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LisaM

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19. It may also have been the way you were brought up.

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 03:09 PM

Jan 2019

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My boyfriend's sister did this, at a restaurant she worked at. She looked up the law, found out that everyone had been stiffed on OT, and turned the management in. Everyone got back pay because of her. But what made her this way? Her family (like mine) brought her up to walk picket lines, to take the side of workers and unions, and to know what the law was all about. The other workers weren't bad people for working longer hours. They weren't educated to know differently.

This was in a small town on an island that thinks of themselves as liberal, but I'd call more libertarian - and it just wasn't built into the people to fight these fights.

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I must clarify a recent post I wrote. Some people here took it the wrong way. [View all] shockey80 Jan 2019 OP

Nice job you got there. Be terrible if sumthin' was to happen to it. ret5hd Jan 2019 #1

Being forced to work without pay is slavery. It's slavery. SharonAnn Jan 2019 #53

Horrible treatment by your ex boss. You did it because it was the right thing to do. ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #2

Let me tell what I said to the other workers after I won back their overtime pay. shockey80 Jan 2019 #3

Really. I do believe we all have guardians watching over us all and not from a christian belief... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #4

It may also have been the way you were brought up. LisaM Jan 2019 #19

I saw problems... druidity33 Jan 2019 #38

A LARGE, not often mentioned......... MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #52

? Smackdown2019 Jan 2019 #51

There are people who would work other people to death if they thought they could get away with it. 47of74 Jan 2019 #5

I've gotten what I needed in tight spot more than once. Living without fear changes everything. marble falls Jan 2019 #6

Great post. tomg Jan 2019 #7

K&R. I missed your original post but I'm glad you expanded on your thoughts and experience. alwaysinasnit Jan 2019 #8

Inspiring Shockey. I am made the same way and it has cost me many times. But,we are who we are. Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #9

you're last paragraph can be the same words every person who stood up for the greater good has said. Javaman Jan 2019 #10

Just my opinion, grain of salt saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #11

I don't know what kind of a job it is, but I am glad that TSA and controllers continue to work question everything Jan 2019 #12

If they stopped working Trump and the GOP would cave. Same applies to the Coast Guard etc. TeamPooka Jan 2019 #31

Great story of courage! You showed it only takes one to push for the law. Your win sets the example. ancianita Jan 2019 #13

Thank you, shockey80 for your inspirational story. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #14

echoing #7 here. "because I had done what was right". yonder Jan 2019 #15

I work as a substitite teacher at a small suburban LibDemAlways Jan 2019 #16

I must be cut from the same cloth DirtEdonE Jan 2019 #17

Beautiful! JustAnotherGen Jan 2019 #30

Welcome to DU, DirtEdonE! calimary Jan 2019 #47

Thank you for posting that. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #18

K&R backtoblue Jan 2019 #20

Excellent. You did the right thing. Always be true to yourself. CaptainTruth Jan 2019 #21

I am one of the workers billh58 Jan 2019 #22

Sounds to me like you should have called a union to organize. louis c Jan 2019 #23

Maybe he was in a dumbass "right to work" state. Nt raccoon Jan 2019 #27

You can still form a union in a RTW state... louis c Jan 2019 #28

You just cant leave this alone, can you? cwydro Jan 2019 #24

But this one is getting a much better response EffieBlack Jan 2019 #32

Lol. This story is much different from the original. cwydro Jan 2019 #33

You have no idea what you are talking about. shockey80 Jan 2019 #34

Dude, I read your previous threads too. Tipperary Jan 2019 #37

I don't know what you are talking about. shockey80 Jan 2019 #39

I'm with you. sandensea Jan 2019 #40

You have no idea what you are talking about. shockey80 Jan 2019 #35

Come on, is this necessary? uppityperson Jan 2019 #36

I want to tell you a similar story.. mountain grammy Jan 2019 #25

Good for you! My experience too has been that many workers raccoon Jan 2019 #26

I've Given Various Bosses The River Jan 2019 #29

I was sort of a minor critic of your OP's...since there were several. I had no problem understanding dameatball Jan 2019 #41

Well said EffieBlack Jan 2019 #43

My hat is off to you, good sir. man4allcats Jan 2019 #42

This is one reason why unions are great Blue Owl Jan 2019 #44

Solidarity! jimlup Jan 2019 #45

I worked for a guy who "stole" customer contact information from a competitor of his... George II Jan 2019 #46

Nice post. PatrickforO Jan 2019 #48

This is such a sad story... StarzGuy Jan 2019 #49

Way to go Ohioboy Jan 2019 #50