Americans Are Working Longer Hours

Americans are working more hours than workers elsewhere in the industrialized world and have the highest productivity rates, according to the International Labor Organization. The average U.S. worker put in 1,978 hours in 2000, nearly one week more on the job than they did a decade earlier. In contrast, hours of workers in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom have declined. ILO economist Jeff Johnson, who spearheaded the study, said that the only two countries where people worked more are South Korea and the Czech Republic. The report is scheduled for release at the ILO Global Employment Forum on November 1-3. WIP AFL-CIO September 4, 2001


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