I’d recommend you join a union so you can change your conditions at work, but you’ll have to know a thing or two about getting your coworkers onboard to make meaningful change.
Here’s a list of which unions to join - join-a-union.github.io
Comment on This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Fuck I feel that 12 hours with no overtime… I work 60 hours a week with no overtime. Hourly
How do I start some shit, I don’t know how much longer I can do this
heavyladder63@lemmy.world 11 months ago
JamesFire@lemmy.world 11 months ago
(Assuming you’re in the US)
Yeah… that’s illegal. There doesn’t appear to be any rules about hours per day, but there’s definitely rules about hours per week. You are legally entitled to overtime pay after 40hrs in a week,.
www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime
You can contact the DOL here www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact
If you can get more employees to report, it’ll make it more likely they’ll do something.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Wrong, I’m a truck driver and therefore exempt.
I work in the office 99% of the time… but once or twice a month I do have to drive.
www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/…/19-flsa-motor-carrier
Vqhm@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Log book rules are a tiny complicated for most to understand.
However, FLSA ISN’T that complicated. If you don’t cross state lines, if you’re not driving a truck that weighs at least 10,000+ Pounds all the time then you’re likely intitled to OT. The Motor Carrier Exemption isn’t really for every office joe that happens to have a DOT medical because they sometimes move a box truck.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Yeah but I am driving a 53’ semi and could reasonably be asked to go across state lines so I would still be exempt.
(generally us office staff would only cover shorter stuff if a driver calls out, but it could reasonably happen)