Alia McMullen, Financial Post Published: Monday, February 18, 2008
Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour said while he sympathized with the position of business, workers deserved a new public holiday because people now worked harder than ever before.
"We're working hundreds of hours more than we did 10 years ago," he said, adding that workers spend about 45 minutes less with their families a day, compared with two decades ago.
"At the end of the day, we have to have a balance in society between our lives and our families and our work."
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