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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by captainmuon on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:34AM (#30695943)
No, I am aware of the lives of other working people, and I have worked jobs with fixed shifts before.

But I also have seen over the last 20 years that flexible time has moved from an exotic perk to a standard contract term in my country, at least for white-collar workers. And we have mandatory works councils, where workers can have a say in certain decisions, for example shift hours. (In the US the equivalent is roughly when a company has a union.)

So it is not being out of touch, it is a political demand. I am just saying what's possible.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by standardUser on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @03:22PM (#30702854)
In the US, workers don't get to make political demands. Union membership is at an all-time low and most states have stacks of anti-worker laws. So maybe our different perspectives are simply based on the realities of our different countries.
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