Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >... Cutting hours IS defending wages. ... Cutting hours is the best way to >defend wages.<
Currently, in the real world, cutting hours is quite distinct from defending wages. The work-week has been cut without raising the hourly wage rate to keep weekly wages constant. With the shrinkage of overtime work and thus the non-payment of overtime wages, this reduces the average wage. In addition, we see the rising prevalence of wage cuts and unpaid time. (On average in the data, the effect on wages is counteracted by the fact that lower-wage workers are most likely to be laid off or fired.) > Why not include cutting hours as part of your frequent talks to community > groups? And please tell us about the reaction? I'll think about it. The problem is that cutting hours (with a concomitant rise in hourly pay) has never been popular with the middle-class groups I usually speak to. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
