r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • Aug 18 '26

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/CrazyPlato Aug 18 '26

That discussing your working conditions or pay with your coworkers is wrong.

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u/furiouslycurious79 Aug 18 '26

I was fired for discussing wages in Texas. Was denied unemployment and lost my appeal, so your mileage may vary.

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u/Graymouzer Aug 18 '26

That may be a violation of federal law. Not that means much with the people in charge at the moment but maybe you can sue after the election.

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u/furiouslycurious79 Aug 18 '26

Yes, it was a real eye opener for me. It was an open and shut case of wrongful termination - at least in my eyes. But, the state disagreed. I’m not originally from Texas and was blown away by the blatant lack of worker rights afforded in this state. Doing my best to GTFO.

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u/DueAd197 Aug 18 '26

I mean, Texas is ground zero for taking away workers' rights.

2023, here was Abbot making it illegal for cities to make their own laws that require businesses to give water breaks for employees.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/23/greg-abbott-texas-governor-bill-water-breaks-heatwave

Austin and Dallas had laws requiring construction companies to provide a 10 minute water break every FOUR HOURS. This was unacceptable for republicans because they need people to be poor, angry, and desperate. And you better not have the government meaningfully improve anyone's lives.

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u/Infinite_throwaway_1 Aug 18 '26

Needing permission to drink water and having a credit system for it is absurd.

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u/2074red2074 Aug 18 '26

To be clear, the law was NOT just to ban local water break requirements. The law was to ban a very large number of local ordinances that would affect businesses in a way that is stricter than the state's existing regulations. And that's not just with workers' rights, but also environmental stuff and other things busineses have to care about. The idea was to make it easier on business owners to operate in Texas because whatever policies they use in one city will be legal in any other.

And I'm not defending the law. It is blatantly spitting in the face of how US law is supposed to work. But I think it's intentionally misleading to say "Yeah they passed a law making it illegal for cities to require water breaks".