Saturday Half-Days and the Battle for Rest
Rest was not gifted to workers. It was fought for. When managers quietly surrender their own weekends, the six-day week returns in a new form.
The Safety First Sign and the Performance of Care
In 1906, US Steel launched the Safety First campaign after years of factory deaths. But the invention of the Safety Inspector wasn't about caring for workers. It was about reducing the time cost of accidents. Explore how this history connects to modern managers who lead with Heart™ and lose their calendars to emotional safety theater.
The End of Child Labor: When We Traded Hands for Minds
In the late 19th century, children were the ideal industrial workers. They were small enough to crawl under moving looms to clear jams and compliant enough to accept wages that were a fraction of an adult's pay.
The Paymaster’s Secret: Why Your Salary History is a 100-Year-Old Trap
In 1919, the staff at Vanity Fair was handed a memorandum that would feel like a threat to the modern manager. It forbade employees from discussing their salaries. In response, writers like Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker didn't just complain; they walked into the office with their salaries written on signs hanging from their necks.
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