Workers of the world...relax

[Justin Schwartz]

Folks in one chapter did an on-the-street survey picking about six of our
>planks (universal healthcare, right to a job, etc.) and asking whether 
>people
>supported them--the only one that DIDN'T get positive response (under 50%
>positive) was the shorter workweek.

Scary.


>
>One culprit here is that our oh-so-American job-based benefits system--of
>which health insurance is the most expensive part--provides greater
>incentives to U.S. employers to keep from adding more 'social security
>numbers'  hence all the overtime--forced or not.  In Europe there's
>considerably less pressure as a result of universal health systems and
>stronger national pension systems.

That's a materialist explanation.

jks

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