Max, that's the biggest "unless" I can recall seeing. 40% of US
workers take no vacation, and the organization "Take Back Your Time"
celebrates October 24th each year as the day when US workers could
stop for the year and still equal the work year of Europeans.
Gene
On Dec 15, 2008, at 6:01 AM, Max Sawicky wrote:
It's short in geological time, but not if you accept that capitalism
is only about 200 years old.
Regarding the allegedly supine U.S. labor movement, the Euro movement
is arguably not supine though there isn't much difference in terms of
length of the work week. With the partial exception of France the
Europeans do not seem to have taken increased productivity in the form
of shorter hours, unless you take more vacation/sick leave as reduced
work week.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
61 years is a rather short period in historical terms. Hence concern
with the length is uncalled for and mere quibbling. And Gene's time
frame would link the present crisis to the resolution (Depression and
WW2) of the preceding one, which had immensely enhanced the power of
labor. Then the beginning of the 2d crisis is marked by capital's
counter-offensive, culminating in the Carter-Reagan presidency.
Interesting. I'm not arguing for Gene's hypothesis but mocking what
he
calls mere arm-waving at it.
Carrol
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