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October 24th Is Take Back Your Time
Day
Take
Back Your Time Day is an US/Canadian initiative generating dialogue about the
issues of overwork, over-scheduling and time poverty. October 24th is the second
annual celebration of Take Back Your Time Day.
With Take Back Your
Time Day falling on a Wednesday this year, October 24 marks the anniversary of the
date in 1940 when the US officially got the 40 hour work week. And while October
24th is the official Take Back Your Time Day, organizers see the date itself as
part of an ongoing movement.
While Take Back Your
Time addresses all issues resulting in Time Poverty, the campaign calls
attention to a just-published International Labor Office (ILO) book, "Working
Time and Workers' Preferences in Industrial Countries: Finding the Balance,"
which shows that 20% of Americans work "excessive hours" "more than 50 a week"
compared with 1.4% in the Netherlands and much smaller percentages throughout
Continental Europe.
It's
not at all clear that Americans need to work such long hours, harming their
health, family life, communities and environment, in order to compete in the
global economy," argues Time Day's John de Graaf, editor of the "Take Back Your
Time" handbook. While the World Economic Forum recently found the US to be among
the most competitive of world economies, it is no more so than northern European
countries such as Finland and Sweden, where workers put in much shorter hours
each year.
These are only a few
highlights that are from an in depth article in the Common Dreams Progressive
Newswire. For the complete article click on:
www.commondreams.org
Excerpts from
Nancy Black’s Presentation for the National Association of Women Business
Owners, Boston Chapter, (10/16/06) on “Take Back Your Time Day”
What Business Owners
Can Do To Help People Take Back Their Time
Business owners, have
the power to offer flex time, 4 day workweek, or more vacation time to ourselves
and our employees. Together we can make a difference in the world and help the
American workers take back their time.
1/4 of American large
companies now offer or require a 4 day schedule for at least some of their
workers (10 hour shifts, 4 days a week for the same pay). According to a Gallup
survey, 2/3rds of working adults would prefer this shorter work week.
National crunch time
started decades ago when 24/7 lifestyle began. Businesses
medical insurance costs have skyrocketed because more workers have health issues
caused by our stressful lifestyles.
Multitasking:
45% workers are asked
or expected to multitask
4 times longer for brain to process
54% read email while on the phone
11 % write to do lists while in meetings
Speaking of Time….
Day Light Savings
Time Ends on November 4, 2007, at 2:00 AM
Remember to set your clocks back one hour.
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