DEMANDS for a four-day working week with no loss in pay were backed by delegates at the TUC’s annual Congress today.
The University and College Union’s (UCU) motion, passed without opposition at the virtual event, called for a three-day weekend with no reductions in wages so workers could make the most of more leisure time.
The union said the move echoes labour movement demands in the 19th century for “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will” and that people deserved nothing less after the coronavirus crisis.
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