Appropriation or Utilization? The Ecological Dimension of Labor Conflicts
In the fall of 2022 several thousand Swiss construction workers went on strike. The sectoral employers’ association had demanded an increase in maximum weekly working hours to 58, alluding to a seemingly very peculiar reason: climate change. Currently, adverse weather delays 45 percent of construction projects globally; but climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of weather conditions causing such delays. More importantly...