The way my break breaks down this issue is simple (to me): - overtime should be optional, you don't know what's going on in people's lives. They should have th

The way my break breaks down this issue is simple (to me): - overtime should be optional, you don't know what's going on in people's lives. They should have the right to refuse to work overtime without justification. - the business should compensate workers for working overtime. - if nobody wants to work overtime, that's the company's problem, they could change shifts to accommodate different hours. - since I believe overtime is optional, then firing a worker for it should be an offense that warrants the union to be involved, and the union may use its collective bargaining power to make a change. But of course, the policy the workers/union agreed to is important to consider. That being said, companies take advantage of unpaid overtime to overwork their employees, and it becomes a habit and easy money-saver solution.