"The strike out here involves workers who enjoy decent wages, vacations and health benefits," said Kent Wong, director of the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California at Los Angeles.
You get a decent salary and vacations and get to carry a briefcase.
The vacation week brought decent economic news as retail sales grew 15 percent over the 2011 period.
Oh, what most working Americans would give for steady jobs with health and retirement plans, paid sick and vacation days and decent hours.
We are not talking about a life of luxury and ease, but about modest comforts and reasonable expectations: a decent job with health benefits and vacation time, a loving family, a house of your own.
Climbing the stairs is also a decent workout if your hotel or vacation rental has no gym; just don't set off any emergency-exit alarms.
Another is our committment to pay employees a fair wage with decent benefits, including sick time and vacation time.
There is an economic recession, let's say, and you have to give up Caribbean vacations, day spas and decent wines.
Four years ago, just as she had her life back together, earning a decent living as a bookkeeper, taking her first vacation and living on the Upper West Side, her company downsized and she was laid off.
To dump union workers often means saving money by denying their replacements health insurance, vacation and pension benefits, not to mention decent pay.
