< My point is that there are serious public policy consequences if you start having people work seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. >
Say that to newspaper boys and girls, they're up before 6a.m. 365-days a year and some of them are only 14 years old and younger, and then they turn around and go to school after it for about 7 hours a day, they're not hiring any class-action scumbag lawyers.
Since you're an apparent fan of 19th century employment law (see "Seven Day Workweek"), I'm guessing your problem with newspaper boys is that they're not out working in factories and coalmines...