Frito-Lay Workers Go on Strike with Some Claiming They Face 84-Hour Work Weeks

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. When I was an airline ticket agent,

overtime was routine. If the flights were late or were cancelled, sometimes we'd be there a whole lot longer. If the twelve hour shift absolutely ends, that's one thing. But I also know that 12 hours straight, even if only three or four days, is exhausting. And notice that the days you worked you did nothing but work and sleep. I don't think that's a good thing.

Today's On Point, an NPR show, spent the entire hour talking about a shorter work week, shorter work day. Companies are discovering that people are invariably more productive in the shorter week. Over the hour lots of aspects were discussed, including how it's sometimes tricky to implement, and the fact that a lot of people in low wage jobs such as retail or food, cannot get scheduled for more than maybe 20 hours a week.

A nursing home somewhere was referenced a couple of times. A while back it put all its Certified Nursing Associates on a 32 hour (I think) week with the same pay as before, and suddenly they are not having the staff turnover, patient care is better, and so on. Anyway, I think you'd find that program interesting.