On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:44:14 -0600, Ed Gould wrote:
>On Jan 28, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Dave Kopischke wrote:
>> --------------SNIP------------------------------------
>> The way I understand this came about is a few salaried employees
>> sued IBM
>> because the weren't being paid overtime. The judge agreed with
>> their points
>> and IBM made a huge number of employees hourly employees. That way
>> they
>> know how many hours they work and can pay them for overtime as
>> required by
>> the ruling. I also understand that this change to hourly resulted
>> in about a
>> 15% pay cut. But hey, all they have to do is work a bunch of
>> overtime and
>> they're back to their previous earnings and maybe beyond.
>>
>> Be careful of what you ask for.....
>>
>>
>
>Dave,
>
>This may turn rather interesting over time. *IF* this was the case
>then it might open IBM up to various labor laws. If anything, it will
>probably lead to unions. IBM opened a can of worms, IMO.
>
>Ed
>
Ed,
In my opinion, IBM workers got what they asked for. Or in this case, a few
changed the lives of several thousand. As was also pointed out, the labor laws
vary by state. I didn't really look far enough into this to see if it was a
federal
judge or a state judge. More to come, I'm sure. It will be interesting to
watch,
but you gotta feel for those who are being impacted through no fault or action
of their own.
Thanks,
Dave K.
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