[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Growler

"On price" I'm guessing means the same as "salaried" or "contracted" here in the States - in which case, you are still only required to meet the minimum 40 hour work week - but many employers take advantage of the contract status and mandate 50 or 60 hour work weeks at base salary - which is illegal, but rarely enforced.

Which supports a need for unions to keep employers from running sweat shops. What we have now is a reflection of our political polarity where the need for compromises must be forced upon us.

I've never been a union employee, and work for the only non-unionized department in my workplace, but I appreciate what unions have done to keep employers from abusing their employees.

In a perfect world there would be no need for unions and no need for absurdly inflated executive salaries. Not socialism, but fair and sensibly run capitalism.