John De Graaf, the film maker and force behind the movement to "Take Back Your Time" (conference in early August in Seattle) has a great bit in a speech he gives about working time. Recalling the Lawrence strike, with its slogan of "Bread and Roses" he contrasts that with "Bread and Butter" of today's labor movement. And he says that he is having useful conversations with labor.
Gene Coyle
Doug Henwood wrote:
Jim Devine wrote:
isn't the difference betwen European and Amurrican "tastes" for leisure really just a result of the greater success of labor and social-democratic movements in the latter?
In some sense, yes, but I remember interviewing someone from the UAW when I was first doing my radio show who said that the membership (unlike that of the CAW) wasn't at all interested in pressing for reduced work time. They wanted as much overtime as possible to bring their incomes up to $100,000.
Doug
