> On Dec 24, 2024, at 11:53 AM, Charlie via groups.io
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What should ILA boss Daggett and crew do to show "solidarity with future
> generations"? John replied, "15 hours work for 40 hours pay."
That's a non-productivist, ecosocialist demand, isn't it? Tom Walker and others
have voiced ideas such as that on marxmail. It's compelling to me because the
volume of trade is a big part of the global warming problem starting with
extraction, processing, manufacturing and shipping. That implies great hidden
costs that an effective taxing regime would address to put a price on the
environmental degradation that occurs along the supply chain. The 15-for-40, or
whatever kind of workweek reduction, skips the government and puts the money
into the workers' pockets.
> For dockworkers only? Who gets to be the dockworkers of the future?
Their children and everybody else. It sounds like a great job, and I expect
they will be in demand. It would likely be emulated by workers in other
industries.
> And if you are in touch with workers, you know that many would work two such
> jobs; not only for the money but because work is the center of your life.
Some will and some won't. So what?
Mark
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