Let's just ensure that if the 4-day week becomes standard, everybody gets a 20% raise so that their weekly pay stays the same. And also the minimum wage needs to increase by 20% for the same reason.
“How’s Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Working? ‘Incredibly Well,’ Study Says
The Iceland story offers a very different vision to countries across Europe that are grappling with low productivity but trying the same old failed methods," said one researcher. #commondreams #iceland #4dayworkweek #labor #europe
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hows-icelands-4-day-work-week-working-incredibly-well-study-says/
The benefits of a four-day workweek according to a champion of the trend
Q: Why should organizations switch to a four-day workweek?
A: The bigger question is, why shouldn’t they?
Q: What kinds of work could potentially be dropped to increase productivity?
A: Meetings. We are addicted to meetings.
https://apnews.com/article/fourday-workweek-companies-stress-9ab1fa9371636cdbeaeaed32ac8c18dd
An interesting video on work:
We work more today than ever. Why?
My own answer to the question can be found here:
https://www.socred.org/s-c-action/social-credit-views/social-credit-and-the-four-day-work-week
@davekonopka Given how ubiquitous it's become in my daily process, I've never been more in favor of the 4 day work week.
#LaborDay #WorkersRights #4DayWorkWeek #UniversalHealthcare #AI #Automation: "Beyond that, we should be thinking about proactive moves too—the time has never been better to advocate for a 4-day workweek, for instance. We’re just taking the AI companies, who say they’re in the process of ushering in a sublime productivity revolution, at their word! What better way to ensure all workers, not just CEOs, share the benefits of this presumably enhanced efficiency? While we’re at it, the same case might be made to agitate for universal healthcare again, too. The case should be obvious: In a world of hyperabundance, everyone gets access to free healthcare. It should be the very first thing. Anything else is immoral. Otherwise you get Elysium.
This is simply to say, for the last two years, investors, policymakers, and corporate enterprises have taken the tech companies at their word when they’ve pitched AI as a revolutionary and transformative technology—they should be methodically pushed to support commensurate revolutionary and transformative social policies, then, no? Unless, of course, they want to admit that they are full of shit.
Now, look; this is of course a haphazard and deeply incomplete list of ideas, but again; what better time to get the ball rolling? There are more people, users, and workers thinking about technology and how it’s shaping their lives—and willing to push back openly when that shape is turning out worse—than anytime perhaps this century so far. Generative AI is in this sense a burden and a beacon; a vast and dull force embraced by management to automate and oppress creative work, that may yet spark a broader reimagining of how we coexist with technology in general. And how we want to make it work for us, and not the other way around."
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/this-labor-day-lets-consider-what
@DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss I wonder how the “opportunity economy” relates to the #4dayworkweek or #ubi .
Another compilation of #remote #jobboards that might help empower your job search if you're looking for work.
Do you use any of these already? Are there others you find are especially helpful or nicely designed? Always interested in hearing what people are *actually* using.
https://dev.to/bigsondev/7-best-remote-job-boards-to-land-your-next-dev-work-in-2024-53l0
5 reasons why Canada should consider moving to a 4-day work week
#Canada #Business #Work #Labour #Jobs #Workers #FourDayWeek #WorkingHours #4DayWorkWeek #Productivity #WorkLifeBalance #Sustainability
https://the-14.com/5-reasons-why-canada-should-consider-moving-to-a-4-day-work-week/
> “Employee churn is the most expensive productivity loss there is,” Dehlin said. “The fact we don’t have to retrain employees is a big deal.”