I worked in an mission-critical environment with a traditional 12-hour schedule where the option for this flexibility wasn’t mandated. Staff dreaded working th

I worked in an mission-critical environment with a traditional 12-hour schedule where the option for this flexibility wasn’t mandated. Staff dreaded working the fall-back shift because they ended up working an extra hour for free. The union brought this up at every round of negotiations, but were told to pound sand by the employer and asked what they would like to give up instead.