6 minutes a day for bathroom breaks? Union cries foul

[LuckyTheDog]

A Chicago-area union has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against an employer who they claim is allowing them only 6 minutes a day to use the bathroom.

Members of the Teamsters Local 743 who build sink stations at WaterSaver Faucet Co. and its sister company Guardian Equipment Inc. said that workers have been disciplined for exceeding their allotted bathroom time of 30 minutes per week, or 6 minutes per workday.

"They offered $1 per day for anyone who doesn't go to the bathroom at all," said Nick Kreitman, senior business agent for Teamsters Local 743. So far, 19 people have been disciplined, with written or oral warnings, he said.

MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/6-minutes-day-bathroom-breaks-union-cries-foul/

[daleanime]

1. See, there's no need for Unions....

[uppityperson]

2. $1/day won't even pay for depends and wtf?

[MineralMan]

3. Unbelievable!

Truly.

[louis-t]

4. Haaa!!!1!!!1!1 This is satire...right?...right?

It's ..not?

[Lochloosa]

6. Wouldn't work for me. That is where I read DU.

[malaise]

7. America is turning into a Chinese sweat shop

How greedy are these scumbags?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Does peeing go against the company's religious preferences? What does SCOTUS have to say?

[PowerToThePeople]

9. The employees should learn from the poop on train peeps

Just drop trow and go wherever you may be at the time.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. That especially discriminates against women and that time of the month.

Takes a while to clean things up.

This is ridiculous.

I once had to beg a judge for a lunch break and tell him about my blood sugar problems when I was a court reporter. I said I needed 30 minutes to grab a burger or I would start shaking and eventually pass out. He was hellbent on working through lunch and not taking a lunch.

I finally said, "My doctor's name is Dr. ____and his phone number is ________. You wanna call him and check with him about it?"

Then he backed down after my appeal to authority. Both of the attorneys at the hearing, who were very famous and expensive lawyers, complimented me on my appeal to the judge.

His regular court reporter died a few years later literally from overwork from respiratory collapse. She told me once, before she died, "Normal people have to go to the bathroom."

He thought the courthouse couldn't run without him. He died about a year ago and it's still running without him.

[MindPilot]

17. Kinda rough on us old guys too.

Between my tiny bladder and the blood pressure meds that trick my kidneys into thinking I just quaffed a keg, I would burn up my potty time well before lunch.

[joeybee12]

11. Walking to the bathroom, doing your business, washing your hands, walking back...

Six minutes just about covers one break a day. And if someone doesn't need at least ONE break a day, he/she is not hydrating themselves...phucking company...knr

[woodsprite]

12. Somebody should time the company the people pushing that rule and post how long they take. n/t

[Turbineguy]

13. Sounds like they have too many managers

with not enough to do.

[Gormy Cuss]

14. That's just about the dumbest way to control employees.

What idiot manager thinks having workers try to hold their water all day is good for production? After awhile ALL they'll be thinking about is having to go. Yeah, that's good for safety, good for attention spans. Not.

[Hekate]

15. God almighty. This reminds me of a parody from back in the day...

It was much-photocopied because back-in-the-day we didn't have Teh Intertubes at work, of course.

All you had to do was to fill in your boss's name and the name of the company. In our case supposedly the chancellor of the university had instructed the head of staff personnel (distinct from academic personnel) to time employees' bathroom breaks and count the toilet tissues, among other things. It was well-written enough that I found myself nodding along even as my outrage grew at the intrusion, until the bit about conserving TP when I realized it was a joke.

Sometimes life imitates parody in the worst way.

[Hoyt]

16. While it is absurd, there is a morning and afternoon break and a lunch break.

But 6 minutes is pretty bad.