[Marxism] What’s wrong with a 30-hour work week? | Links

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By *Don Fitz*

May 30, 2009 -- With millions of jobs lost during the first part of 
2009, who is calling for a shorter work week to spread the work around? 
Not the Republicans. Not even the Democrats. But why is there nary a 
peep from unions?

In the US, the vehicle industry sets the pace for organised labour. The 
only discussion at the top levels of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) 
is how quickly the gains won during the last 50 years can be given back. 
Does the UAW have no memory of the 1930s and 1940s when a shorter work 
week was at centre of organising demands?

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