“Eight hours work, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest” – Robert Owen (1817 welsh mill owner and labor rights
activist). The shortening from nine to eight hours, that is, a cutting of more than 10 percent, did not involve a reduction of the
day’s product but an increase (Ernst Abbe, the head of one of the greatest German company). Henry Ford (founder of ford
motor company) found that his workers were actually more productive working 40 hrs per week (1926).