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| Happy in Nature
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| Grove Street
User ID: 21983498 United States07/22/2021 09:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | they probably get two free bags of funyuns per long shift. that's enough carrot on a stick to keep the average american working hard.. it doesn't take much in this country to pacify the average joe. throw in some professional sports pacifiers and a couple more bags of doritos and they'd probably even do it for free. let the sheep eat their frito lay products and enjoy their demise... im surprised frito lay doesn't put vaccines in their products so the sheep can have those too.. Grove And this is why we can't have nice things. |
| Johnny Balls
User ID: 79604642  Canada07/22/2021 09:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 09:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. |
| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 09:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Happy in Nature
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80003260  Poland07/22/2021 09:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jimmy Dore is a progressive, but I think most people on GLP who watch the video will be horrified to see that this type of slavery (for lack of a better word) exists in the US. And as Jimmy points out, not one progressive politician is standing up for the injustices at this plant. Quoting: Happy in Nature Uh, are most so-called progressives or liberals very honest, sensible, ethical, empathetic people? All those traits are required as a bundle in order for any one of them to be worth a damn. That's why "leftys" often aren't worth a damn. Or why they make the best Dr Jekyls and Mr Hydes. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79929678 United States07/22/2021 09:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| shovelbum
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72564661 United States07/22/2021 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | works just need to smash the heads of all the execs and hold elections to choose their corporate leadership everyone should own the company, based on how many years they worked there, stock in the company is doled out based on hours worked, doing actual work any work done remotely earns no stock, because it's bullshit non work |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79676714 United States07/22/2021 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. |
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| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 09:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Umm. Quoting: shovelbum Quit. You can fire an employer just as fast as they can fire you. There's jobs everywhere. Oh, but not that pay what you make at frito lay doing 84 hour weeks? Well then I don't know what to say. I do not believe a factory should be allowed to exploit human labor on this level. Hire more workers, which should be cheaper than paying 44 hours extra in overtime wages. If you cannot make a product without slave labor, then you shouldn't be in business. The workers are not scheduled 84 hours - they are told at the end of the shift that they will be coming in early the next day and staying late or they lose their jobs. They get out of a shift at 7 p.m. and then told they need to be a their job at 3 a.m. These workers weer not sitting home collecting unemployment, btw. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74470147 United States07/22/2021 09:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just gotta laugh again. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 I remember several weeks where 100+ hours were not uncommon. I remember $5k a month in taxes too so crybabies could collect welfare or disability. Why should any human have to work 100hours a week to put food on the table? I worked 100 hour weeks when I built my business and now I barely work 20 hrs a week and am making the most money I've ever made. You get out of life what you put in. But never work like a slave for anyone else. Just find work that you want to master, get taught, and get out on your own |
| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. Truckers choose their hours - and they can take time off. I don't think current laws allow truckers to work 84 hours a week, anyhow. |
| Big Daddy D
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| Transracialist Yo Adrian
User ID: 72670366 United States07/22/2021 09:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. Do you think they regret getting her pregnant now? (Pulls off mask)"And we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling Qtards" Klaus S. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80547479 United States07/22/2021 10:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 10:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just gotta laugh again. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 I remember several weeks where 100+ hours were not uncommon. I remember $5k a month in taxes too so crybabies could collect welfare or disability. Why should any human have to work 100hours a week to put food on the table? I worked 100 hour weeks when I built my business and now I barely work 20 hrs a week and am making the most money I've ever made. You get out of life what you put in. But never work like a slave for anyone else. Just find work that you want to master, get taught, and get out on your own I have had many 80 plus hour weeks with my own business - but I would never ask or allow my workers to put in those hours. I live in a third world country and limit my workers to 40 plus hours, five days a week, though the law permits 48 hours 6 days a week. I also closed my former business four days a year and took my employees on an all expense paid vacation to thank them for their hard work and low an d behold, my business was still profitable and I had almost no employee turnover in 12 years. |
| Flying Elvii
User ID: 79356857 United States07/22/2021 10:04 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. Lol… 84 hours…. Work for an airline in the summer storm season, or winter, and see how many mandatory hours they dump on you. |
| The Wizzard of Ahs!
User ID: 80637928 United States07/22/2021 10:05 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. Truckers choose their hours - and they can take time off. I don't think current laws allow truckers to work 84 hours a week, anyhow. 70 hours then you have to do a 34 hour break. 14 hours day, 11 hours driving per shift. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80550040  Japan07/22/2021 10:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | While I feel bad for anyone who has to slave away that many hours a week, it's not completely unheard of. I did it for years when I was in my 20's- 14-16 hour days in management. Always because some lazy teenager didn't feel like coming in, So I had to do their job AND mine. And I was salaried, so no extra hourly income or overtime. Yeah, it sucks. They should make all of the Antifa and BLM turds get jobs there in order to keep their U.S. citizenship. Then they could see what real work is all about. They would also be too damn tired to protest. |
| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 10:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 84 hours?! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79676714 Shit man any oilfield worker or truck driver does that and rarely gets any air time. Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. Lol… 84 hours…. Work for an airline in the summer storm season, or winter, and see how many mandatory hours they dump on you. I have been stranded waiting for new flight crews and forced into overnight stays because airlines have strict limits on the number of hours an employee can work during a particular time period. |
| Happy in Nature
(OP) User ID: 80639409 Nicaragua07/22/2021 10:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Happy in Nature Those remote jobs require long hours, but they are compensated well and have time off. This is a potato chop factory that refused to stop the assembly line when a line worker died. Instead they sent in a replacement worker and pushed the body to the side. If you watch the video, you will understand why this is modern day slavery. Truckers drive by wrecks everyday. People die shit goes on. Like I say 84 hours is nothing to a lot of blue collar guys. Truckers choose their hours - and they can take time off. I don't think current laws allow truckers to work 84 hours a week, anyhow. 70 hours then you have to do a 34 hour break. 14 hours day, 11 hours driving per shift. Many of the striking Frito-Lay workers have worked four to five months without a single day off. |
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| The Starbuckian
User ID: 69560465 United States07/22/2021 10:14 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Boo hoo, $12 an hour for 8 hours, then 4 extra hours at $18 an hour. And it's all union scale too. Maybe the company will let the strikers have a cut in hours, and hire other people to do part-time work instead. Seems to me the company is wasting money by asking the striking workers to work overtime. Slave wage would be something like a dollar an hour, or a dollar a day. “Queen Sarah, save us from the Black Dog King!” - from the play, Dissocia [link to tasaonline.org.au (secure)] "Never be anyone's French poodle." - Mr Hamilton |
