- Working Saturday
In some countries which have a 5-day
workweek with Saturday and Sunday being days off, on some occasions some Saturdays may be declared working Saturdays.ubbotnik
In
Soviet Union ,subbotnik s were days of voluntary unpaid labor.Transferred working day
In Soviet Union and modern
Russia , some working days adjacent both to holidays and weekends have been transferred to Saturdays in order to make longer runs of consecutive nonworking days. For example, in 1997, in RussiaApril 28 ,June 9 , andDecember 29 are working Saturdays in lieu ofApril 30 ,June 11 , andDecember 31 , respectively. [ [http://iv2.garant.ru/SESSION/S__5X2ZPpM2/PILOT/main.html Working Saturdays in Russia in 2007] ru icon]This tradition is opposed by Jews who insist on observing
Shabbat . They are sometimes offered to take an unpaid day off. [ [http://www.giport.ru/newspage/news_other/3862/] ru icon]Poland
In
Poland , one Saturday per month may be declared working, however it is a customary, rather than an officially declared rule, and it is not consistent among various institutions. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1052/is_n12_v117/ai_18978994/pg_11 "1997 world commercial holidays"] , "Business America ", December 1996 ] [Darwin G. Braund (1997) "Tomorrow Finally Came!: Experiences as an Agricultural Advisor", ISBN 1886420335 [http://books.google.com/books?id=fWV4UbPXFG8C&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22working+saturday%22+poland&source=web&ots=n1lf_PYqkq&sig=aw4jZEMeHCh-r4NEpTaU9PBcL-o p. 11] ] The Working holiday was one of the points of protest of "Solidarity " trade union inCommunist Poland in 1980. [ [http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/46-1-243.shtml Poland: A Chronology of Events November 1980 - February 1981 ] ]References
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