Quaker Meeting House,
20 Nigel Playfair Avenue,
London W6 9JY
Saturday, May 25, from
2:00 pm
to
4:00 pm
Public Debate – ‘Is the reduction of working time a revolutionary measure?’
Yes: Simon Wigley (Labour Party)
No: Socialist Party (speaker tba)
Perhaps, this link might be helpful reading for this debate.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/22/working-fewer-hours-could-help-tackle-climate-crisis-study
"...People across Europe will need to work drastically fewer hours to avoid disastrous climate heating unless there is a radical decarbonising of the economy, according to a study.
The research, from thinktank Autonomy, shows workers in the UK would need to move to nine-hour weeks to keep the country on track to avoid more than 2C of heating at current carbon intensity levels. Similar reductions were found to be necessary in Sweden and Germany..."