Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:19:52 +1000
From: Rob Schaap <rws-AT-comserver.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: Re: M-TH: UPS Strike


G'day all,

Good practical questions, Rakesh.

I'm particularly interested in this one:

>Is full time work a socialist  demand?

I think it is.  Given first world norms, the typical household requires a
minimum of one full-time wage to subsist.  Two part-time jobs generally
afford neither the security (eg. leave entitlements and, if bosses still
offer such things in the US, healthcare 'plans') nor the quantity of
dollars that one full-time wage does.  We should shout from the rooftops
what 'flexibility' actually means in this respect.

That said, the following question

>Should socialists fight against such big pay per hour differences between
>part-time and full-time employees?

becomes problematic, I s'pose.

Just wondering,
Rob.




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