Riva Poor was a management consultant who lobbied for a compressed workweek. Poor received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1970, when she started a public relations campaign calling for a work week which compressed its working time into fewer days. Her immediate goal, which was ultimately achieved, was repeal of the 8-hour workday provisions in the Walsh-Healey Act, a 1936 law requiring minimum labor standards in the production of goods, under contract, … Wikipedia
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