A group that is working to end the mindset that dictates a 9-5/40 hour work week. Not a direct action group, but rather a think-tank aimed at creating ‘workable’ alternatives to work.
Web homepage: http://www.whywork.org/index.html
Email: bibiliophile@dangerous-minds.com
Spokespersons: D. Joanne Swanson and Sarah Nelson
Virtual
CLAWS is a nonprofit support
group, as well as a resource clearinghouse providing access to books and other
thought-provoking and inspirational materials. Our main purpose is to encourage
people to value leisure, re-think the Puritan work ethic and its derivatives,
and critically examine other work-related legacies of industrial capitalism.
Our group combines our energies and talents to encourage the spread of viable
alternatives to wage slavery. If you absolutely adore your job and don't know
what a wage slave is, congratulations - you're a rare bird, and this organization
probably isn't for you. We seek to transform the way people think about jobs,
work, and money in everyday life. We envision a new way of viewing "work".
For some of us, it connotes struggle, drudgery, obligation. For others, it simply
connotes use of energy toward a goal, whether financially remunerated or not.
Though we are focused on ideas and inspiration, our mission also involves fostering
the development of practical ways - both individual and social/political - to
create a satisfying, rich, and sustainable life outside of the capitalist, corporate-dominated,
profit-driven, 40-hours-a-week job norm. (“ Our goals and Mission ”
from
CLAWS - Creating Liveable Alternatives to Wage Slavery website)
Reform and construction of Alternatives
Non-violent, non-branded
tactic aimed at disrupting typical worker mindsets, as well as the creation
of information and strategies in order to combat meaningless work and drudgery.
The Leisure Party