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(1)an eight-hour labor system
(2)The eight-hour labor system is a system that excludes holidays and prohibits workers from working more than eight hours a day, or 40 hours a week, to protect their health.
(3)At the time of the Industrial Revolution, the average working hours in the UK were 10-16 hours a day and only one holiday a week. In 121810, Robert Owen appealed for 10 hours of work a day and put it into practice at his New Lanark factory. In 1817, the slogan “8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of rest” was created with the aim of working 8 hours a day. As a result of Owen’s movement, the British government enacted the Factory Act in 1833, which was insufficient, and the revision of the law in 1847 finally realized a 10-hour work restriction on juvenile and female workers. French workers won 12 hours a day only after the 1848 revolution. Early trade unions and Chartist movements appealed for better working conditions and shorter working hours.