*4 day work week, even lower wages

I've been noting the rise in the push for this from neolibs, generally proponents of Keynesianism.

  • Vampire [any]
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    3 years ago

    Worling time has been declining in many countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time

    Not sure about in China

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      chinas been doing a pretty big investment push on limiting workplace injuries as of late, usually through automation

      still has pretty standard working times similar to places in europe in the industrialized areas. farming in rural areas is regularly the issue for high working hours because only in some areas is it industrialized

    • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Standard working hours of countries worldwide are around 40 to 44 hours per week (but not everywhere: from 35 hours per week in France[2] to up to 112 hours per week in North Korean labor camps)

      Source? DC think tank :fedposting: says prisoners can work up to 16 hours a day. Wikipedia spooks say week 16*7 is 112 so that's the standard work week

        • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          And dude think about it that's just the standard week, imagine the longest one