United Auto Workers strike for a 4-day week
The United Auto Workers has gone on strike against all three of the big automakers, and one of their demands is a 4-day week. Regardless of whether it
Juliet Schor at TED: “The 4-day week is a downpayment on a new way to live and work”
Juliet Schor's TED talk about the 4-day week is now online: I've been studying work since the 1980s, and I've never seen anything like what's happening today. Pandemic-fueled
Tory MP speaks out for the 4-day week
Sir Desmond Swayne, an MP from New Forest West, has released a statement in favor of trialing a 4-day week. “The demand for a shorter working week with
Friday #dayweekly roundup, 14 January 2022
Here are the companies that have announced moves to a 4-day week (or back from it, in a couple cases) this week. (You can read the previous post
Talking about the 4-day week on Better Life Lab’s “Crisis Conversations”
Last Friday I joined panel featuring Brigid Schulte, Manar Morales (Diversity and Flexibility Alliance President & CEO), Richard Gegick (leader of the Restaurant Opportunities Center), and Kendra Goodenough
Lynda Gratton: “we’ve inevitably broken the norm of working eight hours a day, five days a week”
Last year, when we could all still travel, I went to London do a Guardian Live event on the 4-day week. One of my fellow panelists was Lynda
The 4-day week and the shape of post-pandemic work in Asia
Recently in a number of countries, politicians have raised the idea of post-pandemic economies adopting a 4-day workweek as a way of boosting tourism and leisure spending, making
Harris Poll on the popularity of the 4-day week
The Harris Poll's CV19 Tracker recently included some questions about the 4-day week, and they provide a snapshot of American attitudes toward the idea of a shorter week:
“A shorter workweek could provide specific benefits during our economic recovery.”
Recently Justin Trudeau joined the chorus of national leaders who have spoken favorably about the 4-day week. Now, British Columbia Green Party politician Sonia Furstenau argues that "A
Talking about the 4-day week on TVO’s The Agenda
I’m on today’s broadcast of The Agenda, the Toronto news show, talking about the 4-day week. Sorry that the video is so small-- I wasn't able to