last century we fought to make the standard week 38 hours.
That's true, but when that happened our hourly rate went up and we lost no money. In a lot of cases, including where I worked at the time, we kept working 40 hours and accumulated the extra time and had a day off every month hence the RDO. But the whole thing is we didnt work less hours for less money, we worked less hours for the same money.
