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tritsofme
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Mon Mar-21-05 08:49 PM Original message |
France Dismantles Its 35-Hour Workweek |
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boneygrey
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Mon Mar-21-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. No surprise |
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Deja Q
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And my understanding is that greedy asswipes will do ANYTHING |
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Sgent
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You think we have unemployment???? |
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Deja Q
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh, but the US has been working overtime to play catch-up. And |
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Deja Q
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Oh, but the US has been working overtime to play catch-up. And |
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Selteri
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Tue Mar-22-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. I'm still amazed that every repuke I know still |
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xray s
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Really? |
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dutchdoctor
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. In the U.S. , people in prison do not count as being unemployed |
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hughee99
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. We also don't count people who are |
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eagler
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. You are right .We are essentially lied to here. When people |
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tritsofme
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Tue Mar-22-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. The unemployment rate is determined by the Household Survey |
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Mass
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Sorry this is wrong |
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tritsofme
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Tue Mar-22-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
53. Here are international unemployment rates calculated using US concepts: |
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BiggJawn
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Unlike here in the US... |
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Deja Q
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Try a 30 hour workweek for 10 hour pay and no bennies because |
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DS1
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Mon Mar-21-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It's next to impossible to walk into a retail job and get any more than |
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Eloriel
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Mon Mar-21-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. And most retail jobs really are parttime because |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Tue Mar-22-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. And when I worked retail, they used to schedule me for |
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PSUDem
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. They are currently doing that to me now |
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raccoon
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Tue Mar-22-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Not just companies hire p/t |
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Mass
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Actually it worked very well |
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Mairead
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Tue Mar-22-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Really? Working 80 and being paid for 85000 seems to work for the bosses |
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fairfaxvadem
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have a 35 hour work week. |
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ldf
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. i'm confused. |
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Mass
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Ask Bush - He should know |
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robcon
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Mon Mar-21-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The problem is that France is not the only place to locate jobs. |
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Mass
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Tue Mar-22-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Stupid law! |
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Festivito
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Mon Mar-21-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. It's partly the competition, partly angry owners. |
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Jeff in Cincinnati
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Tue Mar-22-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Wondering the same thing... |
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NYC
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. You are correct. |
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solinvictus
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. US Unemployment numbers.. |
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tritsofme
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Mon Mar-21-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Alternate measures of US unemployment are available here: |
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Delphinus
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Tue Mar-22-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I've heard |
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hollowdweller
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Mon Mar-21-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. Global Race To The Bottom |
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DulceDecorum
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Mon Mar-21-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The bankers rule |
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tom_paine
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Tue Mar-22-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. That is correct...The Age of BushPutinism has begun |
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reprobate
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Mon Mar-21-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. America or France, the capitalist system cannot last much longer. |
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scarletlib
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Tue Mar-22-05 07:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Read an editorial on DU a while back discussing this issue |
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robcon
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Tue Mar-22-05 09:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I disagree. |
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Mass
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Tue Mar-22-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. NO |
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scarletlib
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Tue Mar-22-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. dear robcon I am glad that your sister apparently has such |
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robcon
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Tue Mar-22-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Your patronizing tone is remarkable. |
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reprobate
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Tue Mar-22-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I think, Scarlet, that it will be a 'quiet' catastrophe. |
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robcon
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Tue Mar-22-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I believe your musings are fantasies, reprobate |
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scarletlib
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Tue Mar-22-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Would be ever so grateful if you could post some information/ |
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scarletlib
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. progressive economic websites |
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reprobate
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Tue Mar-22-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. You're right, robcon. Workers incomes are certainly rising HERE! |
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JohnyCanuck
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Tue Mar-22-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Well here's someone who agrees with you (and I do too). |
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scarletlib
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Tue Mar-22-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Yeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! |
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hughee99
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Tue Mar-22-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. If both the labor and management |
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sarcasmo
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Tue Mar-22-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. That's like working part time. I would gladly work 35hrs instead of 60. |
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ckramer
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Tue Mar-22-05 03:20 PM Original message |
France abolishing its 35-hour workweek |
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LSparkle
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Tue Mar-22-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Guess I'll have to move to Norway or Holland now |
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scarletlib
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Tue Mar-22-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
50. this is part of a concerted effort by big business ie |
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