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by ahaferburg 2634 days ago
Unionization is never going to happen, and won't have much benefit.

Excessive overtime and crunch need to be outlawed. It's not a matter of whether or not it's paid, beyond a certain threshold it's a question of health. Nothing will change until people start suing. If companies can just abuse and then terminate people once their lives are ruined, they will continue to do so.

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Just out of curiosity, which people (or perhaps, organizations) do you think first pushed for overtime laws in the U.S.?
Collective bargaining will never happen, but outlawing overtime will?