AMERICANS ARE INDUSTRIAL WORLD'S HARDEST WORKERS, U.N. STUDY SAYS From: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) | Date: September 6, 1999| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press
The Columbian
09-06-1999
GENEVA - Americans work the longest hours in the industrialized world, overtaking the Japanese, according to a United Nations study released Monday.
But the U.S. lead in productivity is being whittled away by their European and Japanese rivals, who are working less while Americans stay on the job more, said the report by the International Labor Organization.
Hard-working Americans run a risk of burning out, said the ILO's Lawrence Jeff Johnson, co-author of the 600-page "Key Indicators of the Labor Market" report. The report was ...

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