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Adventurer
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 Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:07 am Post subject: By the numbers: time poverty |
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Work By the numbers: time poverty
Last Updated October 24, 2006
CBC News
Every Oct. 24, we are encouraged to take back our time, which means not sweating it, going for a stroll, having an extra coffee break. The choice of Oct. 24 for Take Back Your Time Day goes back to Oct. 24, 1940 when U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act established the 40-hour work.
The phenomenon of overwork, despite all our labour-saving gizmos � automatic washing machines, dryers, garage openers, microwaves and fast-food � Canadians and Americans suffer from what has been called "time famine" or "time poverty."
It appears to be a North American ailment that hits Americans harder than Canadians, and much harder than Western Europeans.
Activists from the U.S., Canada and Britain met in Chicago in June 2004 for the founding conference of Take Back Your Time Day. John de Graaf is national coordinator of Take Back Your Time Day and has written many articles on overworked Americans.
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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In Depth
Work By the numbers: time poverty
Last Updated October 24, 2006
CBC News
Every Oct. 24, we are encouraged to take back our time, which means not sweating it, going for a stroll, having an extra coffee break. The choice of Oct. 24 for Take Back Your Time Day goes back to Oct. 24, 1940 when U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act established the 40-hour work.
The phenomenon of overwork, despite all our labour-saving gizmos — automatic washing machines, dryers, garage openers, microwaves and fast-food — Canadians and Americans suffer from what has been called "time famine" or "time poverty."
It appears to be a North American ailment that hits Americans harder than Canadians, and much harder than Western Europeans.
Activists from the U.S., Canada and Britain met in Chicago in June 2004 for the founding conference of Take Back Your Time Day. John de Graaf is national coordinator of Take Back Your Time Day and has written many articles on overworked Americans. |
Do I understand this properly? While the most of the rest of the world was fighting Hitler and the Nazis, the only thing America did was to legislate working less? |
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