A 4 Day Week: The Time is Now!
David Graeber
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Jul 19, 202610 October 2018
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Alice Martin, Carys Roberts, Aidan Harper, Will Stronge, Katja Kipping, David Graeber Session organised by: 4 Day Week Campaign, Autonomy, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Berlin The demand for a reduction of work is as old as the Labour movement itself. Generations of trade unionists and socialists knew th
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A panel at The World Transformed argues for a shorter working week as a route to better health, gender equality, productivity, climate benefits, and more democratic control over time. Speakers connect the issue to automation, care work, unions, basic income, and the politics of work, while debating enforcement, culture change, and how to protect low-paid and casual workers.
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