Freedom or toil: breaking down the notion of work The forced cessation of part of our activities during the Covid-19 pandemic has opened up discussions on our relationship with the workplace. Work and its role in our lives has become a preoccupation: many people want to rethink their work-life balance.
The contemporary capitalist model is marked by paltry wages, job insecurity and growing inequalities between the financial resources of the richest and least wealthy people in every society. This reality is accompanied by a recent awareness of the harmful consequences of certain activities on our physical but also mental health.
How can we transform our production methods and our lifestyles? Should we make work attractive, put ethics back at the heart of every profession, or demand the right to a basic minimum wage?