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flying_wahini

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2. Yes, folks are sick and tired of being jerked around by employers. Full time jobs with benefits
Sat Feb 10, 2024, 11:51 AM
Feb 2024

Much less any sick time or PTO are non existent these days. Employers rig the system so they can have plenty of cheap labor to take advantage of during holidays or peak work hours. And Good Luck in finding any company to contributes to a 401k or has any good retirement pkg.
My son worked for LOWES for 2 years before being hired full time and then they expected him to work overtime when they needed him but just take time off so he wasn’t being paid any overtime.
Thankfully he found a better place to work later.
I’m still hopeful that workers across America unionize and call for a general strike across the board.
If workers cost them lots of money it would get their attention.
Unions are the answer to many of these problems.

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