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The Autonomy Institute
@Autonomy_Inst
Independent research institute rethinking economies in an age of crisis. Consultancy: helping firms run and evaluate shorter working week trials.
London, England
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Jun 8
    Read the report here: autonomy.work/portfolio/the-…
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    Zack Polanski
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    Jun 8
    Food prices could rise 170% by 2050 due to the climate crisis. People are already struggling to put food on the table while farmers and workers can't make ends meet. We need urgent action. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Nov 1, 2022
    🚨 New report 🚨 @Autonomy_UK analysis shows top 1% are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions in a single year as the bottom 10% are in *more than two decades* 📈 Find out more, exclusive in the @guardian 👇
    Enormous emissions gap between top 1% and poorest, study highlights
    From theguardian.com
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    May 22, 2019
    🚨🚨New paper out today! ‘The Ecological Limits of Work’ 🚨🚨 Using OECD and UN data, it finds: - If we had to move to within the planet’s 2° limit by adjusting our working time, the UK would need to work as little as 9 hours per week! (THREAD)
    Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis – study
    From theguardian.com
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    May 13, 2020
    We saw some discussion of cleaners, COVID and 'independence' this evening, so we ran off some charts on their situation. - Paid well below the poverty line. - Mostly female workforce. - The London workforce overwhelmingly rent. - 40 COVID mortalities reported so far.
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Feb 21, 2023
    📰 NEW FINDINGS The results of the largest @4Day_Week pilot are in and it has been a huge success for staff and the businesses involved. Revenue has increased Sick absences have been reduced 92% of businesses are continuing with the it ft.com/content/c8fba2…
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Jul 3, 2020
    🚨🚨NEW @Survation poll commissioned by Autonomy: Large majority of the public would like the government to explore the introduction of a four-day working week. 🚨🚨 Support- 63% Oppose 12% Neither - 20% Don’t know - 5%
    Majority of Tory voters want government to consider four-day working week
    From independent.co.uk
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Nov 20, 2019
    🚨NEW STUDY: what would the 32-hour working week in the public sector *really* cost? 👉It would cost less than 1/5 what the @CPSThinkTank and the @Conservatives have estimated. 👉It would create over 500,000 new full-time equivalent jobs in the sector. autonomy.work/portfolio/32ho…
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    May 7, 2024
    NEWS 🔊 Having demonstrated research impact at the highest level and worked with multiple governments, Autonomy has been granted institute status 🏛️ We are now 'The Autonomy Institute'.
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Jul 24, 2020
    ⌛️⏳NEW report out today⏳⌛️ Time for Change. A state-subsidised 4-day week in the struggling hospitality, arts and retail sectors can help retain thousands of jobs that could otherwise be lost due to Covid. Read more:
    'Spend billions kick-starting a four day week' to save jobs from coronavirus
    From mirror.co.uk
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Sep 30, 2021
    NEW POLLING: Would you support a £15 minimum wage in the UK? With @Survation.
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Aug 30, 2020
    💥💥NEW STUDY💥💥 Public Sector as Pioneer: shorter working weeks as the new gold standard. It would create between 300,000 and 500,000 new full-time equivalent jobs in the sector. It would cost around only £9bn (1% of public spending). Write up here:
    Four-day working week could create 500K new jobs in UK, study says
    From theguardian.com
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Jan 16, 2022
    🏫A Four Day Week In Schools🏫 Read about our new report on the issue of working time for teachers and why shorter hours might be the key to retention, recruitment, burn out + more. Including new interviews with staff + an employer in the sector: theguardian.com/education/2022…
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Mar 29, 2020
    🚨🚨NEW STUDY: we’ve mapped UK jobs according to potential risk of COVID-19 exposure. We’ve plotted our findings in interactive charts that make up our ‘Jobs at Risk Index’ (JARI) The gender and income findings are particularly stark:
    COVID-19: Which occupations are most at risk?
    From autonomy.work
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    The Autonomy Institute
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    Jun 17, 2021
    🚄🚄NEW REPORT🚄🚄 Claim the Commute - As we return to our offices, the question as to who pays for commuting should be re-opened. - Autonomy propose a scheme whereby employers meet staff halfway on fares. - New polling included. Explainer vid: autonomy.work/portfolio/clai…
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