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| What? Union workers were forced to work 70 hour weeks. That's a little over 4 extra hours every day. The 30 hrs overtime every week suggests the check included 1.5, double or even triple overtime plus straight pay depending upon when they worked. I wouldn't whine too loudly, more than a few of those checks were over two grand every week.
On 12-hr days they didn't get as much sleep, nor did they have as much family time, but but god they were working! And this is what employed are hired to do.
If this company was smart, they would have rotated the 70 hr weeks: one on and one off, and let some poor slob who hadn't worked for 6 months pick up the 70 hrs on the off weeks ... and both would get 40 hour weeks.
And there would still be some lazy slob whining because he worked four hours over. When the work is done, the whiners will be left behind.
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| I'd love 30 hours of OT. Salaried employees don't see that benefit. |
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| I don't want to start some kind of war here, but I can tell you that good unions usually negotiate good terms for the members that normally includes extra pay for overtime. Every union is different.
Salaried workers don't get overtime but they may have other benefits such as company stock, matching 401K, early retirement bonus or other benefits. Every company is different.
In this economy if you pay your bills and save $5, you are ahead. If you are on a fixed income like Social Security, it is what it is; it could be worse.
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