Arnie wants to eat your lunch

[sophie996]

Schwarzenegger trying to undo workers' rights
- Josh Benson
Sunday, January 9, 2005

When Arnold Schwarzenegger mounted his recall campaign in 2003, he never said anything about lunch. But lunch is on the menu this year if his administration approves a proposed rule to limit the right of employees to take a meal break.

First announced on Dec. 10 as an emergency regulation, then slightly repackaged on Dec. 20, the rule would relax the requirement that employers provide lunch breaks to workers or face claims for extra wages.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/09/INGAPALQ6T1.DTL

what's next? women's votes?

[GRLMGC]

1. Arnie can bite my ass

Next task: Get rid of his ass!

[Deja Q]

2. Sick. Fucking sick. I'm glad I will be obsolete in the new order, as

I would not want to live in a "society" that's anything but regressive.

The neocons are the ultimate in regressive tendencies. They are not civilized, but they are devolving.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. I'm so glad I'm in OR!

Or my Repug boss would probably try to take out my drivers lunches with this rule.... fer crying out loud!


"Such flexibility, so nice in theory, is often fatal in practice. For example, employees now denied breaks can use payroll records to prove as much. The new rule, though, presumes an employer is in compliance if the worker acknowledges the rule in writing -- regardless of what the payroll records show."

[Downtown Hound]

4. Arnold is starting to make me sick

This is coming from a guy that had people catering to him hand and foot on every movie set he ever worked on. He has never worked a real job in his life, and has always had people kissing his ass. Sorry, Arnold, but you can forget about that immigrant rising to the top bullshit. You came here and immediately started doing ads for weightlifting equipment because that commie Austrian government supported you while you became Mr. Universe. Try working some shit job for eight hours a day and tell me people don't need their lunch break. Asshole.

[elehhhhna]

5. Here's the Federal Law--State law can't reduce Federal. There's more to

this than we're seeing. Pehaps Cali has more relaxed lunch regulations?


'With the exception of the broadcasting and motion picture industries, the rule for meal periods is that no person may be employed for a work period of more than five hours without a meal period of not less than 30 minutes. However, the meal period may be waived by mutual consent if a work period of not more than six hours will complete the day's work. Unless the employee is completely relieved of duty, the meal period must be considered time worked. Also, if employees must eat on the premises, a suitable place for that purpose must be designated.'

[sophie996]

8. thanks for fed info!

i'll post that on our local web site, www.lakecountydemocrats.org

[readmylips]

6. Ahhold can't eat my bun....

What do you expected from a natural born Nazi?

[mrdmk]

7. Good Luck for Arnold in his next election

I remember taking a employer to the labor board because he did not pay overtime after an eight hour day or a forty hour week. The suit was well documented. The only reason this case went to the State Court was due to the fact that the employer refused to show up at the Labor Board hearings. Once in the State Court there were three extensions given to the employer. To say the least it took over a year bring this case to a close in my favor.

As a side note: The person representing me from the Labor Board wanted to make a landmark case out of this suit. The suit would contend that interest would have to be paid to the victim having to wait for their money. I am and am not sorry I did this at that time.

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Arnie can .....