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Germany: towards 32 hour week - "It represents a fairer distribution of the wealth created by productivity gains in the industry created by the workers" (www.industriall-union.org)

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"For far too long, the lion's share of the benefits from our increased efficiency has gone to the top, sidelining those who are at the very heart of this production. It's time to level the playing field, ensuring that our workers directly benefit from these advancements by offering them improved working conditions and an enhanced quality of life."

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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I had a parent in the teamsters. My SO's family is largely in trucking as well. So I have sympathy and some ideas of what they're dealing with. Realistically we should be working to replace most long haul trucks with trains. More cost effective, efficient and safer.

On the short haul side, there's little reason most couldn't be hourly. The biggest roadblock being inefficiencies of loading and unloading. Many sitting for hours. Burning time and fuel waiting to load. We can pay truck drivers more while having them work less. And not drastically impact staple goods etc. Recovering a fraction of the value capitalists steal could more than cover that alone.