Washington Post: Venezuela declares a 2-day workweek because of dire energy shortages
In a desperate attempt to save electricity, drought-stricken Venezuela has introduced a new concept to the workplace calendar: the five-day weekend.
President Nicolás Maduro will furlough the country's public employees — who account for a third of the labor force — for the bulk of the week, so they can sit through rolling blackouts at home rather than in the office.
“The public sector will work Monday and Tuesday, while we go through these critical and extreme weeks," he said on his regular presidential broadcast.
This assumes that Venezuela's rainy season will comply with that timetable to rescue the country's crippled hydroelectric plants.
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More News On Venezuela's Energy Crisis
Venezuela Orders Five-Day Weekends in Bid to Save Power Grid -- Bloomberg
The official Venezuelan work-week is now only two days long -- AFP
Protests as Venezuela starts 2-day workweek to save power -- AP
Venezuelan opposition: Two-day work weeks sabotage Maduro recall petition -- UPI
Two-Day Week Announced as Energy Crisis Wreaks Havoc in Venezuela -- Newsweek
Venezuela Cuts Public Employees' Workweek To 2 Days To Save Energy -- NPR
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