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With the political realignment, I guess it's not surprising that some politicians are trying to bring back the glory days again with New Deal ideas. Most peopl
by swalsh 5y ago
With the political realignment, I guess it's not surprising that some politicians are trying to bring back the glory days again with New Deal ideas. Most people can probably agree the 40 hour workweek is an outdated idea. But a 32 hour workweek is just a modification of an outdated idea. Not a modernization of it. I'm not quite sure what the modern version of a 40 hour workweek is, but it's not a shortening of it. I'd guess it's a change in default pay maybe ownership structures, and probably scheduling.
Honestly in my opinion, gig apps are a great start, but they suck at the moment in a similar way jobs before the new deal sucked. The worker needs more rights, they need more control of their pay. A New, New deal in my opinion would probably be giving employee rights to gig workers, who control their own time, and pay. And probably adding a basic income floor to prevent a race to the bottom.
- mLuby 5y ago> But a 32 hour workweek is just a modification of an outdated idea. Same with the $15 minimum wage. But it's a start.