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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 71 points 1 month ago

Nope. Their pay started when the door closed and ended when it opened. The rest of the work at the gate or prepping the cabin was just free labor.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

And that's WITH existing union agreements already, so you know it was even worse than that before the union was formed in the first place. Unions don't appear out of nowhere. If a business or industry has a union, it's because the workers were being screwed so hard it became necessary.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

They used to get paid with a pack of cigarettes and a slap on the ass.

[-] Throw_away_migrator@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure Spirit still does

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Spirit outsources the slap to whoever is sitting in seat 1C.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Is it wage theft if I just say I did it?

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