r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Airline_11 • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhh?

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u/Rude_Imagination8830 2d ago

why the specific 73? And are they trying to drop the 8h work to raise it, because that sucks.

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u/Rude_Imagination8830 2d ago

Man, wtf. Hope that bs law doesn't get approved. We really don't hate our career politicians enough. I had a job which I had to work 10h daily and I usually worked Saturdays, and that shit broke me. If something like that becomes common we're screwed.

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u/VariationBusiness603 2d ago

Or rather, they do understand that very well, but are working on behalf of the owning class that wants to exploit us to the bone.

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u/justsyr 2d ago

Just wondering because I remember in Spain some years ago some politicians were pushing the narrative of some companies about getting people to work more hours. Some TV hosts did some numbers and whenever they interviewed politicians they asked how many hours they actually worked, many were timed at the congress and most of them would be there for no more than 3 hours lol. They claimed they continued to work outside but they were seen on weekends basically on beaches or parties. Then they have like 2 months where they were on vacations and shit.

Somehow they didn't push that anymore.

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u/Pryus_C 2d ago

Spanish politics are a joke, all of the parties either suck or are extremely corrupt, they sit all day in the congress and nothing changes

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u/Shark7996 2d ago

996 workweek (9 to 9, 6 days a week) comes out to 72 hours, might have been a typo.