6 hour day, 3 day weekend, and 6 weeks vacation

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We, the undersigned, ask world governments of the United Nations to make a decision in favor of working people. Please protect the dignity and human rights of all workers throughout the world by limiting the time a person may be employed by another for profit.

We demand an international law limiting the hours of labor to 24 hours per week, either by 3 eight-hour days or 4 six-hour days, as to be determined by local unions. Reductions in the work week are also long overdue, therefore we further demand workers should be granted at minimum, one additional day off per week, or rather "the 3 day weekend." And finally, the third goal of this petition is to ask that employers be required to give employees 6 weeks paid vacation annually.

The above demands should be adopted and implemented as soon as possible.

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    • Russia
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    • Cliffside Park NJ 07010
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    • africa .legkaya st 99003
  • Jay P
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    • make it happen!!!!
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    • Richmond, VA 23225
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    • Work to live, not live to work!!!!!!!
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    • Israel
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  • Gerald W M
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    • Richmond VA 23220 USA
  • vladimir
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    • 6 hour day- forever
  • William B
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    • have been working 6 day weeks for 3 yrs!!!
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    • PA, USA
  • Stacey C
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    • Pittsburgh, USA
  • Eugene
  • Gina A
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    • I feel that we are overworked in today' world. The foreign countries do not work the long hard hours that we do and I feel it should be revised.
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  • Mindy W
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    • Please ensure the US enforces this!!! We're working ourselves to death!!!
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    • Seattle, WA 98125
  • Moe H
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    • Yes! I am tired of being opressed by my merciless overlords.
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    • NY, NY - the Big Apple, Baby!
  • Rachel R
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    • 2925 N.Jefferson Street,Wilmington,DE19802
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    • Wage Slaves Unite!
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    • 23220
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    • 23227
  • Mari V
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    • I want more time to just hang out. There too little hanging out in our part of the world today.
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    • Norway
  • Get real .
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    • Dude, u do know this isnt possible, unless u want the economy to take a break too, which means reducing ur damn pay and your standard of living drops, so yeah you spend your R&R and Family time being beggars or having a family job day ROFLMAO.
  • xack
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    • :)
  • Gary A
  • gregoryor
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    • I'm joining the movement for a shorter work week. The 40-hour work week has far outlived its usefulness. The benefits to a shorter work week to society are immense. More leisure time has health and economic benefits, and there is no justification for saddling ourselves with the arbitrary 40-hour work week. After all, the invention of the weekend didn't hurt us, did it?
  • Nat B
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    • Fantastic!!
  • randa
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    • 746 East End Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15221
  • Richard G
  • John G
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    • Sign my petition, too. http://signon.org/sign/six-hour-workday
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    • Anderson, CA 96007
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    • chicago, IL 60630
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