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Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day work week (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 241 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We should already be on a fucking 3 day with increased pay with how much productivity has gone up, instead we're just getting ass raped harder and harder while rich assholes keep getting richer and richer with no end in sight.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I read the following sentence a day ago and it's stuck with me:

    We europeans shouldn't laugh at the suffering of the American people, just because we get fucked in the ass with slightly more lube.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    12.2% of US workers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. In Europe the lowest rate is Greece at 14.2%, but most other countries are much, much higher. Right-wing Hungary is at 21.8%. Bend-over-backwards-for-US-tech-companies Ireland is at 34%. The home of the bankers, Switzerland, is at 45%. No other European country is below 50%, and the biggest economies France is at 98%, Germany is at 80% and Italy is at 100%.

    Europeans may not be fully satisfied with the balance of power between corporations and workers. But, it is doing so much better than the US.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    with how much productivity has gone up

    How has productivity gone up?

    We should already be on a fucking 3 day

    Are you aware how the 5-day work week happened? It wasn't something that workers just got when it started to make sense. There were literal street battles between striking unionized workers and cops. People were hanged by the government. It took decades.

    If you want that change to happen, you need to form or join a union. Right now in the US only 12.2% of workers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. That's the 4th lowest in the OECD, with only Mexico, Costa Rica and Turkey lower. Canada is at 31%. Switzerland, one of the most right-wing countries in Europe is at 45%. Spain is at 80%, France is at 98% and Italy is at 100%.

    Once people are covered by CBAs, the unions need to flex their power and go on strike.

    Complaining on the Internet is not going to cause the situation to change.

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