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In reply to the discussion: I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Days a Week [View all]lindysalsagal
(20,581 posts)51. Unions. The GQP is killing Unions, so you can be used as forced labor.
We have to fortify and protect Unions!
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I had some striking workers moonlighting on one of my construction sites 25 years ago.
jaxexpat
Jul 2021
#15
The owners are probably some conglomerate who live elsewhere. They just want $$$.
SharonAnn
Jul 2021
#76
It use to be that every state or large city had their own food or beverage companies.
Crowman2009
Jul 2021
#19
If people stopped eating so much junk food, those workers wouldn't have to work 12-hour days.
Klaralven
Jul 2021
#56
They'd rather pay overtime than hire workers that they have to fire when demand goes back to normal
Klaralven
Jul 2021
#58
In the article it is indicated that new hires quit when they discover the forced overtime.
Shrike47
Jul 2021
#64
This is what happens when you have right wing courts siding with a corporations
turbinetree
Jul 2021
#70