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TahitiNut

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30. The time is long past ripe to have a major upgrade to the FLSA.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 02:11 PM

Apr 2012

The abuses of "exempt" job classifications, the imposition of personal intrusions unrelated to the job, the abuses of the visa system, the appalling plague of 'wrongful discharges' for opposing illicit business behavior, the hostile treatment of GLBT in the workplace, the widespread abuse of 'casual overtime,' the oppressive mandates of availability during non-working hours, and the anti-union sociopathy that pervades virtually every company.

The average S&P500 employee receives total "compensation" of less that 30% of the value of his or her labors, and others receive even less than that. It's plantation economics run amok.

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24 Years At The Colorado Employment Service Shaped My Views [View all] TheMastersNemesis Apr 2012 OP

So true. K&R Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #1

K&R Skittles Apr 2012 #2

"will relegate workers into almost "no pay" peasants" ProfessionalLeftist Apr 2012 #3

It's "The New World Order" Hubert Flottz Apr 2012 #15

They don't want slaves. You have to feed and house your slaves. Sirveri Apr 2012 #16

I just want to say how much I appreciate your posts here. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #4

+1. What she said! freshwest Apr 2012 #6

Thanks for the inside information. Never been in an employment office. freshwest Apr 2012 #5

Thanks. Well said. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #7

So true - "as a nation we let him set his plan in motion." saras Apr 2012 #8

Actually they did do it lunatica Apr 2012 #17

frightening, ain't it...? FirstLight Apr 2012 #9

When Reagan busted PATCO, the AFL-CIO and Teamsters should have coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #10

Agreed Sherman A1 Apr 2012 #11

My Father said Geroge Meany (Head of the AFL-CIO Then) should have at the time happyslug Apr 2012 #43

A national general strike at the time -- when unions represented some 30% of the coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #46

Today I went to Lowe's to get some tile XemaSab Apr 2012 #12

Most likely former professionals who were laid off, outsourced or otherwise kicked to the curb. Flatulo Apr 2012 #39

I sure am glad that everyone hasn't forgotten this NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #13

K&R. n/t DLevine Apr 2012 #14

Get a CDL, it aint a great job, but it pays my bills. DiverDave Apr 2012 #18

Because the current system is dug in, Magoo48 Apr 2012 #19

I feel so sorry for and so angry for the 20- and 30-somethings of today. kaiden Apr 2012 #20

bingo! � SO beautifully said, especially � FraDon Apr 2012 #21

+1 freshwest Apr 2012 #32

Not it's not guided suicide. A Societal Suicide Pact. Jkid Apr 2012 #35

you mean it's not my fault????????????????? Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #22

marsha sweetheart ML.tp.MD Apr 2012 #23

Welcome to DU! proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #31

+1. There are many terrible stories out there that are never told. freshwest Apr 2012 #34

You are so right. In California, when the mental institutions LuckyLib Apr 2012 #41

hey when it all crashed in 2008, was it intentionally hard to file a claim? pasto76 Apr 2012 #24

The GOP is the pro-crime party. Kablooie Apr 2012 #25

Yes. hunter Apr 2012 #26

I've been out of work for 10+ months. MarianJack Apr 2012 #27

For regulations to be valid, they need to be enforced just1voice Apr 2012 #28

Excellent Post drm604 Apr 2012 #29

The time is long past ripe to have a major upgrade to the FLSA. TahitiNut Apr 2012 #30

Excellent post malaise Apr 2012 #33

Nothing is going to change until people... Hotler Apr 2012 #36

I worked for the Mississippi Employment Service for 24 years also as an interviewer/manager.... Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #37

Why blame Obama? Omaha Steve Apr 2012 #38

Your historical perspective and your views are invaluable. LuckyLib Apr 2012 #40

If they had an award for best up and comer DonCoquixote Apr 2012 #42

22 year here --- BOHICA12 Apr 2012 #44

It's become in my lifetime a nation that is unhealthy for a huge number of citizens. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2012 #45

Thanks for the TRUTH, TheMastersNemisis Mimosa Apr 2012 #47

It's been decades in the making. Quantess Apr 2012 #48