American workers receive the least vacation time of any wealthy industrial nation in the world. In fact, in 2008, only 14 percent of Americans will get a vacation of two weeks or longer. And even when people have vacation, they are often afraid they will be punished for taking it.
By law, Australians have four weeks off, Europeans four to five weeks, Japanese two - while we have ZERO! Our health and our happiness suffer as a result - vacations have been found to reduce the risk of heart attack in men by 30 percent and in women by 50 percent. And, as evidenced by the recent economic collapse and the falling dollar, slaving away at work isn't bolstering America's economy - virtually all countries with strong currencies in Europe give people the right to more than two weeks of paid vacation.
When Congress returns to session in 2009, they should put forth legislation to guarantee that every full-time American worker receives a minimum of three weeks paid vacation every year. Urge your Congressperson to support guaranteed paid time off for all Americans!
We signed the “Guarantee Americans Paid Time Off” petition!
# 6,703:
11:59 pm PDT, Oct 13,Kathryn Dougan, Washington
# 6,702:
4:29 pm PDT, Oct 13,Carole Hagen, Oregon
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1:24 pm PDT, Oct 13,Pam DeLitta, Texas
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9:43 am PDT, Oct 13,John Armstrong, Arizona
# 6,699:
9:20 am PDT, Oct 13,Karen Sue Mosser, California
# 6,698:
9:03 pm PDT, Oct 12,Alan Haggard, California
# 6,697:
8:43 pm PDT, Oct 12,Maureen Wheeler, Maryland
# 6,696:
12:42 pm PDT, Oct 12,Samantha Trosky, Illinois
We are the most powerful and supposed to be the richest, but we are so far behind on many issues! Lets get it together!
# 6,695:
6:18 am PDT, Oct 12,Kimberly Worman, Indiana
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6:47 pm PDT, Oct 11,Susan Campanella, Pennsylvania
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9:52 am PDT, Oct 11,Elizabeth Enright, Arizona
# 6,692:
8:20 pm PDT, Oct 10,Claire Chambers, California
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12:50 pm PDT, Oct 10,John B Barfield, Georgia
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12:37 pm PDT, Oct 10,Christina Maniaci, Ohio
# 6,689:
11:05 am PDT, Oct 10,Clyde George, Arizona
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5:14 am PDT, Oct 10,Sandra Laramy, Michigan
# 6,687:
12:03 pm PDT, Oct 9,Susan S M, Minnesota
# 6,686:
8:57 am PDT, Oct 9,Karen Themelis, Massachusetts
# 6,685:
6:43 pm PDT, Oct 7,Aimee Bennett, Hawaii
# 6,684:
3:58 pm PDT, Oct 7,Tony Naaman, Texas
# 6,683:
11:01 am PDT, Oct 7,Lillian Henry, Colorado
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9:24 am PDT, Oct 6,Boyer c. August, California
# 6,681:
2:08 pm PDT, Oct 5,Sam Tsang, Illinois
# 6,680:
11:27 am PDT, Oct 3,Julie Linder, Florida
# 6,679:
9:30 am PDT, Oct 3,Carol White, Massachusetts
# 6,678:
7:14 pm PDT, Oct 1,Dawn Monks - Hoffmeister, Texas
11:51 pm PDT, Sep 29,Michael Sullivan, California
NOW is the time to support guaranteed paid time off for all Americans -- please DO!
# 6,675:
7:30 pm PDT, Sep 29,Tom Jackson, Colorado
# 6,674:
11:09 am PDT, Sep 28,Benjamin Phillips, Colorado
# 6,673:
11:38 pm PDT, Sep 26,Tamara R Pearlman, Texas
Why are we behind the rest of the world? Are our regulations so stiff that they cannot bend? Why can we not compete medically? The times they are a changin.....
# 6,672:
5:07 pm PDT, Sep 26,Carol White, Massachusetts
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1:43 pm PDT, Sep 26,Joe Park, Oregon
# 6,670:
8:56 am PDT, Sep 26,Kristin Noelle Russo, Michigan
# 6,669:
10:32 am PDT, Sep 22,Christine Fournier, Massachusetts
11:31 am PDT, Sep 20,James McWilliams, Texas
Yes America is the Greatest Country!-NOT even Close in certain area's maybe in this Case we are no better than Sierra Leone in Africa. Other countries get way better treatment and work less and are more Productive-Wow isn't that something!!
# 6,665:
7:18 pm PDT, Sep 18,Kristen Potter, Missouri
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11:30 am PDT, Sep 18,Marilyn Mick, Texas
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6:26 am PDT, Sep 18,Tonya Butts, New York
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3:45 am PDT, Sep 18,Elizabeth Davis, Ohio
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5:17 am PDT, Sep 17,John Dalla, Nevada
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1:24 am PDT, Sep 17,Name not displayed, Kentucky
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6:26 am PDT, Sep 16,Deanna Hunt, Pennsylvania
# 6,658:
6:10 am PDT, Sep 15,Deborah Debandi, North Carolina
# 6,657:
7:45 am PDT, Sep 14,Carrie Mccoy, South Carolina
# 6,656:
11:28 pm PDT, Sep 13,Anthony Kossoian, California
# 6,655:
1:14 am PDT, Sep 13,Derek Moore, Pennsylvania
# 6,654:
1:30 pm PDT, Sep 12,Caro Liu, Pennsylvania
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10:38 am PDT, Sep 12,Brad Clodfelter, Arkansas
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3:40 pm PDT, Sep 11,Name not displayed, Oregon
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2:55 pm PDT, Sep 11,Hadi Sale, Oregon
It is imperative to a healthy, cohesive family to have time with our children. Our children need exposure to the world through travel and experience things outside of their environment. Families do have a large enough income to take time off without pay and do not currently have enough time to devote to the future of America. More family time is healthy for the parents and for their children. How much different could things be if parents were more in tune with their children?
