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TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts)
Sat Oct 14, 2023, 10:51 AM Oct 2023

What Nestle and Abbott Don't Want You to Know - More Perfect Union



Black union workers are under siege in Memphis.

For decades, workers who make protein for Nestle made a fair living.

After a $26 billion takeover, a new owner wants to take away lunch breaks & destroy the union.

Workers won’t back down. They’ve been striking for 4 months.
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What Nestle and Abbott Don't Want You to Know - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2023 OP
I hope the workers win Bayard Oct 2023 #1
Disgusting happy feet Oct 2023 #2

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
1. I hope the workers win
Sat Oct 14, 2023, 11:56 AM
Oct 2023

Taking away paid lunch breaks would seem to go against federal law....

After looking it up:

"Federal Law states that all breaks lasting under 20 minutes are considered part of the workday and must be paid. Meal breaks lasting 30 minutes or longer can be unpaid, so long as employees don't work during that time. Employers are not required to give rest breaks. Employers are not required to give meal breaks."

That sucks.

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