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My dipshit coworkers think trump will actually be good for unions. Mfers.
I'd like to add that 32 hour weeks is pretty much purely something that works for white collar work. It's considerably harder to implement in blue collar settings.
It’s not, really. It would be easy to implement at any company that makes a decent profit margin. Productivity goes up with shorter working hours, anyway.
That is pretty much entirely untrue with blue collar jobs. I'm working from the start to the end of my shift---working less or more hours as I do depending on the season doesn't change that. Pace stays about the same.
Slower production isn't just about profit margins--it's also about fulfilling your customers needs
Not true. The electricians in my area work 7 hour days and the sheet metal workers get every other Friday off.I know machinists who work 3 12s.
Are y'all in a union? If so, you should see if you and your friends could maybe schedule an appointment with an organizer at your Local, who might be able to walk these chuds through it.
We are already unionized, which tbh makes it worse.
It's part of my position as union stewards duty to walk these chuds through it
Bummer...
The mental gymnastics required to believe that hurt my brain.
Is the reason it wont work in blue collar settings that it'll inflate prices of stuff too high? Possible making the country fall back in a global stance on pricing on exports, etc (not competitive)?
Only other reason I can see is if they need people at the workplace 24/7, but they usually hire more people to make that schedule work (which in return ig increases prices of whatever they are producing).
Not "won't work". Considerably harder. Big difference. There's companies who have successfully implemented it in blue collar jobs.
But more put simple, it's that unlike white collar, output has a direct relationship with how many hours are worked, up to probably nearly 50, more or less depending on the job.
So, in practice it turned out that slower service was one of the largest problems with it.
Half of the benefit issue costs would go away with universal healthcare anyways.
Sure you can get more employees, but people who work don't magically appear
'preciate the edumacation. Definitely sounds like a harder problem to solve, good point on the universal healthcare, I'm sure that could save some money for companies, it'll make employees happie regardless to not have to worry about paying doctor bills.