Mandate a four day Work Week

It is essential that we mandate a four day workweek for the following reasons. >Reduction of health problems >Economically wise >Energy efficiency and environmental friendly. •Going back to my first reason "Reduction of health problems"; America is a stress filled country. This is a growing problem that must be resolved. Every day, more and more people die from anxiety and many commit suicide. Suicidal seems to be the only resolution to tensions in numerous people's lives. We must see that mandating a four day workweek is the solution to our stress tribulations and many health issues. Heart disease is on the rise, more people are on anxiety meds than ever, people are jetting off to appointments and meetings all day long that they are not able to monitor their cholesterol intakes and their blood pressure. Each day many people are attacked by strokes and heart attacks but we still disregard the issue of stress in our daily lives. An article by proactive change.com and stress.org gives us the first comprehensive look at the real percentile of stress in the United States. It list that 40% of workers reported their job was very or extremely stressful; •25% view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives; •Three fourths of employees believe that workers have more on-the-job stress than a generation ago; •29% of workers felt quite a bit or extremely stressed at work; •26 percent of workers said they were "often or very often burned out or stressed by their work"; •Job stress is more strongly associated with health complaints than financial or family problems. •80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help; •14% of respondents had felt like striking a coworker in the past year, but didn't; •25% have felt like screaming or shouting because of job stress, 10% are concerned about an individual at work they fear could become violent; •9% are aware of an assault or violent act in their workplace and 18% had experienced some sort of threat or verbal intimidation in the past year. It is comprehensible that we need to look into this topic and mandate it as soon as possible. My second point has to deal with economy; in our current economic crisis, our citizens are obligated to work extra hard in their workplaces in the sense that they can no longer keep up with their depts. Putting them in a further stressful situation. According to a June 24 article of 2010, Local governments in particular have had their eyes on Utah over the last year; the state redefined the workday for more than 17,000 of its employees last August. After just one month later, this experiment was deemed successful and the state of Utah was able to save more than $1.8 million. In addition, its citizens were able to save thousands of dollars on gas money Passing this resolution is also energy efficient and environmentally friendly because if people were to reduce the amount of gas and technology that they use each day, they would be able to reduce our environmental pollution by one third, Being exhausted, stressed out, anxious and overextended isn't the only consequence of the tough American work week. Long commutes cause pollution and are a big drain on energy resources. As gas prices are rising, people are trying to find ways to cut back, but our country wasn't built for mass public transportation and we still have to get to work. The solution that some people are promoting could have a positive effect not only on oil consumption, but American life in general: a four day work week. Says an article from http://earthfirst.com... SOURCES http://www.stress.org... http://earthfirst.com... http://www.proactivechange.com...