Providing a series of training sessions for the European Transport Workers' Federation allowed me and fellow members of the knowledge dissemination platform www.porteconomics.eu to develop and discuss ideas on the future of labour in ports. In my case, this took shape in the context of a global discussion on the viability of a 'post-work' future. The main claim of the 'post-work' advocates is that we need to move towards a society where work takes a less central place. While people will obviously continue to work, the goal of the post-work advocates is a reduction of (average) working hours and, lower levels of inequality and more financial security, even for those who only work limited hours. That may sound ridiculously optimistic, but both automation and the needed transition towards sustainability may force us to rethink the central position of work (and income) in society.
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