cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoBank of America employee dies after working 120 hour weeks, associates organizing strikemstdn.socialexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: unions@lemmy.mliwwunion@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1436arrow-down1external-linkBank of America employee dies after working 120 hour weeks, associates organizing strikemstdn.socialcyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unions@lemmy.mliwwunion@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFecundpossum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoYeah. I hear you. But, when you’re already making $40+ an hour, time and half makes it $60+, and Sunday double time makes it $80+. I’m sure you can see the allure. You can make a lot of problems go away with that kind of money. And that’s really the key. It should cost them a lot to put us in those scenarios. That’s why you need a good strong union.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months ago That’s why you need a good strong union 100% agree.
Yeah. I hear you. But, when you’re already making $40+ an hour, time and half makes it $60+, and Sunday double time makes it $80+.
I’m sure you can see the allure. You can make a lot of problems go away with that kind of money.
And that’s really the key. It should cost them a lot to put us in those scenarios. That’s why you need a good strong union.
100% agree.