisfaction. Capitalists are not even satisfied, but continue to exploit the surplus value of workers. Some workers have worked for 18 hours. For a long time, workers' health has been greatly damaged, and their wages have been deducted, which has led to workers' strikes and shortened working hours.

In China, working hours used to be set at around eight to ten hours, and public officials implemented an eight-hour working system. The eight-hour working system is gradually accepted by more people, because it has many benefits, and working too long is very harmful to the health. In recent years, many workers died suddenly because of overwork.

After the implementation of the eight-hour work system, it can reduce the labor pressure and improve the labor efficiency of enterprises. At the same time, it meets the needs of reasonable labor. Excessive labor pressure will make society exhausted, and it is very likely that there will be another strike.

At present, many enterprises are implementing the "996" system, and employees are under great pressure, taking only one day off a week, working too long, having a heavy physical load, and easily causing diseases. And the eight-hour work system can give full play to the efficiency of employees. Overtime is essentially an overdraft of employees' energy and time, which reduces personal happiness, thus easily causing a growing gap between the rich and the poor in society.

The first factory to implement the eight-hour work system.

The first factory in human history to actively implement the eight-hour working system was Ford Motor Company, which opened in 19 14. To everyone's surprise, Ford, the boss who founded the company, not only strictly abided by the eight-hour working system, but even prohibited workers from working overtime in exchange for overtime pay.

Ford even made many speeches in the factory, asking workers to "spend more time with their wives and children and be competent husbands and fathers". He also promised that less overtime would not affect workers' wages-this is true. Ford paid workers $5 a day, twice as much as other American factories at that time.

Later, Ford even made a rule when recruiting: as long as a young man with a house comes to work, he won't recruit enough food, the whole family won't be hungry, and a bachelor with a lot of spare time.

But in fact, behind this "charity act" lies Ford's shrewd calculation as an entrepreneur: Ford's company was the first enterprise to introduce assembly line production, and it was in his hands that the factory completed the transformation from manual workshop production to assembly line mass production. This change means that the factory's requirements for workers have undergone a qualitative change-on the assembly line, every worker must be highly concentrated and constantly complete repetitive actions.

This work is very tiring, and there is no room for carelessness. Once the workers in one link make mistakes because of overwork, it is likely that all the products on that day will be scrapped. This loss cannot be made up by exploiting more workers to work overtime.