Table 1 a Persons. b Organisations. c Examples.

From: Too good to be true: the English-language discourse of working time reductions and its implications for environmental sustainability

Name

Number of articles mentioning (N = 3617)

Number of times mentioned

Role

a

Mark Takano

155

366

politician

Juliet Schor

136

310

author, researcher

Andrew Barnes

104

254

4DWG campaigner

Henry Ford

124

192

historical figure

Joe Ryle

116

184

4DWC campaigner

John Maynard Keynes

84

149

historical figure

Charlotte Lockhart

69

129

4DWG campaigner

Will Stronge

89

127

Autonomy researcher

Joe O’Connor

58

120

4DWG campaigner

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

43

113

4DWG campaigner

b

Name

Number of articles mentioning (N = 3617)

Number of times mentioned

Role

4 Day Week Global

469

739

 

Autonomy

398

530

 

Boston College

344

420

workplace of Juliet Schor

Cambridge University

219

251

researchers studied 4DWC trials

4 Day Week Campaign

170

201

 

Oxford University

131

136

researchers studied 4DWC trials

Alda (Iceland)

64

116

organised WTRs in Iceland

SNP (Scottish National Party)

49

103

 

Labour Party (UK)

63

88

 

IG Metall (Germany)

36

70

largest trade union in Europe

c

Example

Number of articles mentioning (N = 3617)

Number of times mentioned

Conditions of WTR/4-day scheme

Iceland (2014–2021)

648

1183

reduction to 35–36 h per week in trial, no pay loss, no production loss targeted

Microsoft Japan (2019)

381

547

Fridays off, no pay loss, productivity growth

Unilever (2020-)

215

378

100:80:100, trial in NZ, extended to AUS

Belgium (2022-)

182

306

work compression, not WTR

Kickstarter (2021-)

156

257

100:80:100

Perpetual Guardian (2018-)

132

172

100:80:100

(CEO leads 4DWG)

UAE (2022-)

120

496

4.5 day week for public employees - no pay loss

Atom Bank (UK)

91

221

100:80:100 (4DWC trial)

Bolt (tech company SF, USA)

80

212

100:80:100

Panasonic

63

103

unspecified conditions (announcement of WTR without details)