>John Lacny wrote:
>
>>Did anyone see the story on US working hours in today's Financial
>>Times? It points out that El Salvador, Indonesia, and Mongolia have
>>more mandatory paid leave time than the US. The front-page lead-in
>>to the story says:
>>
>>"No rest for Americans -- Though the president holidays like a Frenchman."
>>
>>Priceless!
>
>If we had a labor movement in the USA, that would be on a placard at
>a workers' demonstration.
I'm not sure. I've interviewed UAW people who say their members prefer long hours and lots of overtime to leisure.
Doug