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Yes, we bloody should. Nurses and doctors are often called full-time at 32 hours. It's time to make that official, and stop burning our our medical folk. Mak
by octokatt 4y ago
Yes, we bloody should.
Nurses and doctors are often called full-time at 32 hours. It's time to make that official, and stop burning our our medical folk. Making medicine into a calling only, and it's practitioners martyrs, helps no one.
Likewise, two grocery store workers should be able to raise children together and live a meaningful life. Since we're no longer paying people well enough to support a family with forty hours of labor, the least we can do is make it possible with sixty.
- lynguist 4y agoBloody yes! But the bloody contract of society was shifted in 1980 from welfare of society to maximizing financial gains of CEOs and dividends of shareholders. And the economical performance dropped in result of it! The compounded rate of return dropped!! [1] It’s about time they paid us back. When air traffic controllers demanded a 32hr week in order to stop burning out, the entire guild of ATCs in America was sacrificed on the altar by President Reagan! [2] [1]: https://www.cringely.com/2018/02/26/win-lose-wall-street-screwed-middle-class/ https://www.cringely.com/2018/02/26/win-lose-wall-street-scr... [2]: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1025018833/looking-back-on-when-president-reagan-fired-air-traffic-controllers https://www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1025018833/looking-back-on-wh...