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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (6918)	10/4/1999 9:19:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Take your rosy glasses off, Zoltan! Here's the true picture: epn.org Excerpt: If individuals are moonlighting more --working multiple jobs in any given week-- then the average workweek reported by employers can still shrink while the average workweek reported by workers can actually expand. It is also possible that one sector of the workforce is "overworked" while another portion is "underemployed." But the real story turns out to be even more intriguing and complicated. Based on a new analysis of the data, we have found that Americans are indeed working longer than they once did, if not quite as much as Schor would have us believe. But, more importantly, we have also found that many Americans are both overworked and underemployed. Because of growing job instability, workers face a "feast and famine" cycle: They work as much as they can when work is available to compensate for short workweeks, temporary layoffs, or permanent job loss that may follow. What's more, while American families as a whole are putting in more time, that work isn't producing significant increases in living standards. For the typical two-breadwinner household, having both parents work longer hours may not mean an extra trip to Disney World or nicer clothes for school; more likely, it means keeping up car payments or just covering the costs of food and housing. [...]