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    :: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 ::

    Major Organizing Issues: Overwork, Stress and Less Time for the Family LaborTalk By Harry Kelber
    If the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions hope to re-establish their relevance to workers, they’ll have to produce answers that have appeal. Is a six-hour workday, 30-hour week utopian? Then how about a 7-hour day, 35-hour week, with limits on weekend work? More paid sick leave and vacations? If not these proposals, what else? Can we continue to ignore the problem? A new grass roots coalition, “Take Back Your Time,” is seeking legislation in 21 states to give workers paid sick leave or paid family leave to take care of infants or sick family members.
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