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Re:Australians fight for the right to work from home permane... by shortcrct on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:13PM (#36974672)
I wouldn't see the issue here if the employer was willing to "pay handsomely" to have their employees work those hours. Some white collar workers work those hours every week - if not longer - and are paid well for it.
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Re:Australians fight for the right to work from home permane... by rconti on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:15PM (#36974706)
Funny how "paying handsomely" turns into a race to the bottom.
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Re:Australians fight for the right to work from home permane... by randomdata on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:24PM (#36974833)
It is, indeed, fascinating how little respect workers have for each other. Any little concession they can offer an employer to screw over the guy beside them, they will take it.

Unionization helps develop somewhat of a brotherhood to keep the nastiness at bay, but even then the members generally want to keep it an exclusive club, not something for all workers to join. As a result even union members still see external pressure from the workers outside of the union still trying to them screw over.

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Re:Australians fight for the right to work from home permane... by Ylpertnodi on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:50PM (#36975249)
>Unionization helps develop somewhat of a brotherhood to keep the nastiness at bay,

No, being comprised of humans, it absolutely doesn’t.

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Re:Australians fight for the right to work from home permane... by birdyrooster on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:22PM (#36974800)
The only person paying handsomely (hastening their illness and death) is the one working 7 days a week for 14 hours.
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Re:Australians fight for the right to work from home permane... by plagiarist on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:10PM (#36975594)
Actually I'd prefer OSHA set some sane limits on hours worked instead of assuming an Invisible Hand will stop employers from working laborers to death.
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