Vacation Politics
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-08-20/vacation-politics
Guest Host:
Rebecca Roberts
D.C. can feel like a ghost town in August, with thousands of families making their annual vacation pilgrimages to the beach or mountains. But Americans receive -- and take -- far less downtime than their counterparts in other countries: The average U.S. worker gets just 10 paid days off, compared to 30 in Germany. Kojo talks with Howard Ross about the evolution of vacations in today's workplace.
Guests
Howard Ross
author, "Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance" (Rowman & Littlefield); also Principal, Cook Ross
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don't forget to touch on how the unions made vacations possible for the average person. A 100 years ago only the well to do took "vacations."
Yes, we are all working 10-12 hour days with the work of 2-3 people and its almost impossible to take a whole week off. Lots of pressure these days from Employers and I work in DC.