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Old July 5th, 2006, 09:20 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.usa,alt.politics.bush
The Reid[_1_]
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Default Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers

Following up to

What I am saying, in light of globalization, economic pressures mean
that countries that are more restrictive on hours worked


what I find surprising, is that while we are mostly aware of the
downward pressure on pay and conditions globalisation brings, few
see it as a bad thing, preferring to bash governments and unions
for trying to maintain good standards.
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