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UPDATED
December 2000
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56hr to replace
40hr working week in Russia
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Downturn
in the global economy?
The economies of the “west” are at the height of a long economic
summer. Expansion of the
econo-mic ‘bubble’ is now slowing.
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What
the world needs now is a Shorter
WorkWeek!
How
will we transform the global economy and change in the 21st
century?
Will new technologies generate new jobs & new industries?
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The
Australian Labor Party – how long time beyond use by?
An ALP body called the ‘Six hour Day & Labour Day Committee’
has been meeting since 1855 to celebrate the progress made on the
matter of working hours.
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ACTU
accuses Federal government of being idle on shorter work hours
ACTU secretary Greg Combet says that while France has a 35 hour week
and all European countries are setting 48 hour caps on weekly work the
Howard/Reith government remains idle on the issue.
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Ford
Australia workers get
nine day fortnight, extra leave
Ford
vehicle builders, organized in the Australian Manufacturing Workers’
Union, gained a nine day fortnight in October and better leave
provisions as part of a 15% wage rise deal to April 2003.
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Koreans
workers fight to save jobs
Workers in Korea’s chaebols and public sector utilities are fighting
to retain jobs as Korea tries to restructure its economy under IMF
direction.
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Russian
workers strike at Putin laws & build solidarity with Mexican
workers
Unionists throughout Russia have
staged a 1st December protest against the Putin government’s
punitive new labour code. This
follows previous protests in May.
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U.S.
religious group calls for ‘free time / free people’ campaign
U.S. Jewish organization, the Shalom Centre has called on political,
economic and cultural leaders to reduce hours of work imposed on
people without reducing their income.
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Wollongong
SWWAC gets max coverage for S.W.W.
Wollongong SWAC scored a 2 page spread in the Illawarra Mercury and
interviews with supporters.
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Free
trade, fair trade, protection, and a world wide campaign for shorter
hours
Competition propels capitalism.
Fear of it, or the desire to get on top of it drives capitalist
enterprise.
It gobbles up the small & weak and pushes towards a global
economy ruled by monopolies & their supporting forces
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Australia
2000: it’s the working life
Recent surveys show many Australians in work are working longer hours
than ever before. Work figures show that on average those in work do a
41 hour week.
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Ideas
for a new economy: potential
users tool kit
In
the ‘info-’ age people work & live in new ways: in ‘technopoles/eco-villages’.
Info --> knowledge --> wisdom?
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