No work on Friday

Overtime: Why We Need A Shorter Working Week

Editor's recommendation
Getting rid of hard labor and reducing working hours is never won without a fight!
Friday off work in the 21st century is like the weekend in the 20th century. A sonorous and earnest manifesto——
It reminds us that slavery has not yet disappeared from the world, and we have become lifelong slaves in a society where work is paramount.
A radical and pragmatic declaration
It calls on us that in the years ahead, revitalizing the long-standing demand for shorter working hours should be at the heart of any progressive trajectory in our society; reduced working hours must be part of the next economic system.
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In this brilliant book, the author makes a very clear and persuasive case that shorter working hours are the path to greater sustainability, equality, and freedom.
—Kathy Weeks It’s no longer enough for the left to simply chant “jobs, jobs, jobs.” This book shows not only why a shorter workweek needs to be an integral part of a new deal for all workers, but also how to win it.
—Ellie May O'Hagan "This book is a rousing call to action for a shorter work week. … No victory for workers is without struggle. This is a crucial text for socialists trying to understand how the world of work is changing and how to imagine a world in which our lives are no longer dominated by work."
—Grace Blakely "The centuries-old struggle of workers to free themselves from the tyranny of work is resurfacing. Freedom from drudgery and reduced working hours were never won without a fight. This book will prove invaluable, not only in equipping those who want to understand that struggle but, more importantly, in equipping those who want to participate in it."
——John McDonnell●Brief Introduction○
Why do we need a shorter workweek? As precarity and low pay deepen into the job market, and work-related stress and exhaustion become widespread, it's clear that we need a new, radical approach to employment. The authors of this book propose a powerful and practical response: a shorter workweek.
In this regard, the author provides an analysis rooted in the radical tradition, explaining with a callous urgency and concern the significance of a shorter work week in the context of a capitalist economy, delving into the history and political implications of this idea, and calling on us to believe that a shorter work week can provide us with the possibility of building a more just and equitable society, a society based on collective freedom and human potential, both at the level of personal life and human prosperity and at the level of gender division of labor, environmental protection, and social justice.
In the years ahead, reactivating the long-held demand for shorter working hours should be at the heart of any progressive trajectory in our society.

2025-03-01

上海文艺出版社

Baideya

148

9787532191994