Some might remember the lawsuit on behalf of workers at IBM. They were in salaried positions and not given overtime pay despite all the overtime work they do. The trick was that in order to be in this category, one has to be categorized like management and these workers aren't.
So the lawsuit was "won" and now IBM has moved to cut the base pay of these computer technicians by 15% (IBM Cuts Technicians' Base Pay After Lawsuit). The company claims that workers will make up the difference through overtime pay. The only way to counter this kind of backhanded slap is through organizing.
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News Analysis. As a resident of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, I will most often comment on articles from the L.A. Times, but anything is up for grabs.
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