Re: [Pen-l] Beijing statement on democratic economic reforms

[fmoseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Sandwichman, I agree with you about the working day.
Not so much as a solution to the financial crisis,
but rather as one way to mitigate the adverse effects
of the coming depression on workers.

A question for you:  could you give some examples of "labour law 
reforms aimed at extending hours of work"?

Thanks,
Fred


Quoting Sandwichman <lumpoflabor@xxxxxxxxx>:

> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:44 AM,  <fmoseley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Any ideas?
>
> The single proposal dealing with the hours of work took a remarkably
> defensive stance. Rather than calling for the reduction of working
> time ("the limitation of the working day") it simply called for an end
> to reforms aimed as extending hours."
>
> "Stop labour law reforms aimed at extending hours of work and making
> it easier for employers to fire or retrench workers."
>
> Well, excuuuuse me, but this strikes the ol' Sandwichman as passive to
> the point of inert. But I won't pretend to be surprised. Reduction of
> the hours of work, once the conditio sine qua non of the workers'
> movement has become the elephant in the room, about which one must not
> speak.
>
> http://econospeak.blogspot.com/2008/10/elephants-room.html
>
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