FROM THE ARCHIVES
Jun 17, 2021
3 minutes
20 YEARS AGO
August/September 2001
“Although unions have often been criticized for crafting unyielding work rules, legal standards actually impose greater rigidity on the workplace. Unions can be bought off, persuaded to relax a rule in a trade for money. Legal standards, on the other hand, are set in stone. If the Fair Labor Standards Act forbids a four-day, 10-hour-a-day week, then that’s that. The employer can’t offer more money for the flexibility, nor can an employee who desperately
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