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Professor_Stevens

@petealexharris @waitworry @HeavenlyPossum

Same reaction. Kinda like this:

Bayer: We don't need all those managers. You guys can manage yourselves.

Workers: Yay! Stupid bosses. Who needs 'em?

Bayer: Okay, all the ledgers, government papers, and that stuff is on the third floor, which is empty now, so-

Workers: Wait, we have to do all that? Do we get OT or anything?

Bayer: OT? No, bosses are exempt. You're the bosses now. You just get the work, not the pay. We get that. Now back to work.

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HeavenlyPossum

@waitworry @Professor_Stevens @petealexharris

That assumes all those managers were actually performing useful work like records keeping, rather than the workers themselves.

Professor_Stevens

@HeavenlyPossum @waitworry @petealexharris

If the workers were already doing it, they were already doing two jobs on one salary. Bayer owes them back pay.

HeavenlyPossum

@Professor_Stevens @petealexharris @waitworry

Bayer owes them everything, including the entirety of the firm they—the workers—built

Professor_Stevens

@HeavenlyPossum @petealexharris @waitworry

Well, I predict they won't be getting that. My immediate concern is whether or not those workers are going to be given additional responsibilities and, if they are, whether or not they are going to get all of the following:

1. Increased pay for the extra work.
2. A say in who gets what extra work assigned to them.
3. The right to refuse extra work for those who don't want it.
4. A share in the increased net for Bayer (if there is any).

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