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eight-hour day N

eight-hour day

восьмичасово́й рабо́чий день m

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The miners had asked for an eight-hour day and were awarded a nine-hour day instead of the standard ten hours then prevailing. en.wikipedia.org

Students have the same eight-hour schedule on each of the four days. en.wikipedia.org

Trains miscalculated and mixed the order and speed of the reels for the eight-hour movie. en.wikipedia.org

One is a 24-hour rest, and two eight-hour rests. en.wikipedia.org

Concentration of iodine in the air should not exceed 1 mg/m (eight-hour time-weighted average). en.wikipedia.org

Their trade union was the first in the world to win the eight-hour working day in 1855. en.wikipedia.org

The band worked eight-hour days for three weeks recording the album. en.wikipedia.org

The performance was an eight-hour endurance event in which sculptures were created from a tonne of animal meat and bones. en.wikipedia.org

For example, many are in favor of longer work hours such as three ten-hour days or four eight-hour days. en.wikipedia.org

Unions representing letter carriers and railway postal clerks won passage in 1888 of federal legislation mandating an eight-hour day for postal workers. en.wikipedia.org

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