For the leader of the Green
Youth, Katharina Stolla, the demand for a four-day week is also a
feminist project to achieve an equal society.
Berlin – “It is unfeminist to stick to the 40-hour week,” she told Stern.
You can’t work so much and take care of the children and household at
the same time, said Stolla. “As long as we don’t change that, the man
usually works full time. And the woman works less often and earns less
money or suffers from a massive double burden.”
Options such as
working time accounts or part-time work were not enough: “It’s something
completely different to say right from the start: We have a four-day
week that allows you to reconcile family and work,” said Stolla. “We
should remove this hurdle on the way to an equal society.” Stolla
demanded that a four-day week with full wage compensation become “the
standard” for all employees. “For example, I think 30 hours a week is
good,” she said.
“There has been a huge increase in productivity in the last few decades, so we should afford the four-day week.”
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