Comment on Slavery was abolished, so the rich are now trying to make economic oppression the equivalent of slavery.

Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Some industries (like mine) have mandatory overtime, but workers are absolutely compensated for that overtime.

  The UAW is one of the most powerful unions in the US, so I’m not sure exactly where this post is coming from (as in, what specifically they think they are chasing via union action), but from the context of other news it sounds like they’re wanting similar comp without mandatory overtime in their industry.

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I was not aware that mandatory overtime was a thing.

    Seems kind of shit. Means that there is potentially no limit for how many hours they could make you work, and it’s obviously not healthy.

    I’ve worked in a company that allowed overtime before but it was all optional. They would be like “is anyone willing to work this holiday?”. Depending on how low demand was, you could be paid up to double as much on those days.

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a set amount of overtime. People work a minimum of 4 12s, with no maximum (their choice). All shifts are 12 hrs.

      It’s not easy, for sure. Pay is great tho for what it is. We do holiday pay and stuff too, yeah.

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• Wilshire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There are some exemptions, mostly for salaried workers.

  www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/…/17a-overtime

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Am I reading right that they can pay you half pay for overtime, or do they mean that overtime is minimum 150% regular pay?

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    • Wilshire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The latter.

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