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"I believe that people deserve to spend more time with their families, loved ones, hobbies and other aspects of life, such as culture. This could be the next step for us in working life," the prime minister commented on the new proposal.

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ROME, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Italian unions called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the international aid flotilla for Gaza, while protests sprang up in a number of cities late on Wednesday after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel.

In the southern city of Naples, demonstrators got into the main railway station and halted train traffic, while police surrounded the Termini railway station in Rome after protesters gathered close to entrances.

"The aggression against civilian ships that were carrying Italian citizens is an extremely serious matter," the CGIL union said, calling the strike which other smaller unions said they would join.

In the northwestern city of Genoa, the USB announced that it intended to block the port and called on all protesters to gather at 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) at one of the main entrances.

I think we are past the point of unionizing and on to the point where we all need to start our own companies. In general you would get a job with a large company to exchange your time for money and the money you get is a fraction of the value you generate for the company. The advantage used to be that this was a low risk way to make money. Large companies were generally stable, and you had a job so long as you didn’t fuck shit up to bad.

However, in today’s job market, even skills that are in high demand don’t have stability. Large publicly traded companies will layoff a mass of people in Q4 to make their bottom line, then assume they can hire back skills they need in Q1 of the next year. All in the name of maximizing shareholder value.

If there is uncertainty in working for someone else and uncertainty with starting your own business, then choose the one were we get more value out of our time. We all have things that we are skilled at, so lets work together and get out from under the corporate grind and the Friedman Doctrine.

Reuters spoke with five private eyes, who all said their fraudulent sick leave business was booming - so much so that some agencies have ditched traditional gigs like extra-marital affairs to focus solely on employees suspected of skipping work.

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Kempczinski also noted that in many states, sit-down restaurants are allowed to pay servers as little as $2.13 per hour, a federal minimum set in 1991, with tips making up the rest of their pay.

“So right now, there’s an uneven playing field. If you are a restaurant that allows tips or has tips as part of your equation, you’re essentially getting the customer to pay for your labor and you’re getting an extra benefit from no taxes on tips,” Kempczinski said.