Maybe this is a BS story. Maybe the employers are cuting the employees hours because it’s too expensive now. Not because the workers asked for it.
My college boy has a job in Seattle catering. $15 an hour. When he is the “crew chief” he gets $18.50 an hour. They need more help and have been working him crazy. Halfway through day 4 tomorrow he’ll be on O.T., time and a half. He’ll be working on Friday, and they scheduled him for Saturday.
He told the gal “Um - Saturday too now? You know I’m already going to be on O.T. tomorrow?”
They found somebody else. While it would have been good money, I do get a bit worried about him working too hard. Today he got there at 5 am and left at 9 pm! Tomorrow it is 4:30 am to 8 pm. Running around to various events, etc.
I’m concerned that the company is stretching things a bit - and they might fall flat on their face. Over-scheduling, relying on too few people, and some of them pretty new. I’m not sure why they don’t have more workers. The pay seems really good for what they are doing.