LABOR DAY
--1st Monday in September
Labor Day -- honoring work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day
In
America it is a vacation. But it also parallels the
global May 1 holiday, a socialist-Communist holiday .
"Workers of the world unite" -- Karl Marx. ( founder of
atheistic Communism )
Communists know what Pharoah knew -- more work means less worship
and less home-time . Exodus 5:1--8.
Today ( 2008 , 2009 ) Americans are working more and enjoying
life less.
"And the people shall labor in vain, and the folk in the
fire, and they shall be weary, Jeremiah 51: 58
and they shall be weary" -- Jeremiah 51: 64
UNITE : A Global Union of Workers --July 2, 2008
According to Derek Simpson, Unite's general
secretary, the aim is to create a union which is as
global as the companies its members work for.
http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2008/07/global-union-unite-european
Global Companies
coming under SHARIA LAW ? (
Moslem laws) -- Aug. 12, 2008
http://www.watch.org/showart.php3?idx=107170&rtn=/index.html&showsubj=1&mcat=1
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2008/sonchild812-3.htm
State
workers: 4 day work week ( 10 hour work days )
automatically makes Friday a "Sabbath" day ( like for
Moslems) -- Aug. 9, 2008
Just after noon, a steady stream of cars pulled up to the South
Salt Lake office of the Division of Motor Vehicles, a rolling
reminder that some never got the word that state agencies had
shifted to a four-day workweek and would close on Fridays
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10148343
Longer Work Days: Health and Safety Hazard -- Aug. 9, 2008
-- Fatigue a risk to Safety
Under the federal rules -- which apply to trucks moving
across borders -- drivers may be on duty for up to 14
hours a day, which includes no more than
13 hours of driving time.As
well, drivers are limited to 70 working
hours in a week.
[ Ed: When I worked a 70 hour
work week, I came down with double pneumonia which became
life-threatening ]
The provincial regulations provide for up to 15 hours of on-duty
time a day and 13 hours of driving time, but there is no weekly cap.Lowenstein said
there aren't enough traffic officers to catch everyone who breaks
the rules.
He argues that drivers working too many
hours is a recipe for disaster and it's becoming
more commonplace as the trucking industry aims to keep pace with
a growing economy.
"There are guys working 20-hour
days," he said. "Let's face it, fatigue is a major
killer."
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/business_agriculture/story.html?id=d0a2dbfb-7726-4eab-97dd-68146e2bd26e
No time for a personal life -- Aug. 9, 2008
In terms of personal scheduling, families may
have to pay for an additional 2 hours of childcare each day, and
scheduling appointments or even socializing might become
difficult during the week.
http://greatworkplace.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/the-new-four-day-work-week/
Lines Grow Longer at DMV -- Aug. 6, 2008 -- Stopping
work without much notice; lowered minimum wage
Not accomodating customer needs
Long lines have been snaking out the doors of local offices of
the Department of Motor Vehicles, and some have been closing
their doors early in order to avoid paying employees overtime.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's
executive order cutting temporary employees and eliminating
overtime because of the
state's fiscal crisis is taking the blame for both the long lines
and the early closures.
I was here yesterday, and they said that after 3 (p.m.) they
aren't taking any more (customers)," said Edie Felix of
Rancho Cucamonga. "I'm on vacation this week. That's why I
can't (make an appointment)."
For those who need to pay
registration and renew licenses, Mirando recommends they go to www.dmv.ca.gov , where they can make appointments
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_10122189
Retail
Stores Open 24 / 7
Necessitate
odd-hour
shift workers ; No Sabbath Day observed -- Aug. 9, 2008
These days we can get mortgage advice at 2am, book a hotel room
at three in the morning, order a pint at four and, of course,
rush to the supermarket for a sausage roll at 5am. But it wasn't
always so. Only 15 years ago, supermarkets had to shut by 8
o'clock; once a week they could stay open an hour later. Then
came John Major's "bonfire" of regulations, removing
thousands of restrictions on British industry. Finally, after a
decade of campaigning, thousands of newspaper column inches and
widespread flouting of the law, in 1994, the Sunday trading ban
was revoked. But another change that year was less remarked on:
shops could open all day through the week. And all day, of
course, also meant all night
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/563079c8-65ac-11dd-a352-0000779fd18c.html
New Reality Show: "America's Toughest Jobs" ...
Magnifying GRIT --- Aug. 25, 2008
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Americas_Toughest_Jobs_Portrays_White_Collars_Turning_Blue_22916.html
LINKS
President Ronald Reagan ( August 1, 1981 ) broke the power of the
Labor Unions ( PATCO ).
They never recovered since.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968
KEROSHI "dying from hard work" ( also spelled
"Karoshi" )
White collar, blue collar,
any collar, no collar.
" This new phenomenon was quickly labeled karoshi
(kah-roe-she), or "death from
overwork", and once it had a name and its
symptoms were broadcast far and wide, it just as quickly became
obvious that Japan was experiencing a virtual epidemic."
"National Liaison Council of Lawyers on
Death from Overwork," said: "The corporate world is
hiding behind promises of improved consumer services while
partaking in excessive competition, thus victimizing its
employees
find that they cannot rest even when they do take
time off. They are so wound up that not working leaves them
disoriented and suffering from serious stress
..."so many of Japan's salarymen work so
hard because they have shut themselves off from their families
and have no place to go but to work."
http://www.apmforum.com/columns/boye51.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=sM6_PhZ4plIC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=Keroshi+Japanese+work&source=web&ots=EtpEEANW5l&sig=iZQJUNM-gj_M8rmKWFnvkGAJLzM
&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
Suicide triggered by Overwork --Keroshi Hotline
http://karoshi.jp/english/overwork.html
“The moment when I am happiest is when I can
sleep,” Mr Uchino told his wife the week of his death.
Official figures say that the Japanese work about
1,780 hours a year, slightly less than Americans (1,800 hours a
year), though more than Germans (1,440). But the statistics are
misleading because they do not count “free overtime”.
Other tallies show that one in three men aged 30 to 40 works over
60 hours a week
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10329261
However, besides karoshi, suicides related to
work pressures have also become increasingly common in Japan. The
country has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world and
approximately 31,000 die each year as a result of suicide.
http://www.shrm.org/global/publications/PBI/0903b.htm
"Men's Hearts failing them" Luke 21:26 ..over-fatigued,
stress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C5%8Dshi
http://www.ilocis.org/en/samplilo.html
KEROSHI and High Blood Pressure
http://www.shrm.org/global/publications/PBI/0903b.htm
Aneurysm ( rupture-bleeding) in the brain
Intensification
This process of work
intensification has resulted in night shift work, increased
scheduled and unscheduled overtime and holiday work, unpaid
"voluntary" work for suggestion programs, and formal
and informal functions during off-work time. A low base pay
forces workers to work hard to get extra benefits. Low allowances
for overtime, night shifts, etc., drive workers to work longer
hours and more nights and holidays. Both white- and blue-collar
workers have to do homework, so-called furoshiki zangyou
(wrapped work).
the creation of an essentially inhuman workplace
-- a work environment characterized by authoritarian supervision,
a radically delimited task structure, and broken social
connections between workers [39]. Many of the adverse exposure
characteristics that have become accepted psychosocial risk
factors -- low work control, high demands, repetitive and
monotonous work, are direct and natural consequences of the
managerial principals of Taylorism
http://www.workhealth.org/whatsnew/lpkarosh.html
Car-oshi
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-parker/next-prius-built-in-us-ka_b_112073.html
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