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full screen Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar opening speech at the Left Party congress in Jönköping. Photo: Anders Wiklund / TT
The Left Party wants to shorten working hours with the goal of getting down to a six-hour working day.
– We really have to start taking steps for this, says V leader Nooshi Dadgostar.
The Left Party kicks off its party congress in Jönköping on Wednesday. In front of upwards of 600 leftists, the Left Leader proposes in his introductory speech a shortening of working hours – to applause.
– The 40-hour week is outdated, outdated, old. The more we have shortened working hours, the more productivity has increased, she says.
– It is not enough to talk, we need to start the work.
V wants to appoint a parliamentary committee which, together with the parties, will put forward proposals for a sharp shortening of working hours.
– We have done it before, we know it works. Our goal is a six-hour working day, now it’s time to get started, says Nooshi Dadgostar.
The main issue during the five-day congress is to hammer out a completely new party program. It is the first time it has been done in 20 years.
The protests have been loud against the program commission’s proposal. Many members have not recognized the language intended to attract wider constituencies.
The criticism meant that the program commission had to back down even before the congress started and sharpen formulations about socialism and capitalism.
– During these days, we must clarify which party we need to be in order for us to be able to change in the very times we live in, says Nooshi Dadgostar.
– Anyone who looks too much in the rearview mirror and hangs on to old battles always risks losing the battles that lie ahead.