54 Hour Work Week Statement, Lunn & Sweet Company, Auburn, Maine, 1916. Maine State Museum. Gift of Caroline Lumbard, 87.62.1.
54 Hour Work Week Statement, Lunn & Sweet Company, Auburn, Maine, 1916. Maine State Museum. Gift of Caroline Lumbard, 87.62.1.
In late 1916, owners at the Lunn & Sweet Shoe company distributed this document in response to Maine's new 54 hour-a-week law. This law only applied to women and children under 16. The note reminds workers that they argued that a shortened work week would make them more productive. It states that they will not receive a pay cut if they can produce the same amount of shoes in 54 hours as they could in over 60 hours a week.