On the recordJune 10, 2009
I would also ask my colleagues why the United States of America is the only major nation NOT to provide for paid vacation time.
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congress.govLynn C. Woolsey: “I would also ask my colleagues why the United States of America is the only major nation NOT to provide for paid…”
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Woolsey questions the lack of paid vacation in the U.S.
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