EU labour ministers discussing 65 hour week work time!

[Herman]

The bastards are deciding that it's more "flexible" for workers to have on average 11-12 hours per day of work.

Check it here: http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/ministers-seek-deal-key-eu-labour-laws/article-173035?Ref=RSS

And this is from a bourgeois source!

[Kwisatz Haderach]

"Under no circumstances should workers have to work more than 78 hours a week."

Oh, I see, they're trying to sell this as a favour to European workers - we'll have to work only 11-13 hours a day.

What. The. Fuck.

[Coggeh]

SICKENING ! well lisbon can go f**k itself now .

[KC]

These are the exact same reasons behind the original 12+ hour work day.

[punisa]

If you do some basic math: proposed working hours + sleep time + get to/from work + take a piss = 24 hours

You think such people will have time to get acquainted with Marxist writings? As long as "day" is still 24 hours - NO !
Call it a conspiracy theory if you wish, but it makes much sense to me. Global capitalist system is systematically defending itself.

[Coggeh]

We should try and get alot of discussion on this , in Ireland we could use this quickly to push for a no vote , however we need to elaborate just exactly what the EU are doing here , because i can't for the life of me understand that article , anyone wanna help me out here ? :confused:

[Coggeh]

So is this the jist of it , their were no laws on the regulation of agency working times , so the EU regulated it and made it 65 hours a week ?

[Herman]

Pretty much. This is a step back in social gains! It must be opposed EVERYWHERE!

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

This is utterly ludicrous. It denies anyone the persuit of recreation or relaxation, turning working people even more in to drones concerned only with arbitrary labour.

It's not a great incentive from the same sort of people who trying to tackle obesity epidemics.