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> exempting "computer professionals" broadly from overtime pay in 2003. I don't understand why this is still a thing. How have we, as a group, not gotten such

• eli_gottlieb 10y ago
  >I don't understand why this is still a thing. How have we, as a group, not gotten such a horrible law overturned. It's not that loads of people think 60 hours/week is ok. It's that lots of people seem to think there's something immoral and mafia-esque about collective bargaining and organized labor. Labor rights don't get improved because people walk away from bad jobs (there will always be someone sufficiently desperate as to undercut everyone else, even if the employers have to change a bunch of laws to make it happen), and they don't get improved because the government sees just how lovely and moral it would be to improve labor rights. They get improved because workers unite and fight for our collective interests. To my mind, people who don't admit this have a strangely romanticized conception of how business works.
  • serge2k 10y ago
    I get that, but there is a gap between all salaries and promotions are based on seniority and firing a lousy employee is impossible vs. an organization of professionals who will fight for lousy employment laws. You also have wage fixing/anti-poaching agreements that could potentially be more effectively fought. Overly broad non-compete agreements are another obvious target.