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Louisiana lawmakers have vetoed a law that requires child workers to have lunch breaks
- Thread starter ClickyCal'
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It started with Nixon and Goldwater. It's no surprise it's the reason why they're such an easy target for comedians.
It's these red states that HAVE to be backwards in order to rule their state like a kingdom. The sad part is that there's nowhere for people to go.
Cane is the least those people deserve.
Protect our children. Destroy the freaks who aim to turn them into slaves.
I'd give you a break, but unfortunately you just vetoed the law requiring that I need to give you one.
Knowing a lot of conservatives that could be figuratively and literally.Louisiana lawmakers just said:
Republicans would probably agree since cane-guy was staunchly pro-slavery and beat Sumner for being an abolitionist. They dream about using violence against people who disagree with them.
Personally, I agree with you, but people with empathy would hesitate to actually do it and the people who deserve it most would wield that cane gleefully.
(And yes, I do understand it was a joking post, I just really hate cane-guy 😅)
I hate him to. I do love that the caning actually made things worse for him and his friends, showing the average person the violent savages they were.
Very true! And while I remember Sumner's name I never remember cane-guy. (And I refuse to look him up.) So I guess it kinda worked out.
Yeah, I was vaguely aware cane guy was an asshole. I'd just really love to see some asshole proudly saying CHILD WORKERS don't need food to just catch hands really quickly.
My home of Colorado is surprisingly one of the few states that requires lunch breaks (unpaid) and paid bathroom breaks in all cases.
The federal law basically says no one gets anything in a lot of circumstances. It's crazy that hasn't been changed.
The federal law basically says no one gets anything in a lot of circumstances. It's crazy that hasn't been changed.
I'm not sure if it's state to state, but where I live child workers are anyone under the age of 18, and as such are subject to more strict job safety rules depending on their age. For instance 15 year olds have far more rules about working than a 17 year does.
A 15 year old can't operate any machinery, work at a grill or fryer, use knives or work past certain hours the day before they have school. They can only do things like work a cash register etc.
Most of those rules don't apply to anyone 16 or older though.
It's the objectively correct position to take so it's really on me that I felt the need to "well ackshully". 😅 I just like dunking on the guy if I'm honest.
Indeed. If you're old enough to pay income taxes, you're old enough to vote. We're supposed to be all about "no taxation without representation" in this country, aren't we? On that note, DC deserves statehood as well.
Yeah, always look at the state rankings when this shit happens. Pretty soon third world nations will be sending aid to them
As someone that manages younger employees (usually early 20s, never teenagers TBF) I do agree there is an issue with requiring hourly employees to clock out for lunch. They don't want to do it, because it means being at work an extra 30 minutes. Given the choice, they'd rather just eat on the clock or skip lunch and go home earlier.
The problem here is that this piece of shit has intentionally perverted the issue to frame it as kids not wanting breaks. The real solution here is that they shouldn't have to clock out for lunch. They should get their 30 minutes, but they should still be paid for their time. It's completely asinine to contextualize that lunch time as somehow divorced from their work hours. It isn't enough time to do anything except cram down some food (which, you know, allows us to stay alive) and collect one's thoughts for a bit. IMO it's just stealing time from employees.
The problem here is that this piece of shit has intentionally perverted the issue to frame it as kids not wanting breaks. The real solution here is that they shouldn't have to clock out for lunch. They should get their 30 minutes, but they should still be paid for their time. It's completely asinine to contextualize that lunch time as somehow divorced from their work hours. It isn't enough time to do anything except cram down some food (which, you know, allows us to stay alive) and collect one's thoughts for a bit. IMO it's just stealing time from employees.
If I could skip my lunch break and leave 30 minutes early I would in a heartbeat. I already get 2 paid 15 minute breaks throughout the day along side my lunch though.
