written on a toilet at work, on the clock, well past 5 mins
I never learned about May Day until today: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff- The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & Eight-Hour Workday https://open.spotify.com/episode/41uqkCnq7gncnCmpkyFRIl?si=WiiAEwu3T5eEkJRDrkzeng&utm_source=copy-link
May 4: We take the long view.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/employee-sacked-after-he-was-pictured-working-on-farm-while-sick-wins-case-1.4868229 The HR officer gave evidence that the private eye was hired after Mr James delivered the load of hay while out sick. She said they showed him carrying buckets and bags of meal and loading a trailer on the farm. Mr James said these were only “menial” tasks and disputed Dawn Meats’ contention that they were “more labour-intensive than the duties associated with his job”. He said he had “no option but to carry out these tasks and tend to his animals regardless of the fact that he was certified unfit to work”.
Maybe more?
We all know we need a lot more. That's the whole point of this subreddit. If you don't get that, then you're in the wrong place and you should be in a better place that helps you understand the same thing more to your liking. What about franchise owners? They seem like anything but owners to me. They seem exactly as exploited as we are. Could we do better by convincing them that they could also do better with what we're trying to accomplish? I think we could.