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Venezuela introduces two-day week to deal with energy crisis 
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36145184

It'd be funny if it wasn't so silly...

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Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:57 am
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I think some of the managers here must be Venezuelan.


Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:02 pm
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I wouldn't mind a 2 day week (with a 5 day salary)

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not so many years ago the UK had a 3 day working week for similar reasons ...

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MrStevenRogers wrote:
not so many years ago the UK had a 3 day working week for similar reasons ...

"Not so many years ago" being 42 years ago
"Similar reasons" being industrial action, as opposed to a drought affecting a hydro-electric dam

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