Quarter Of U.S. Workers Get No Paid Vacation

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:14am

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that one-quarter of workers in the United States get no paid vacation at all.

And non-union workers get more time off than union workers during their first years on the job, though the union workers start getting extra vacation after 10 or 20 years on the job.

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