Working time and careers
At the TUC conference last week, the General Secretary Frances O'Grady offered a striking comparison, between the C19 struggle for the 8-hour day and what she sees as the equivalent struggle in this century - for a 4-day working week. Some commentators felt that her ambition was a little modest, as she put the target date for achievement only as the end of the century. But I think O'Grady is absolutely right to bring the issue of working time centre stage. (I'm anyway a fan of hers for showing such leadership on the People's Vote, but that's another issue. Well, actually, only partly another issue as the EU provides the…
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