Work Reform

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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.

Our Philosophies:

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.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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UK firms make four-day workweek permanent after world’s biggest trial (www.euronews.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12307563

A UK study shows work intensity remains lower and job satisfaction is higher during a four-day workweek.

The majority of companies in the United Kingdom that took part in the world’s largest study trialling a four-day workweek have made the policy permanent, with 100 per cent of managers and CEOs saying it had a “positive” impact on the organisation.

Some 61 organisations took part in the six-month pilot in 2022. The trial results were announced on Thursday with 89 per cent of companies still using the four-day workweek a year later and over half of the firms making the change permanent.

The study also showed that work intensity remains lower and job satisfaction is higher than before the pilot began with almost all the employees (96 per cent) saying their personal life had benefited, and 86 per cent said they felt they performed better at work.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In a forty-year career, that would work out to about 2000 extra days off, more than 5 1/2 cumulative years of work-free days.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same math, but that's 50 more days off a year, give or take. Most people would kill for that.

(I'm for the m-th, tu-f pair of weeks to get a 4 day every other weekend)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where do I do the killing?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I also wish to know.