Labor Day fun facts First five-day week The first five-day week in - TopicsExpress



          

Labor Day fun facts First five-day week The first five-day week in America was put in place by a New England spinning mill in 1908 to accommodate its Jewish workers, who had trouble observing the Sabbath under the traditional six-day work week. If they took Saturday off and worked Sunday, they risked offending the Christian majority, and to work on Saturday was a violation of their own religious beliefs.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:31:44 +0000

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