{"id":9690,"date":"2021-03-16T00:09:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T04:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2023-11-28T00:17:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:17:39","slug":"thank-god-its-thursday-the-four-day-workweek-some-want-to-bring-to-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=9690","title":{"rendered":"Thank God it’s Thursday: The four-day workweek some want to bring to the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Thank God it’s Thursday: The four-day workweek some want to bring to the U.S.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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As usual, this is presented as “cram 40 hours a week into 4 days”, so either work harder or longer:<\/p>\n

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“Workers may also face higher, not lower, levels of stress if the shorter workweek means they have to accomplish the same amount in a shorter amount of time, according to Allard Dembe, a retired Ohio State University public health professor who authored an op-ed arguing against the four-day week.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…AND reduce wages due to working 8 less hours:<\/p>\n

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“Critics warn the push for a four-day week could backfire with unintended consequences for workers, including by cutting their pay through shorter hours.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just we\u2019d mandate, \u2018Everybody has Friday off,\u2019 and tomorrow we would all move to a four-day week,\u201d Harper said. \u201cIt\u2019s obviously a gradual process \u2014 we want a gradual, steady, managed transition for all workers. We need to see that the gains from the economy can be shared not just in resources and money<\/em><\/strong>, but also in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BUT!!!! workers have NOT shared in the money, if this is to be believe (I know not if these are true):<\/p>\n

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This graph shows the same info (?) and adds changes in economic policy; again, usa. and i’m not sure of the differenced between “Real GDP per FTE, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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see also Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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