Disputes over working hours have long pitted employees against employers in California, says Fred Glass, author and instructor in Labor and Community Studies at City College of San Francisco.
As a bill proposing a shortened four-day workweek has stalled in a committee in the state legislature, NBCLA chronicles some of the most contentious moments in California's labor history as outlined by Glass:An etching by Jos Sances, a Berkeley-based artist, shows work in the fields by native Americans.Native Californians, unbound by a work schedule, had worked based on the rhythm of the seasons - fishing, hunting, gathering, picking fruit.
The eight-hour day becomes law in California, making it the second state in the country with an eight-hour day law behind Illinois. But the law becomes unenforceable after the transcontinental railroad was finished from coast to coast in 1869.An eight-hour day for women in California becomes law under pressure by organized labor and the Women's Suffrage movement.The San Francisco General Strike results in an eight-hour day for dock workers along with increases in pay and a union hiring hall.
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