workers of the world...relax

[Cliff Staples]

Has anyone asked them if they would like what they get in a week with 
overtime for only working 40, or 30 hours a week?  As I recall, such 
proposals (I recall liking Rifkin's discussion in The End of Work) 
typically involved the same, or more, pay for less work, the increase 
coming straight from capital's share.  I still don't understand why any 
Democrat (okay, who is not affiliated with the DLC) doesn't get up and
back such a proposal, have talking points handy to beat back the charges of 
"class warfare" and get on with it.

At 01:01 PM 9/30/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Some like overtime, but forced overtime was a big issue among workers.
>
>On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:48:24PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> > joanna bujes wrote:
> >
> > >1) Because there's no large, organized labor movement?
> >
> > UAW leaders wanted to make an issue of overtime, but there was no
> > interest in it among the rank and file. Quite the contrary, the
> > workers liked putting in long weeks and pulling down $100k/yr.
> >
> > Doug
>
>--
>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>Chico, CA 95929
>
>Tel. 530-898-5321
>E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
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