Changes sought in rules on lunch breaks (by Schwarzenegger )

[RamboLiberal]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/15/MNGUMAC6LL1.DTL

The Schwarzenegger administration is seeking an emergency rule that would weaken a Gov. Gray Davis-era law that protects the rights of workers to take lunch breaks.

The unusual move by the governor's labor officials is aimed, they say, at limiting lawsuits by employees against their employers and clearing up confusion among employers about their responsibility to provide breaks.

But critics of the order, including labor groups and some Democratic lawmakers, accuse Schwarzenegger of trying to undo a long-standing right to lunch periods that was strengthened by Davis in 2000 to allow employees ranging from farmworkers to bus drivers to sue employers who denied them breaks and recover years of lost wages.

"This is quite a Christmas present to employers,'' said Laura Ho, an Oakland attorney whose law firm sued home mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corp. over workers' missed meal periods.

[AllegroRondo]

1. Heard the story on NPR this morning

apparantly, all an employer has to do is provide notice to the employee and have them sign it. Voila - you no longer need lunch.

[Catfight]

28. I pledge allegiance to the United States of Corporations....n/t

[Cocoa]

2. lunch breaks are for girlie-men

[yorgatron]

4. we'll just have to get legislation to allow "cigar breaks"

which arnold won't dare oppose.then if you don't want to smoke a cigar,you can go ahead and eat your lunch in the time allotted.

[Richard D]

5. But . . .

. . . cigar breaks are for real, testosterone pumped up girlie-men.

[StClone]

3. Thug rule

California screams for more please.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. GRR

:grr:

Austria is crap!!!

[VegasWolf]

7. Want's to allow groping while standing in line. n/t

[yellowcanine]

8. "Quit yer bitchin and eat at your desk like a man. Don't be a girlie-man."

[NashVegas]

9. This Is Just Stupid

lunch is an important meal. Not allowing a full lunch hour makes employees more prone to fucking up when they go back on. Bad for productivity.

[laheina]

37. You would think that

they would use that logic. What is good for productivity is good for the business.

Is this even about corporate power anymore, or is it just about having the power to control other people?

[bleedingheart]

10. Maybe they will limit restrictions on blocking fire exits too...

seems in keeping with the recent trends of humiliating and mistreating workers.

[Willy Wonka]

11. Schwartzneggar is an effin' moron.

How's the recall petition going for that schmuck?

Clark: Burn dust, eat my rubber.
Rusty Griswold: You mean burn rubber, eat my dust.
Clark: Whatever

[spanone]

12. Eating is way over-rated. Why can't these pussy workers eat & work.

Arnold....go fuck yourself.

[jayfish]

13. "As The Palaces Burn"

The fiends have gagged a generation of pacified fools
Bound by our greed a nation enslaved as corporate tools.
Arise and raze the legacy of their lies
To realize that this in itself is an ascension
Towards the day we revolt.

As the seeds you've cast away take hold
War will be born.
Rejoice, the age of the fall has begun
We'll dance as the palaces burn.

A shot gun blast into the face of deceit
You'll gain your just reward.
We'll not rest until the purge is complete
You will reap what you've sown.

My redemption lies in your demise.

In such a world as this does one dare to think for himself?
The paradox of power and peace will destroy itself
To know the truth and live in fear of no man.
To realize that this in itself is an ascension
Toward the day we revolt.

As the seeds you've cast away take hold
War will be born.
Rejoice, the age of the fall has begun
We'll dance as the palaces burn.

My redemption lies in your demise.
Rejoice, the age of the fall has begun.
We'll dance as the palaces burn.


LAMB OF GOD "AS THE PALACES BURN"- 2003

Jay

[phusion]

14. Free lunch? Nevermind

OK, nevermind...need to RTFA. :)

[jayfish]

15. The Word "Paid" Is Not In The Article.

Try again.

Jay

[phusion]

18. Just Breaks?!

Isn't that inhumane???

WTF?

[jayfish]

24. Apparently...

Anhole doesn't think so.

Jay

[ronnykmarshall]

16. I hate that fucker.

Every time I past a billboard with his sorry ass on it, I wanna :puke: and then throw it at it.

[laheina]

38. Me too!

I cannot even tell you how much he pisses me off.

[LeftCoast]

17. Just stopped by the corner store and people were talking

about this...people are shocked and pissed off at Arnie. I'm predicting a very contrite Arnie backing off this one - hope so anyway.

[Samurai_Writer]

19. How is he going to get around OSHA regs?

OSHA regs state that for every 6 hours a person works, they must be given a 30 minute meal break. That's federal law, I don't see how he can get around it.

[yellowcanine]

21. Not to mention that nearly every union contract contains a provision

for at least a 30 minute lunch break as well as 15 minute morning and afternoon breaks as well. Groperman is in over his head but you all know that.

[jayfish]

26. Ya Know,...

it's not about being able to take breaks. It's about the middle and lower classes ability to redress grievances. We are not so slowly losing that ability. We are being fucking steamrolled toward indentured servitude and we are not going to be able to stop it through use of the courts. That doesn't leave the masses many options.

Jay

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[Anakin Skywalker]

29. Easy! Rethugs Will Try to Repeal

OSHA (watch for Shrub to work on this. He's got another 4 years to try). The @$$hole Freeps and Rethugs have long whine about OSHA and "restrictive" laws that prevent corporations from maximizing profits. Bottom line for @$$holes is profits and portfolio fattening. F*** workers' rights and safety and f*** improving the livelihoods of Americans. That's their attitude.

[napi21]

35. I don't know about OSHA, but there is no Fed law that mandates lunch.

When I first read this thread, I thought the same thing, but all the sites I checked all said this was determined by State law! Most states mandate 30 minutes after 5 hours work, but it's up to the employer if they wish to make it longer, as some do.

I didn't check the OSHA regs, but most of them involve safety issues as far as I know.

[VegasWolf]

20. Well, old Arnie, is a Republican. n/t

[MisterP]

22. to the tangerine-skinned nipple-fixated groping SA brat in Sacramento:

please sit on your thumb and rotate.
Unless it gives you pleasure.
Then jump off a bridge instead. No, not bride, bridge.

[htuttle]

23. This will be the beginning of the end for the Governator

Wanna piss people off? Fuck with their lunch breaks.

Guess what, Arnold. After you piss them off as Governor, they won't pay to see your stupid movies anymore, either.

[Ilsa]

25. C'mon Arnie. People spend money on lunch breaks.

People spend money on lunch breaks. Can you imagine the number of restaurants that would fail over this?

[patricia92243]

27. That is so bad that I would not have believed it if sombody had just said

it. I would have thought they didn't know what they were talking about.

Truly Unbelievable

[daleo]

30. Your lunchbreak is terminated. n/t

[snippy]

31. This is what happens when people vote republican.

More people need to understand the consequences of their vote.

[driver8]

36. voting republican...

That is exactly right! Damn, these guys just keep taking and taking...no lunch breaks, no overtime...what's next? The legalization of sweat shops?

It should be obvious to even the most obtuse rethugs that their party does not give a shit about the american worker or the middle class. I cannot believe the crap that these guys are trying to pull.

I cannot wait to vote Ahnuld out of office...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Bathroom breaks will be next.

Gotta pee? Too bad....

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. BYOCB

Bring your own colostomy bag.

[flordehinojos]

34. little fascist punk. i wonder if maria shriver is getting to know a side

of her husband she did not know existed!