On 2009-02-19, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> our workers are now immigrants. They are happy to work 8 and sometimes will
> work 16 hour days if we let them. Some have been with us for years. The
> Americans don't usually last more than a few days if they show up at all.

It gets back to fair compensation. "..will work 16 hour days IF WE LET
THEM"!!!??? Well, aintchyu jes the benevelent one. Lemme ask you this:
just how long after 8 hrs do you start paying time and a half? ...double
time?

If it was up to the bean counters, they would pay straight time for 20 hrs
without a break. Last Summer I worked as a dishwasher. I sat down 2 mins
per hour per 6 hr shift. I'm 60 yrs old and as WASP as they come. Don't
even begin to tell me who and what the working man deserves. I've gone from
digging ditches to wearing suits. I know what the working man deserves.

Grrrrr......

nb