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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2513412" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>"Arlie Russell Hochschild: ...Another was this man that had no vacation to speak of, and the last place of work he had - so the first five years he had one week off an entire year, <strong>sick leave and vacation combined</strong>. In the next five years, he had two weeks off, so if he got a cold in that second five years, he only had one week the entire year. He said, “I haven’t had a month off since I was in college.” Now, he is retired. So that’s an entire life..."</p><p></p><p>this is from the ralph nader radio hour episode 141. in america, there is no law guaranteeing vacation time; the government does not plan it, so its left to the <strong>market. so the free market</strong> in america delivers less vacation time than all the other developed countires who have laws for such things.</p><p></p><p>the vacation time in america courtesy of the market would be criminal in every EU country. the graph below is in working days.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://wp.newrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/paid_vacation-22.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2513412, member: 56035"] "Arlie Russell Hochschild: ...Another was this man that had no vacation to speak of, and the last place of work he had - so the first five years he had one week off an entire year, [B]sick leave and vacation combined[/B]. In the next five years, he had two weeks off, so if he got a cold in that second five years, he only had one week the entire year. He said, “I haven’t had a month off since I was in college.” Now, he is retired. So that’s an entire life..." this is from the ralph nader radio hour episode 141. in america, there is no law guaranteeing vacation time; the government does not plan it, so its left to the [B]market. so the free market[/B] in america delivers less vacation time than all the other developed countires who have laws for such things. the vacation time in america courtesy of the market would be criminal in every EU country. the graph below is in working days. [IMG]http://wp.newrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/paid_vacation-22.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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