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Well, it seems the way costs are going and lawsuits are rising, the lawyers seem to be running almost 24/7 Plus if the lawyer is on a "Collect if you win" case, they'll beat down doors to make the paycheck bigger...
Now for some clock puncher like me, I just finally relented and gave a co-worker 2 days of OT I had taken for another worker. I have lost only 7 hours, but still have 80 hours and 36 OT....I'll still have 18 hours OT for the next check.
I know some construction guys who have done 14 hr days for weeks on end. But that's the nature of some projects.
Few of our management ever show up on a weekend. Unless it's inventory. Then even the President shows to help.
But as we have learned, several companies who hire HB1 workers do so since they will work 70 hours a wee without complaining...
Hospital Administrator works a full week... 8-10 hours... is always off Saturday but comes in every Sunday afternoon to review the up coming week... it is to have some quiet time and start the week fresh... so 50-55 easily plus seldom ever a vacation... longest is 3 days when her only daughter married...
Yeah, 1 person complaining isn't going to do anything unfortunately. The only way change will happen is if a group of the employees complained to the Labor Board & even then, the unethical employer can just fire everyone in waves & hire all new people. I don't know how the amount of employers get away w/ this like they do.
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Originally Posted by Ultrarunner
Union???
If you'll recall unions have been dragged through the mud as the worst thing that's ever happened to the American labor market to the point where just slightly above 10% of all Americans currently are union members, versus nearly double that number 30 years prior. Meanwhile "At Will" Employment has become the norm in non-unionized states so employee rights are virtually non-existent in most instances. In other words the American worker has reaped what they have sowed, so finger-pointing is in the mirror..
If you'll recall unions have been dragged through the mud as the worst thing that's ever happened to the American labor market to the point where just slightly above 10% of all Americans currently are union members, versus nearly double that number 30 years prior. Meanwhile "At Will" Employment has become the norm in non-unionized states so employee rights are virtually non-existent in most instances. In other words the American worker has reaped what they have sowed, so finger-pointing is in the mirror..
Yes, I still remember the threads when Hostess went under and union employees lost their jobs...then was bought by another company and people hired at a much lower non-Union wage with decreased benefits. And regular Joes were celebrating it and glad the union employees lost their job. I will never understand it.
Yes, I still remember the threads when Hostess went under and union employees lost their jobs...then was bought by another company and people hired at a much lower non-Union wage with decreased benefits. And regular Joes were celebrating it and glad the union employees lost their job. I will never understand it.
Americans continue to prove daily they'll do about just anything to support something that goes against their own best interests.
Americans continue to prove daily they'll do about just anything to support something that goes against their own best interests.
Yes, the same people often complain on this board about corporate greed regarding running short-staffed and requiring workers make up for it, to lack of worker protection. Yet on other boards continually defend and support those corporations.
Twice as many corporations are paying zero income tax this year vs last thanks to that giant corporate and billionaire tax cut, and I don’t think much of it has or will ever trickle down to their workers. And the new budget coming up for congress to vote on cuts almost one trillion from Medicare to try to help pay for this gift. People never seem to learn. I actually see it as a version of Stockholm syndrome, where no matter how badly they are treated, they still think enriching our corporate overlords will somehow be rewarded.
Just this past Friday, thanks to lobbyists for Turbo Tax and others, Congress passed a law making it illegal for the IRS to ever offer free tax filing to citizens.
If you'll recall unions have been dragged through the mud as the worst thing that's ever happened to the American labor market to the point where just slightly above 10% of all Americans currently are union members, versus nearly double that number 30 years prior. Meanwhile "At Will" Employment has become the norm in non-unionized states so employee rights are virtually non-existent in most instances. In other words the American worker has reaped what they have sowed, so finger-pointing is in the mirror..
Teachers and Nurses Unions are very powerful here in California... and there are others...
I worked in a Union Shop for about a year and valued my time there...
Over the last year I have done many of these long weeks. I have 2 jobs, though currently on a break from one of them. At one point I worked an overnight shift, stopped for coffee in the morning and went right to work at the other job. No sleep. I drank 2 brown bag beers like a hobo on the way home after. I learned fast this is never a good idea, nearly fell over on the bus after that. Takes a toll on a person. Long weeks overall shows a person how fast time slips away. Weeks can fly by. Time is the one thing we can never get back. Yet in America we wear insane work hours like a medal.
Im working the one job and well under 60 hrs now thankfully. Still a lot but manageable for now.
Americans continue to prove daily they'll do about just anything to support something that goes against their own best interests.
The problem people have with unions is almost always government workers. They are a union to get more money from taxpayers. Not all taxpayers would agree that this benefits them.
The problem people have with unions is almost always government workers. They are a union to get more money from taxpayers. Not all taxpayers would agree that this benefits them.
They didn’t used to be. Almost every manufacturing and trade job was union at some point, but they lost more and more power through the decades as people allowed themselves to believe they hurt the economy and workers. In the 60’s most people would not have walked past a Union protest into a store, now they do it without a thought. They think the giant rat is a joke and unions are bad. They wait for their cookie from corporate America that never comes. See my reference to Hostess, they weren’t government workers. Yet people cheered as they lost their jobs and were replaced by non union workers.
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