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submitted 9 months ago by bryan to c/news@lemmy.world

Say goodbye to breaks and lunch when working > 6 hours a day! Kentucky says just let the feds set the rules.

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[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 84 points 9 months ago

The United States workers need to copy the French! Unite and strike! Workers always have the power when they unite their forces.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 53 points 9 months ago

In the US the cops have a long history of killing striking workers.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Everyone's semi-annual reminder that the Pinkerton Agency still exists

[-] HaywardT 2 points 9 months ago

In France the opposite is true.

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

The problem with that is the coordination, a general strike like is the flavor in europe requires a lot of prep and a lot of coordinating resources to keep everyone from losing their shirts during the struggle, imagine the problems trying to coordinate a general strike across the whole of Europe, sans language barriers for the most part, and you'll begin to get a picture of what America's working with on the labor solidarity front

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[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 67 points 9 months ago

At some point, people need to revolt. This is ridiculous.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

They are revolting, FOR this... With every GOP vote they prove this is what they want...

[-] Cyclist@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

I would say this is revolting.

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The guy who made this bill needs to be made made example of. Tarred and feathered would be the gentlest reaction

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

And how many hours a day do these cunts work?

[-] honeybadger1417@lemmy.world 77 points 9 months ago

I emailed my representative here in KY about this and his response was, "I don’t get lunch most days during Session." JFC How about writing a bill to ensure representatives are allowed to take a lunch break, instead of supporting one that takes away everyone else's right to one? What an asshole. By the way, his name is Daniel Fister, in case any other people stuck in this hellhole state want to look up his email address and let him know how you feel about how much of a twat he is.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I emailed my representative here in KY about this and his response was, “I don’t get lunch most days during Session.”

Ask him how many bags of mulch, bags of cement mix, or flats of shingles he moves in an average day during session.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

That motherfucker needs to get his ass kicked on live TV.

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[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 30 points 9 months ago

In even-numbered years, sessions may not last more than 60 legislative days, and cannot extend beyond April 15. In odd-numbered years, sessions may not last more than 30 legislative days, and cannot extend beyond March 30.

Wow the guy works a whole 30-60 days per year 🙄

[-] bostonbananarama@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

You should reply that in the next election you'll be voting for him to have a lot more free time.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 9 months ago

This is the response you come up with 2 weeks later while in the shower.

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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 months ago

I emailed my representative here in KY about this and his response was, "I don’t get lunch most days during Session."

You're also not doing physical labor out in the heat of the day.

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

Just pull yourself up by your bootstrap in the morning and get the work done before the sun is up, sissy.

But don't you dare drilling that wall before i woke up and enjoyed my breakfast!

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

the one quick fix to this is to change the last day to run for office to the day after the general assembly session ends. I never was surprised when the really noxious evil bills showed up in committee when it was no longer possible for those people to lose their seats.

also I bet they're running unopposed. I really hate the kentucky democratic party. the wa6 they operate it's as though they think the republicans are doing a great job it would be a great inconvenience if they challenged them. it's been that way since I've been voting.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 59 points 9 months ago

The asshole who put forth the bill owns a landscaping company. His motivation is pretty clear.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago
[-] thisbenzingring 5 points 9 months ago

Thankfully the opposition asked him directly about it during the committee. His response should be concerning for the backers of the Bill.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Hours are for poors.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Because republicans know they can do litterally anything and still get voted in as long as they shout "BUT THE WOKE" everyone now and then.

[-] zerkrazus@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

What assholes they are in the Kentucky government.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

They're not special in that regard when it comes to the South.

[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 20 points 9 months ago

I feel like I spent to much time in the sun today...

Why is nobody talking about this?

It would also eliminate the need to pay time and a half overtime on the seventh consecutive day of work for people working at least 40 hours a week,

Am I missing something here. Do these people get paid overtime if they work 7 days in a row, period, as long as they work 40 hours a week? Or does this mean if you work over 40 hours and 7 days in a row, you do not get your overtime pay for the 7th day, even if that puts you over 40 hours?

While i understand many people dont work 7 days in a row, I'm unclear as to why eliminating overtime pay, in any capacity, isn't a bigger part of this story. I understand breaks are important and it's not right to take that away, for various reasons, but to eliminate any form of overtime pay is also a big WTF. Idk, this isn't a thing in my state

And then there's this:

The bill, if it becomes law, would require employers to pay workers while they are eating instead of giving them a break.

Are they supposed to eat their sandwich while working? The break is only as long as the employee is actively eating? If there's no break, how are they eating, at all?

Idk. Not like its unusual for me to be dense, but these things really make no sense to me.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

As to that second point, if it means that the employer has to pay during a lunch break (which is how it should be), then I'm all for it.

The 8 hrs working plus unpaid lunch way we do it is bullshit.

[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Y'all are reading into that too much. We have a similar clause in Texas, which is virtually our only protection in regards to breaks. To simplify: they are saying that if the employee is eating AND working, then you have to pay them. I'm not sure how they are wording it in Kentucky but here it's along the lines of "you don't have to give the peasants a break, but if you do and it is unpaid then it is illegal to request that they work".

It sounds stupid because they are literally saying "if you don't pay them they can't be forced to work", but I'm really glad that protection is there or guarantee it would be abused even more than it likely already is.

The practical effect is everyone just gets an unpaid lunch because asking people to work 8 hours with no break is ridiculous.

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[-] wavebeam@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I got my first job at a pizza place at the age of 15. On my first day, the owner really stressed to me that the law says i had to have breaks, but that they were from laws written for factory workers who couldn’t leave their post to go to the bathroom any time, so it’s okay if they don’t follow exact timelines for my breaks because i could use the bathroom outside of the break time.

Fuck that guy.

[-] Twisted_Alien@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Pennsylvania is the same. Employers are not legally required to give breaks during the work day but I've never worked or heard of anyone working that didn't get a break.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Guy who wrote this bill owns a lawncare company. This needs to be struck down and him removed from office.

[-] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

Then it's just a matter of time

[-] credo@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

eliminating work break rights rings

I don’t know why it took me three read-throughs to understand that.

[-] GooseFinger@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Anyone else have a stroke trying to make sense of the title?

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

And the body of the article too.

The bill would also would not have to pay minimum wage...

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The bill would not would have to not eliminate paying minimum wage.

[-] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 9 months ago

House Bill 500 would repeal current state legislation that requires employers to allow workers a lunch break for every three to five hours of work completed. The bill, if it becomes law, would require employers to pay workers while they are eating instead of giving them a break.

I don't get it, it is a paid lunch break or eat while you work? Or are those considered the same thing?

[-] Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

It sounds like lunch may be paid, but the time isn't mandated. Waiting for a new lot to roll in? Scarf down a sandwich in 7 minutes, get paid for it, and get yer arse back on the line, peasant. You can eat your chips while bolting together widgets. (I have no idea, just a guess.)

[-] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

So like Texas then?

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