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To: grundle

$15/hour*7*24

$2,520 weekly

Using pens or tie posts

6am-7pm = 13 hours

7x13 = 91

$15/hour*91

$1,365 weekly


13 posted on 07/11/2026 5:00:21 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Your math needs some help:

1st 40 hours = straight pay

2nd 40 = time + 1/2

3rd 40 = double time

Over 120 hours = triple time

One year, while working at a cannery in Alaska as a forced member of the ILWU, I clocked 121 1/2 hours @ $6.50 per hour (mandatory 1/2 hour unpaid for b-fast, lunch and dinner).

Made $1,199.50 that week.

Tough job but it paid for a year of college each summer.


36 posted on 07/12/2026 5:48:31 AM PDT by BBB333
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