Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin GOP Senator, Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek

[Tx4obama]

Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin GOP Senator, Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek

WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) is attempting to roll back one of the state's progressive labor laws, arguing that workers should be allowed to work without a day off if they so choose.

"Right now in Wisconsin, you're not supposed to work seven days in a row, which is a little ridiculous because all sorts of people want to work seven days a week," he told The Huffington Post in an interview.

Wisconsin is one of the few states in the nation where businesses "must provide employees with at least one period consisting of 24 consecutive hours of rest in each calendar week." This doesn't mean that workers get to take off once every seven days; an employee could work for up to 12 consecutive days "if the days of rest fall on the first and last days of the 2 week period."

Grothman said he finds this law "a little goofy," and he argued that rolling it back is a matter of "freedom."

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/03/glenn-grothman-wisconsin_n_4537891.html

[stranger81]

1. While we're at it, why shouldn't children be free to work 12 hour days in coal mines?

And why shouldn't business owners be free to pay 10 cents an hour?

Because, freedom!

Let's just roll back the last 120 years while we're at it.

Asshats, all of them.

[LiberalElite]

3. Slavery! That's what we need!

7 days a week 24 hours a day - no wages, no benefits, just work work work! USA! USA! USA!

[freshwest]

7. Costs would go down! Productivity would skyrocket! Profits would increase geometrically! Hurray!

Let's not mention that those doing the work might as well be robots.

And he didn't mention wanting to work 7 days a week, did he?

And he's a member of a church that doesn't believe in the Sabbath, huh?

[Blue_Tires]

2. Of course this fuckface is a lifer in the statehouse and hasn't had to work a day in 20 years

[pacalo]

4. Employers would then have the "freedom" to force or intimidate employees to work without days off.

[mokawanis]

5. Grothman's about as bright as Walker

Every time Grothman opens his mouth more shit spills out. He's the guy who went before the cameras and said the people occupying the capitol building during the protests a couple of years ago were all slobs.

[Lifelong Protester]

8. He is such an ass.

And normally, I'm kinder on the internet...


Someone in our school was wondering if Walker would close the schools on Monday (neighboring Minnesota did by governor's order because of the brutal cold coming...)
However, the someone. on second thought, believed Walker would try to talk us all (teachers, who he obviously hates) into coming to work in shorts and T-shirts on Monday.

[brewens]

6. I do, but of course that means at least 16, probably more like 20 hours at

time-and-a-half! Bring it on! Once a month or so anyway. I'm pretty sure that's not what they have in mind though. DOT regulations wouldn't allow that very easily anyway. It could be made to work as long as i wasn't on mobile blood drives every day.

Ever notice how any right-wing anecdote about a hard working guy making ends meet always is a guy busting his ass for 60 hours a week or more? I've done it and made a lot of money (for my standards anyway) when I was a big strong young dude. I've had three jobs that the average person physically could not do and would not want. 60 hour weeks at a beer distributor where I was treated like shit.

I worked 70 hour weeks running a dairy route where I was treated extremely well. Those guys I'm pretty sure thought I was crazy. They hired me to run things at a remote depot where they expanded to. About the time I had the competition run into the ground I wrecked my knee. The guy that was going broke was forced to sell out to Meadowgold. A high school buddy I had planned to get hired to run a truck for us worked for him. That sucker never figured out we were in cahoots nor did his new bosses! He got the food service manager at a school district to give me the account because he was coming to work for us even though we weren't the lowest bid. That broke his asshole bosses back but before he could jump ship, I was out of the picture. He never got the chance to take it over for me but with Meadowgold taking over his outfit, he kept his job and they got the schools back the next year. Now those guys all have better jobs, new trucks and better benefits. That was probably my finest hour!

I also worked 16 hour days commercial hydroseeding where the prevailing wage was awesome! That is a truly bad freakin' job in areas where the weather is nasty! Maybe not as bad a crab fishing but some days, it comes close. I would intentionally wear cheap wool gloves. They still help when wet and might tear away if you get caught in a belt or something rather than lose a finger or two!

Now that I have a reasonably easy 40 hour a week gig where I'm paid pretty well, a Republican politician would never tell my story.

[Blue Owl]

9. Yeah let's work 'em down to the bone marrow

Maybe sweeten the deal with mandatory whippings and no lunch breaks...

[El_Johns]

10. May Glenn Grothman soon work at a physical job with no legal protection against a 7 day

workweek.

I work at such a job, and I have worked back-to-back 6 day stints (without OT). It's hell, and the idea of doing it day in & day out would mean that I would become physically disabled and mind-numbed.

I'm not a violent person, but people like Glenn Grothman breed thoughts of violence in me. It would be so satisfying to see these pigs experience what they so eagerly visit on others.

Median income in the area served by the high school Grothman graduated is over $100K, so that's where he's coming from.

[haele]

11. I'm also sure he'd rather everyone contract to work a flat rate salary for 322 days a year.

26 "work" days each month and 6 paid "holidays" or leave/sick days, depending on whatever the company policy might prefer to give.
For however long the work day needs to be to get the job done. This way, those people who "want to work seven days" can without troubling the payroll and could probably still meet that pesky rest period. 12 days, rest, 12 days, rest. Four or five periods where the employer can schedule up to a week off for that employee just so s/he can have a bit of a holiday. No OT to mess things up.
And then he'd probably also agree to turn around and allow employers to take away away from that salary each day the employee isn't working for whatever reason.
After all, what was good enough for the working and servant class in his great-great grand-parent's day would be just fine and dandy now-days - it is the uniquely American morality of work.

Haele

[Thinkingabout]

12. Sounds like a good idea for those working in the legislature, he can be a good example

And show how well it works, maybe even get Congress to adopt the same work schedule, it would sure beat the hell out of their 126 day schedule in 2014.

[alp227]

13. Some on DU would agree with THIS bill that Groth introduced:

Sen. Glenn Grothman's bill would exempt e-cigarettes from smoking ban (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

[rustbeltvoice]

14. concerning use of language

It is amazing how orwellian the language of Republicans is. At one time, slavery was referred to as our "peculiar institution". There were southern conservatives who were embarrassed by their necessity to maintain slavery, but they were not so dishonest to call slavery "freedom".

Wisconsin used to be a leader in progressive America. Milwaukee had Socialist mayors. The state had the progressive Republican (not a typo) Fighting Bob La Follette. Now they have Lying Ryan, Wanker Walker, and apparently this Repuke; and if this creature is a leader in the statehouse they probably have more.

[bananas]

15. kick

Didn't know about this, read it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4346969