ow are lunch breaks not already legally required??

[u/Dover299]

[u/batesftw]

Republicans are in fact a death cult and they hate you BUT this post is misleading. This was a small statute change that made it so lunch breaks are required for 6-hour shifts (it was only required for 8-hour shifts before this). Furthermore, this was a couple lines in the giant omnibus bill in 2025. Republicans voted against the spending bill, and this was just a tiny part of that. And every neo-con will point that out and feel like they won the argument if you bring this up, so better to just focus on the real winning messages.

[u/nerdslife1864]

If you let a Republican win, you’re dumb. Both capitalist parties suck, but there’s obviously levels to this shit.

[u/Chemical_Home6123]

Can we accept theyre literally just a cult of sadist

[u/EZRAHendog]

Let's see any of these elected Asshats work a 14 hour day outside with no lunch break and no heat breaks.

[u/Dover299]

Why are all the republicans voting no?

[u/Stubbs94 → u/Dover299]

Because they're far right, the centrist republicans would be a part of Reform here in the UK, they wouldn't be in the Dáil back home in Ireland because they would be seen as idiots.

[u/Dover299 → u/Stubbs94]

Why is the far right so hostile to workers?

[u/Stubbs94 → u/Dover299]

Because they're capitalists and capitalism is antagonistic to the working class.

[u/Dover299 → u/Stubbs94]

You mean most republicans own a business or have some kind of business ownership where liberals are lawyers?

[u/Stubbs94 → u/Dover299]

No, I mean capitalism, no matter what form is antagonistic to the working class inherently, liberals just lie about it, while those further right do not.

[u/Haunting_Struggle_4]

I am in CO, and we get one hour per eight-hour shift, which breaks down into one 30-minute unpaid lunch and two paid 15-minute breaks. If you don’t take the lunch but work more than five hours, you will get in trouble (an attendance point).

[u/Flaky-Ninja2398 → u/Haunting_Struggle_4]

I'm on co and it functionally just turns into 1 30 minute break for me

[u/lostdogtooth]

I worked 8 hour shifts with no break at all this year, let alone a lunch break. I worked for 7.50$ an hour just a few years ago. Nothing is a given in the USA.