|
WORKING DEMOCRACY
A shorter workweek As technology develops labor productivity rises, which means we can produce more in the same or shorter work time. Technology should therefore enable us to maintain the same or an improved standard of living with a shorter workweek. Yet the opposite is true today. Americans are working longer and harder than ever, with all the personal and family stress that overwork produces. Today technology is used by corporations to lower labor costs and increase profits, which harms rather than benefits the majority. Working Democracy puts control of technology in the hands of the people, to be used for the benefit of people. As our productivity continues to rise, the hours of work required to produce the goods and services we need will continue to fall, and the workweek of each worker can continue to be reduced. Work will continue to be an important part of our lives in defining who we are as individuals. But it won’t be the only part. With a shorter workweek we’ll have time to develop our other talents and personal potential. We’ll have time to be the best parents, students, friends and neighbors we can be. We will be complete, not one-dimensional, human beings. Best standard of living
|