Economy manifests as hell agree with the proposal of the working time of four hours, though, from what I see, disagree about how to get it.
is worth appreciating that in the midst of this collective madness, an economist has the sense to recognize that continuing to work twelve hours a day, as does most people, when today our productivity is 6 or 7 times that was when they won the eight-hour day, is absolutely insane.
The problem is, as "Mil Demonios" that those who deserve to work less are only those with high productivity, and not those who, like us Peruvians, we have still very low.
I heard many times that argument, in my opinion wrong. Productivity differences between workmen and others, such as exist between countries and others, are expressed at different levels of pay. Highly skilled workers are, of course, higher wages than low grade.
What is wrong is to pretend that the least skilled workers have longer working hours, to compensate for lower productivity. If that is done, the result is a domino effect that ends up prolonging the time of all.
That is exactly what has been happening in recent years, since the famous Asia Tigers began work on 12-hour days, which generated enormous pressure on the competitive world market (now globalized), pressure was exerted on European workers in way fare progressively robbing labor gains (under the threat of "offshoring"). The end result was the introduction in Europe of the working week from 60 to 65 hours, which, incidentally, has been thrown into the basket the 35 hours were imposed at some time in France and Germany.
can not think that highly qualified workers reduce their hours in a sustainable manner if at the same time the least skilled do not reduce or, worse yet, the protracted, thereby offsetting the difference in productivity.
If I am a very efficient worker, and work eight hours, and suddenly a worker is less efficient (anywhere in the world), working twelve hours, you can match my output, and thus I am at risk of losing my work, what I can do?. I will have no choice but I also extend my working day (or reduce my salary, which does not desire), to prevent another employee (my competitor in the labor market) move me.
The working day can only be implemented universally, and even more in the current global economy. Thus, and not otherwise, were obtained eight hours in 1919. Economy
as hell seems to believe that there is no need for strike nor a universal standard, but the free choice of workers will tend, naturally, to work shorter hours.
Keynes thought the same over 80 years ago when he said: "Our grandchildren will work 3 hours a day." Today
Keynes's great-grandchildren (or great-grandchildren of the contemporaries of Keynes, if he had them) are working and do not in sessions of three hours, but twelve. Do you need more proof that, if not through organized action workers on strike (peacefully and democratically, of course), will not achieve the reduction of working hours to which we, too well, right?
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