Wednesday, September 2, 2009

C'mon People!



"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed..."
- Steve Biko

Utah - That Bastion of Progressiveism (Organized Labor, Where For Art Thou?):

After 12 months, Utah's experiment has been deemed so successful that a new acronym could catch on: TGIT (thank God it's Thursday). The state found that its compressed workweek resulted in a 13% reduction in energy use and estimated that employees saved as much as $6 million in gasoline costs. Altogether, the initiative will cut the state's greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 12,000 metric tons a year. And perhaps not surprisingly, 82% of state workers say they want to keep the new schedule. "It's beneficial for the environment and beneficial for workers," says Lori Wadsworth, a professor at Brigham Young University who helped survey state employees. "People loved it." Those who didn't tended to have young children and difficulty finding extended day care.

1 comment:

  1. Since they love progress the usual 45 hours of work that used to be done in 40 now can be done in 32.

    Execellent.

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