Venezuela's Chavez proposes six-hour workday

Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:23am EDT
 
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CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez proposed a constitutional change on Wednesday to reduce Venezuela's maximum workday to six hours as part of broader legal changes to advance his self-styled socialist revolution.

 

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