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From the Eight-Hour Day to the Four-Day Week: Book Launch and Discussion

September 16, 2025 6pm - 7pm

From the Eight-Hour Day to the Four-Day Week: Book Launch and Discussion

A discussion on how to win time away from work, from the eight-hour day to the four-day week, featuring ACTU President, Michele O'Neil.

Join union leaders and historian Sean Scalmer in discussion of his new book, A Fair Day's Work: The Quest to Win Back Time (Melbourne University Press). The book chronicles struggles to win time away from work, from the victories of Melbourne's stonemasons in the 1850s to contemporary struggles for a four-day week.

To be launched by:

Michele O'Neil, President ACTU

In conversation with:

Imogen Sturni, Branch Secretary, Victorian Branch Secretary, ASU Private Sector Branch

Madeleine Harradence, State Secretary, ANMF Victorian Branch

RSVP here.

Where
Solidarity Hall, Trades Hall
26 Lygon St
Carlton, VIC 3053
Australia
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Contact
Gemma Arnold
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