Steve Potter's argument for a 35 hour week to cure unemployment was well put But by itself, the 35 hour week does nos always sound featible to workers as a real solution. We mail look at th reasons tor to. Otherwise. campaign will not inspire the workers movement as a whole.
Firstly, as Steve stresses, the demand for a 15-hour week demand It must operate throughout industry. On this basis, cranky Do possie to apore sac A quick bit of arithmetic shows this. if there are 20 million workers in Britain today. and unemployed, the working week must be reduced by roughly one-tenth to absorb the two million. That means if we reduced the average from 40 to 35 (that is 12% ts) we would more than absorb the unemployed.
Ar this level, the demand tor a:35 hour weck is a co of work sharing with no lows of pay. Take the total m amber of workers and share our the available work among them.
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