The Great Resignation is here. Workers are quitting in record numbers, demanding higher wages and better treatment. At the same time, a Reddit community called ‘antiwork’ is providing an outlet for frustrated employees, a platform to organise collective action, and a place to philosophise about a friendlier future of work. Where did this movement come from, and what’s behind the palpable discontent with the modern workplace? Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ --- Antiwork subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/antiwork More info on the productivity-pay gap from the Economic Policy Institute: https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ Chart showing latest quitting figures: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSQUR Declining working hours: https://ourworldindata.org/working-hours ... and also: https://eh.net/encyclopedia/hours-of-work-in-u-s-history/ History of US minimum wage graph: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDMINNFRWG Keynes’ essay from 1929: http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf Doreen's website: www.abolishwork.com Contributors: Anthony Klotz, Texas A&M University Doreen Ford, moderator of r/antiwork Sylvia Allegretto, University of California, Berkeley Benjamin Hunnicutt, University of Iowa Tom Hodgkinson, The Idler magazine (https://www.idler.co.uk/) Special thanks: David Frayne Autonomy (think tank) Further reading: Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber The Refusal of Work by David Frayne The Abolition of Work by Bob Black Work by James Sulzman — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change.