Re: "35-hour week puts French hospitals at risk"

["Ken Hanly" <khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Right on. The same problems exist in Manitoba and no doubt Ontario where
there are plans afoot to legislate "flexibility" by the Harris govt. I think
that is code for a sixty hour work week.

Cheers, Ken Hanly

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Walker <timework@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:56 AM
>Subject: [PEN-L:16791] "35-hour week puts French hospitals at risk"


> Talk about a headline writer with an ax to grind! This story reports on
how
> the 35-hour week brings to a head an already existing problem with the
> organization and staffing of French hospitals. It fails to mention that
the
> same problems are endemic in North America, where the 35-hour week plays
no
> role. The real headline should be "Overtime permits administrators to
sweep
> staffing crisis under the rug".
>
> >35-hour week puts French hospitals at risk
> >
> >Jon Henley in Paris
> >Thursday September 6, 2001
> >The Guardian
> Tom Walker
> Bowen Island, BC
> 604 947 2213
>