Stupid click bait title. You won't believe what happens next.
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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- Better and fewer working hours.
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Results were good, morale improved. Dramatic? Yes. Surprising? No.
He fixes the cable?
Plumber fixes the issue.
What happens next?
My job does 4.5 days at full pay during summer, and it is so goddamn liberating. I actually have time to do things, I have more energy because I can take extra time to rest after completing my weekend tasks, I can get into doctors without missing work and having to make it up later. Genuinely, fighting for 4 day week, 8 hour days, and full 40 hour pay should be higher on the labor movements priority list, like it was when we won the 40 hour week in the first place.
The thing is, we aren't dying or getting maimed on a regular basis. We should fight harder, but the average person doesn't have anywhere near the same interest in improving working conditions as people in the start of the twentieth century.
I say this as someone who suggested unionizing at my previous company and there was zero interest. The place where I currently work is unionized, thank goodness.
We should deff push for it but let's be real the real reason why we don't get reduced hours despite higher productivity us because owners want to squeeze the plebs for every last drop of profit while maintaining a social control regime.
People who are not anxious and over worked will start asking the hard questions about their material conditions.
Parasite knows this won't end well for him.
So he decided to loot the slave until they can't and then they will go to hide I to their bunkers as the country burns.
And yet the normie sees nothing wrong thus far
Don't forget, when people have time and a little extra energy they will do things like vote, volunteer, develop themselves, improve their health, maybe run for office.
These are all counter to the strategy to run everyone ragged, keep them on the treadmill producing and consuming until they drop. People who are exhausted won't fight back.
It's amazing how even a 3 day weekend makes me more creative and energetic, and start thinking of my community and volunteering, then work comes back and i only look forward to the 5 hours before sleep again.
Full screen pop up ad after 5 seconds delay? Clickbait ass title? Newsweek is such a joke of a website now lmfao. Their business feels like it's actually just one dude, 30 aliases, and an LLM subscription at this point.
I currently work 4 ten hours days per week and I couldn't be happier
Same here. Its my favorite shift I've ever had.
I feel very lucky to work 4 10 hour days rather than 5 8s. Though, it does often feel like a waste of time when we all spend the last hour and a half taking.
Just wait until you try 3x12s. I could never go back.
What about 3x8 and we take back the means of production?
That's a whole different thing.
Seems pretty linked to me
That sounds horrendous. I'm already NOT productive for a full 8 hour day. Extending that to 12 isn't going to help anyone
It's really the best. Those three days are completely useless for anything other than work, though.
Do you have the same load of work with less work time?
For a lot of these jobs, no one really works for 4 hours non-stop, then lunch, then another 4 hours non-stop. They take breaks, get distracted, play on their phones, chat with coworkers, etc.
People are actually more productive during a shorter work week, so the same amount of work gets done, but psychologically it doesn't seem like more work.