Working 4 days a week due to fuel

Alabama City Workers Told to Take Extra Day Off to Soften Blow of High Fuel Costs
6/6/08

As more people across the nation are switching to alternative forms of transportation to beat the rising cost of fuel, one city is simply telling people to stay home.

A new plan in Birmingham, Ala., will roll back work schedules for city employees to four days a week, an initiative expected to save the city's 4,000 commuters tens of thousands of dollars a year.
The program, introduced by Mayor Larry Langford, will go into effect July 1 and intends to soften the blow of high gas prices without hurting productivity.

"We've done this before when I was with the county, and it worked," Langford said, referring to his tenure as county commission president in Jefferson County, Ala.
"America needs to go on a four-day, 10-hour [per day] workweek," he added.

Employees are welcoming the plan, and the savings.
"I drive 60 miles round-trip every day, so I'm looking forward to seeing that adjustment," said Ashley Grigg, an employee at the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363546,00.html
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