From: glevy@pratt.edu
Date: Wed Jul 02 2008 - 16:39:01 EDT
> Equal pay for equal labour does not mean equal pay per hour if there is > some objective basis for measuring the comparative performance of people > doing the same task. Hi Paul C: That, in practice, would set in motion a Taylorist dynamic which would only increase the intensity of work. This was something we have (unfortunate) experience from in the USSR. We have to remember that there will be a different *culture* regarding work and fellow workers (=comrades=citizens) in a socialist society. Hi Ian:: > I understand it well enough, which is why I think workers will in > general not want to pay each other an identical wage, since they know in > practice that not everyone acts equally. My comment above about a different culture under socialism is germaine. The current perceptions of workers reflect the divisions among workers under capitalism which will have to be surpassed before a revolutionary transformation can be brought about. > And surely this is better than ... imposing an equal wage? It'n not a matter of "imposing" an equal wage. It's a matter of building solidarity and _convincing_ workers that they are all equals in this new society. As I said before, a certain amount of inequality may be necessary *temporarily* as a practical matter, but we should strive over time to move beyond that. In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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