Working Time and the Struggle for a Better Life

Autor(en)

Carina Altreiter, Franz Astleithner, Theresa Fibich

Abstrakt

The struggle over working time is historically linked to the struggle of workers to limit the exploitation of their labor power. The eight-hour-day was the proclaimed demand of the labor movement, and until the 1980s most Western industrialized nations gradually reduced length of the work day and work week. Since then, except for France, no significant advances can be observed, even though productivity has increased substantially. But the recent global economic crisis has put debates about the unequal distribution of work back on the agenda. Using Eurostat data, we discuss current working time developments in the European Union, and their relevance for challenging social inequalities.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Soziologie

Journal

Global Dialogue. Newsletter for the International Sociological Association

Band

6

Publikationsdatum

2016

ÖFOS 2012

504002 Arbeitssoziologie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/86a666a1-74e5-4134-a31a-a1dd1e8ce02f