A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work stoppage ever in US history, according to an estimate from a Michigan economic research firm that s...

theDoctor@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year ago

A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work stoppage ever in US history, according to an estimate from a Michigan economic research firm that s...

paddirn@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 year ago

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theDoctor@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year ago

They did.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-great-debate/column-why-a-medieval-peasant-got-more-vacation-time-than-you-idUKBRE97S0KU20130829

And this is from 2013. The last line is particularly poignant.

Speaking of Congress, its members seem to be the only people in America getting as much down time as the medieval peasant. They get 239 days off this year.

A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work stoppage ever in US history, according to an estimate from a Michigan economic research firm that s...

A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work stoppage ever in US history, according to an estimate from a Michigan economic research firm that s...

A 10-day UPS strike could be the costliest in US history | CNN Business

A few rich people that refuse to pay living wages could cost the US economy &7.1 billion.