Good idea or not?
Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing for a 7 day work week-to which they claim is on behalf of the state's largest business group: Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.
When the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel followed up: WMC spokesman Jim Pugh who was questioned-has yet return messages.
Both legislators (Born & Grothman) stated: the idea was given to Republican legislator and not the Democratic side.
Born and Grothman also said businesses have employees who want to work the additional time. But when asked for names; said the only people they met with to discuss the bill were from WMC & not workers.
Sen. Glenn Grothman is from West Bend and Mark Born is from Beaver Dam.
Both are from 2 small suburban areas with small populations in Wisconsin. So I wonder have they spoken with employees from major cities like Green Bay, Milwaukee & Madison Wisconsin.
Their claim: this bill gives workers a way to make extra money and employers a way to boost production by way of volunteering to work 7 days. Democrats as expected- immediately opposed it. Their claim: employers would use the bill to force their employees to work longer and effectively erase the weekend-
Erase the idea for raises. Employees who leave-likely would see such positions go immigrants who are less likely to ask for raises let alone time off.
Current Wisconsin law requires employers to give their workers at least 24 consecutive hours off every seven days. Under Grothman and Born's proposal, workers could volunteer to work seven straight days without a rest day.
My take?
#1 How can the economy be so bad- if these corporations are churning out products 7 days of out of 7?
#2. A lot of companies have eliminated 40 hour work weeks down to 37.5
#3. A lot of companies have gone up to 12 hour work days on a 4 on 3 off basis. Then require mandatory rotation.
example: Quad Graphics bindery workers do mon-tue-wed 7am-7pm rotate sun.
The other shift does thur-fri-sat rotate sun.
(so one week is a 36 hour work week.
The other is 48 hours per week
BUT: because they rotate from days to night- every 6 weeks I think-- they lose that sunday meaning they put in more 36 hour work weeks than 48.
So if your 4th workday starts after the payperiod; then you can work 48 hours and not get the 8 hours overtime- because that 4th day- starts the next pay period.
Koch brothers who are backing Walker's bid for Potus do this now in many of the factories across many industries that they run. Same for their data center -I know I applied for them- then turned it down when the Human Resources chick tried to convince me- Because I will not work a standard 52 week calendar year- rather 46- it give me more time with family!! (smile)
More time to what? complain how Im missing money from a 46 work week calendar year as opposed to 52?
My point is- why would these very companies institute such rotation work weeks, decrease 40 hr. work weeks...
Then submit this? Am I missing something?
GOP lawmakers propose allowing 7-day work week in Wisconsin
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