I would like to welcome everyone to the Work to Live Yahoo group! Please tell everyone you know about our group and how to sign up. Read Joe Robinson's book,...
I'm in the clerical union at a university and have been fighting the good fight, including a strike this past autumn. I'm continually surprised that...
I'm so happy to lay down the first post (after that of the group founder) for a cause I believe in tremendously. I was just talking to a friend from India...
Joe Robinson's commentary on macho work behavior ran on "Marketplace" last Wed, March 17. To hear the segment, visit marketplace.org, click on "show archives"...
Hi, everyone! Just a note to say hello, I'm on board, and that I strongly support the idea of improved workers' rights and would like to see this evolve into...
Welcome aboard, Brian! The more the better. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ...
i just wanted to introduce myself.. i am jennifer. i am super excited to be on board.. we work way to much. i was talking with my sister last night.. she...
Welcome to our group, Jennifer and thank you for volunteering to help! We now have a few leaders all over the country now. Let me know where you are located,...
Hello everyone! If anyone is interested, there is a great article on vacation/time off in the April issue of Self magazine--and it also mentions Work to Live! ...
Thanks, Elke! I will look for it right away. If anyone else reads ANYTHING about the Work to Live vacation campaign in any magazine or newspaper, PLEASE let...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the worktolive group: When was the last time you had a REAL vacation of 2 weeks or LONGER? (A REAL ...
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Hello everyone, We now have a VACATION POLL on our site! Please visit "Polls" after you log in and VOTE! Thank you! Jeanette...
Hello everyone, My name is Angelo Theofanous. I am from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I underwent a career change about 5-6 years ago in order to regain control of...
Greetings: I just started a new job in the private sector after being laid off from my federal job due to cost cutting. Interesting--Effective the first day of...
Manuel, just curious, what line of work are you in? Scott Kashkin scott@... ... From: worktolive@yahoogroups.com [mailto:worktolive@yahoogroups.com] ...
For our country, that is a generous starting vacation allotment, but the part I never understand is...are you really expected not to need any vacation days for...
Greetings: See my answers below. ... The company is called Convergys Corp. It is a call center handling technical support and other customer care calls for...
Angelo: Great story! It speaks to the central fallacy that holds the overworkplace together--that all the overtime makes us more productive. It's a crock, as ...
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I am from the wonderfull state of MA. Right now I live in Foxboro... just south/west of Boston. Jennifer moreleisure <moreleisure@...> wrote: Welcome to...
the self magazine is how i learned about this org. haha. jennifer moreleisure <moreleisure@...> wrote: Thanks, Elke! I will look for it right away. If...
Hello All, These are excellent points, and I am whole-heartedly behind more generous vacation time for American workers, but I wonder why no one seems to...
Hello David, Good point, and I totally agree with you; however, I believe we need a 4 - 8 hour day workweek and not 4 - 10 hour days. 10 hour days become 14...
Greetings, I live in Ashland, OR, and work in Hollywood. I decided what hours I wanted to work, with what kind of person, and added as many details as I could...
Andrew, It's good that you are where you are in your life, but the vast majority of people are not there - and probably never will be. It's good of you to...
that's easier said than done. I've been trying to think of something that I can do where I can work on my own, make my own hours, work for who I want,...
I'm really happy to have joined this campaign. This is something I've been ranting and raving about for years. I would love to move to Europe just to get 4...
Frank, I agree with you! I have also been trying to think of something I can do from home, but like you, I have not come up with anything. A friend of mine...
I don't think the campaign is really restricted to corporate full-timers, and generally what starts in one quarter eventually makes its way to the remainder....
