I got to this too late for the radio broadcast but read the liner notes, https://www.theragblog.com/michael-meeropol-labor-time-to-consider-a-four-day-workweek/
I know someone in their 30s who works in the building trades and has engineered a 30-hour workweek at 30 hours of pay, which is apparently enough to live comfortably on in some trades. This is a tradeoff that some gig workers also make today. You mention gig work in the 1970s. How about today's gig work? I think it's much different. thanks, Mark > On Sep 4, 2026, at 12:47, Michael Meeropol via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > HI ALL --- JULIE SCHOR has been doing research on how to reduce working hours > --- > > > > RAG RADIO TODAY! > 2-3 p.m. (CST) Friday > September 4, 2026 > Listen Live: KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin > Stream it at KOOP.org > > > Michael Meeropol > & Juliet B. Schor > on the benefits of a > Four-Day Work Week > > Michael Meeropol and Juliet B. Schor talk about Juliet B. Schor's new book, > Four Days a Week. Juliet B. Schor is an economist and Sociology Professor at > Boston College. She is the author of several books, including The Overworked > American, and has studied labor trends, economic inequality, consumerism, > housing, the relationship between work and family, and climate change. > Michael Meeropol, a frequent guest on Rag Radio, is Professor Emeritus of > economics at Western New England University. August 20, 2026 > TheRagBlog.com > Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor > MICHAEL MEEROPOL / LABOR / Time to Consider a Four-Day Workweek The Rag Blog > / August 20, 2026 > > About a month ago I received the following short article in my inbox from > Portside: It was entitled “America’s Workers Deserve a Four-Day Week.” > > This article took me back over 30 years to 1992 when that same author, Dr. > Juliet Schor of Harvard University, published an outstanding book entitled > The Overworked American. Back then I was blown away by the information and > conclusions of this book. Exploring Space City!: > Houston's Historic Underground Newspaper > > Edited by Thorne Dreyer, Alice Embree, Cam Duncan & Sherwood Bishop > "...lovingly crafted" -Robert Cottrell "...wonderful book" -Don Carleton > "...invaluable source of history" -Victoria Bynum > Learn more about it here. Buy it here. Celebrating The Rag: > Austin's Iconic Underground Newspaper > Edited by Thorne Dreyer, Alice Embree & Richard Croxdale > "A raucous, absorbing excursion back to the 1960s and '70s." -Kirkus > Reviews > Learn more about it here. Buy it here. Support The Rag Blog and Rag Radio > with a tax-deductible contribution. > Donate Subscribe to The Rag Blog and Rag Radio newsletter Subscribe The Rag > Blog is a nonprofit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists > committed to progressive social change. The Rag Blog is published by the New > Journalism Project, a Texas nonprofit with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. > > The New Journalism Project > PO Box 300276 > Austin TX 78705 > New Journalism Project | Website New Journalism Project | PO Box > 300276 | Austin, TX 78705 US > Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43283): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43283 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121092387/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
