Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: The Reid on 21 Aug 2006 05:10 Following up to Hatunen >>are there still a lot of Americans who don't realise that? > >Well, there's George W Bush... surely he knows its not true! But doesn't say so. -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: Jordi on 21 Aug 2006 11:27 Tchiowa wrote: > > Claims that Americans don't get enough vacation were countered with > facts. People dropped out. (Kill file! Kill file! Troll!) > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/us/20vacation.html?ei=5090&en=b0c3d4ef1c1374c4&ex=1313726400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print "About 25 percent of American workers in the private sector do not get any paid vacation time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Another 33 percent will take only a seven-day vacation, including a weekend." As per the rest, your imagination, as usual. J.
From: Hatunen on 21 Aug 2006 14:27 On 21 Aug 2006 08:27:02 -0700, "Jordi" <jordi.uso(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Tchiowa wrote: >> >> Claims that Americans don't get enough vacation were countered with >> facts. People dropped out. (Kill file! Kill file! Troll!) >> > >http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/us/20vacation.html?ei=5090&en=b0c3d4ef1c1374c4&ex=1313726400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print > >"About 25 percent of American workers in the private sector do not get >any paid vacation time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Another >33 percent will take only a seven-day vacation, including a weekend." How does that work? They don't take the other weekend? Taking a vacation for a week means five days of not working and four days of weekend for a nine day total. >As per the rest, your imagination, as usual. My imagination is working on figuring out where the other two weekend days went. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: jordi.uso on 22 Aug 2006 02:55 Hatunen wrote: > On 21 Aug 2006 08:27:02 -0700, "Jordi" <jordi.uso(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > >"About 25 percent of American workers in the private sector do not get > >any paid vacation time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Another > >33 percent will take only a seven-day vacation, including a weekend." > > How does that work? They don't take the other weekend? Taking a > vacation for a week means five days of not working and four days > of weekend for a nine day total. At least here, that would be called a 7-day vacation (Monday - Sunday), the first weekend would be part of the last working week, Similarly, if you take a week vacation and the returning Monday is some kind of holiday, it would still be a 7-day vacation. J.
From: The Reid on 22 Aug 2006 05:25
Following up to Hatunen >How does that work? They don't take the other weekend? what are US "packages" like? Self catering here is usually by the 7 day week. Hotels of course by the day. (Possibly by week at peak times? I never go at peaks) -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" |