Word: siegbert
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...improve the company's competitive position. Not surprisingly, the union at the Smead factories, C.N.V. Dienstenbond, took a different view - it said the move was illegal. "If Smead goes ahead with the 40-hour workweek on Aug. 1, it can expect a summons the same day," says union leader Siegbert van der Velde. Plenty of Europeans already pull long hours. More than 10 million German employees put in more than 40 hours a week, according to the government. But for the past 30 years, the average European workweek has been shrinking, and falling behind its American and Asian rivals. According...
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