normal working day, n.All

The Normal working day (n.) exists ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only as a fraction of the actual working day — and over a year it is rarer than the overtime that follows it.

The Normal working day (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the later reaction of a society threatened in the very sources of its life by the immoderate lengthening of the working day, and its length is fixed by law.

The Normal working day (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the outcome of a long and more or less hidden civil war between the capitalist class and the working class — the lone 'free' worker gives way without a fight.