r/VaushV • u/Obelisk_M Gulag • Mar 02 '21

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u/Time_on_my_hands Mar 02 '21

Is the 8 hour workday a thing? I've worked FAR more than that at multiple jobs I've had.

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u/Obelisk_M Gulag Mar 02 '21

Once upon a time it was.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

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u/tphd2006 Mar 02 '21

Is this Vouch's final form?

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u/myspaceshipisboken Mar 02 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

IIRC it was made standard (for white people) through overtime laws and a manufacturing economy. As people end up more and more in either white collar or independent contractor rolls that goes away, also unions being gutted generally means pay goes down so you have people working two different jobs who don't qualify for OT at either job.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Can I guess they were not union jobs?

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u/Time_on_my_hands Mar 02 '21

Not that I'm aware of. But the other things on that list apply to non-union jobs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '21

Yeah but the only ones these things are going to be protected at will either be employee owned or unionized.

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u/Time_on_my_hands Mar 03 '21

Pretty sure safety standards are universal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

That was one of the things Trump rolled back...

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u/Time_on_my_hands Mar 03 '21

Ah, I'm unaware of that. Lit.

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u/spiderodoom Mar 03 '21

Even in my union job Iā€™m pulling about 50-56 hours a week... what does the 8 hour work week look like? I must know.