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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by Shivetya on Friday December 19, 2014 @09:05AM (#8772233)
however nothing should prevent workers from performing a 60 hour work week should they choose.
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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by ceejayoz on Friday December 19, 2014 @09:12AM (#8772255)
The problem there is preventing coercion. I've heard a number of stories of people working at startups who get in trouble for "not being a team player" or "lacking dedication" because they don't want to work super-long hours.
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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by vidarh on Friday December 19, 2014 @09:27AM (#8772305)
That'd be great assuming both sides held equal power.

Both sides don't hold equal power, which is the reason it took nearly a century of demonstrations, strikes and violent confrontations to get down from 60 hours+ work weeks to ~40 (EDIT: in the US and Europe)

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