Hi, I'm a fulltime nightshift worker in Pennsylvania. I currently am working for a non-profit and have been for a little over a year. I accepted the job because they said I would be able to work four nights on and four off, and while admittedly nightshifts are probably horrible for my health that was the least amount of work I could get away with and still get healthcare and rent.
Just today my boss who I almost never see and who doesn't understand my position sent an email to me and the three other night shift workers who share my schedule telling us that we will have to work four nights on, three off, which will give me way less time to recover, go for runs, work out, hang with my friends, and all the things I actually enjoy. Now, obviously she can get away with whatever she wants, and I am already applying to other jobs, but I still want to be able to make her life as miserable as possible during however long I am still here.
In the email, she blamed this all on “this schedule not being in accordance with the Department of Labor, and this is why we HAVE to make the change.” Is any of that remotely true? I would really like to catch her in a lie. And anything else that I could use would of course also be appreciated. Thanks and Solidarity.
EDIT: Also, at least three out of the four of us night shift workers hate the new change and are willing to quit over it, if it's simply a matter of numbers and solidarity.