I wanted to do well in my new job, be seen as a positive and flexible coworker, and learn new skills like managing volunteers and public speaking, so I was enthusiastic at first about working overtime and taking on so much.
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"Working overtime comes at a cost"
Working overtime has affected my ability to help my kids with homework, attend sporting activities, and generally be there when they need me. This last Fourth of July, for example, I was exhausted so I went to sleep early instead of supervising activities with my kids. Because I was exhausted from working long hours, I chose to sleep, rather than supervise my kids.
Read MoreIs $35,000 enough money to be working for free?
The Trump administration has recently announced plans to finally update the salary threshold for overtime exemption… to $35,000/year. That would mean that it's ok for an employer to pay you just $35,000/year, make you overtime-exempt, and require you to work limitless overtime hours with no additional overtime pay.
Read More“$35,000 isn’t nearly enough money to be working for free”
The Trump administration announced plans today to update the salary threshold for overtime exemption to a paltry $35,000/year— about 2.3 times what a full-time worker paid the federal minimum wage would make per year.
Read MoreSTRIPPER SAFETY AND SECURITY BILL passes washington state house 95-3
It might very well be a first in Washington state legislative history — a bill affecting people who work at strip clubs that was actually initiated by people who work at strip clubs. Now that bill, HB 1756, has advanced to to the floor of the State House.
Read MoreWhat Workers Want and where we stand
We’re about halfway through this year’s state legislative session and so far the results are…. mixed. Some of the top issues on our What Workers Want agenda moving forward. Others not so much.
Read MoreStock photos, astroturf, and why workers want secure scheduling
The lobby group for chain restaurants and hotels is pretending to represent a group of workers, but in fact they’re fronting a $499 stock photo titled “Full length portrait of a diverse group of business professionals”. Maybe that’s because actual workers actually want secure scheduling?
Read MoreInstacart CEO showcases $5.69/hour pay rate. (Really.)
Instacart’s CEO posted on Medium with which includes several screenshots intended to illustrate how the company’s new non-tip-taking payment system works. Those screenshots offer an interesting window into what the company thinks work is worth.
Read MoreMake a custom postcard on secure scheduling — we'll make sure it gets to your legislators!
We're approaching a critical committee vote, and right now the CEOs and corporate lobbyists are pulling out all the tricks they have to try and stop our progress. But there are more of us than there are of them. So let's make sure they see our faces and hear our voices and know that our time counts, too.
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statewide secure scheduling means statewide secure scheduling
Secure scheduling advanced out of committee Thursday morning. But now the bill has an amendment that excludes workers in counties they classify as rural. People who work at the Walmart in Pasco need advance notice just like people who work at the Walmart in Renton. People who work at Taco Bell in Aberdeen need access to hours just like people who work at Taco Bell in Spokane. And people who work at the Olive Garden in Yakima need input into their schedules just like people who work at the Olive Garden in Vancouver.
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