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Post by Alexandria on Apr 11, 2011 16:12:28 GMT -5
the same treatment we give to countries like Mexico, China, and Taiwan. They outsourced their labor to a plant in Virgina, paying workers 8 bucks an hour, and only allowing a couple weeks total off a year. The same workers in Sweden? 19 bucks a year with a required 5 weeks off a year. Funny how we're notorious for doing it to others, but now the tables are turned on us. We are farther behind than we realize! www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_04/028895.php |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Apr 11, 2011 16:14:55 GMT -5
Ahem...I KNEW IT LETTIN THEM FURRNERS IN OUR COUNTRY TURNED US INTO MEXICO!
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Post by SimSim on Apr 11, 2011 16:24:50 GMT -5
Um, a couple of weeks off a year is actually pretty nice for the American workforce. Many just get a week a year.
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Post by Amaranth on Apr 11, 2011 16:25:48 GMT -5
Ahem...I KNEW IT LETTIN THEM FURRNERS IN OUR COUNTRY TURNED US INTO MEXICO! Am I...Am I brown now? |
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Post by Caitshidhe on Apr 11, 2011 16:39:41 GMT -5
Um, a couple of weeks off a year is actually pretty nice for the American workforce. Many just get a week a year. Which just says a whole lot about the state of the American workforce, doesn't it? |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Apr 11, 2011 16:45:46 GMT -5
Ahem...I KNEW IT LETTIN THEM FURRNERS IN OUR COUNTRY TURNED US INTO MEXICO! Am I...Am I brown now? I don't know. I keep waiting for my skin to spontaneously darken, but it hasn't so far. Also, yeah, two weeks off a year? DAMN. My roommate gets maybe 12-24 hours off a year. |
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Post by Amaranth on Apr 11, 2011 16:47:23 GMT -5
I don't know. I keep waiting for my skin to spontaneously darken, but it hasn't so far. Also, yeah, two weeks off a year? DAMN. My roommate gets maybe 12-24 hours off a year. America really does suck. |
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Post by Vene on Apr 11, 2011 16:49:26 GMT -5
the same treatment we give to countries like Mexico, China, and Taiwan. They outsourced their labor to a plant in Virgina, paying workers 8 bucks an hour, and only allowing a couple weeks total off a year. The same workers in Sweden? 19 bucks a year with a required 5 weeks off a year. Funny how we're notorious for doing it to others, but now the tables are turned on us. We are farther behind than we realize! www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_04/028895.phpThat's better than what most people at my factory get. |
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Post by dakotabob on Apr 11, 2011 16:55:40 GMT -5
Fucking swedes, can't trust 'em.
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Post by Damen on Apr 11, 2011 16:56:43 GMT -5
I don't know. I keep waiting for my skin to spontaneously darken, but it hasn't so far. Also, yeah, two weeks off a year? DAMN. My roommate gets maybe 12-24 hours off a year. America really does suck. What's worse is that when private sector employees find out that public sector employees (I.E. government employees) get 13 paid vacation days a year and 10 paid holidays a year, rather than demanding equal treatment from their employer, they'll demand the government employee take a vacation and/or pay cut. |
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Apr 11, 2011 16:57:11 GMT -5
I don't know. I keep waiting for my skin to spontaneously darken, but it hasn't so far. Also, yeah, two weeks off a year? DAMN. My roommate gets maybe 12-24 hours off a year. America really does suck. "The average American male works over 124 hours a day! TAKE THAT, COMRADES." |
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Post by Alexandria on Apr 11, 2011 16:57:18 GMT -5
America really does suck. What's worse is that when private sector employees find out that public sector employees (I.E. government employees) get 13 paid vacation days a year and 10 paid holidays a year, rather than demanding equal treatment from their employer, they'll demand the government employee take a vacation and/or pay cut. Only because their employer refuses to give it to them. |
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Post by booley on Apr 11, 2011 17:04:25 GMT -5
Um, a couple of weeks off a year is actually pretty nice for the American workforce. Many just get a week a year. Compared to what most of get now, this is nice. Though nto as nice as what Swedish workers get. OF course, how long before Ikea moves downt he food chain and moves the factory to saipan or cambodia? |
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Post by Damen on Apr 11, 2011 17:06:22 GMT -5
What's worse is that when private sector employees find out that public sector employees (I.E. government employees) get 13 paid vacation days a year and 10 paid holidays a year, rather than demanding equal treatment from their employer, they'll demand the government employee take a vacation and/or pay cut. Only because their employer refuses to give it to them. Three cheers for union busting! |
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Post by booley on Apr 11, 2011 17:15:43 GMT -5
What's worse is that when private sector employees find out that public sector employees (I.E. government employees) get 13 paid vacation days a year and 10 paid holidays a year, rather than demanding equal treatment from their employer, they'll demand the government employee take a vacation and/or pay cut. Only because their employer refuses to give it to them. Yes how often we forget that the 40 hour work week and minimum wage and OSHA and al the rest were given to us by our kind overlords out of the goodness of their non-existent hearts. It's not as if anyone had to fight for these things. |
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