Reducing work-week
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In the period of high unemployment, people often think that a solution lies in spreading the amount of work more evenly. In Europe for example, many labor unions are proposing that the workweek be reduced so that more people will be a able to have jobs at the reduced hours. Do you agree or disagree with the idea of reducing the work-week? Why?
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In the period of high unemployment, people often think that a solution lies in spreading the amount of work more evenly. In Europe for example, many labor unions are proposing that the workweek be reduced so that more people will be a able to have jobs at the reduced hours. Do you agree or disagree with the idea of reducing the work-week? Why?
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I disagree with the idea of reducing the work-week because this will just increase the main issue. People with reduced work-weeks will have less hours that they are allowed to ...
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