Union Perspectives

Work less but get paid the same while the employer gets more production out of the happy workers. If given three-days off a work week, most workers would be eager to see Monday morning roll around. I know this because I worked six years at a community college at 19 and one-half hours a week, Monday through Thursday with Thursdays being my shorter day. Most of the time I got the equivalent of an eight-hour day by planning and working smart; however, the college did not pay much for the specialized work I was doing. This concept works; one only has to look at the coding/web design/online interactive educational platform company, Treehouse. Its employees work four days a week with full pay and in return the company receives excellent work results with a high morale among the employees. Still the concept for all except the wages worked well. So if we, as a country, would pay all workers a living wage, such as $2,500 a month whether they work or not this would open many jobs for people w...