One of the many "job creators" in the country, Water Saver Faucet Company, which manufactures water faucets and fixtures, has taken its namesake seriously in trying to "save water" (more like trying to save some few bucks) by monitoring its employees every time they go to use the potty:
The Chicago company installed a new system that monitors bathroom breaks and penalizes employees who spend more than six minutes a day in the washroom outside their normal breaks.
"The HR woman literally goes through every person's bathroom use and either hands out a reward or discipline," said Nick Kreitman, an attorney for Teamsters Local 743, which represents 80 workers at the plant, which coincidentally manufactures taps and other sink fixtures. Employees who don't use extra breaks get a dollar a day while others who exceed more than one hour in a 10-day period will get a warning, which can lead to termination, he said.
In December, the union-represented employees had to start swiping their badges to gain access to the washrooms. By March, 19 were disciplined for excessive use, Kreitman said.The slave masters also published a list of rules posted in said bathrooms to further humiliate these employees informing them of proper shit protocol like "place all toilet paper in the toilet and make sure that the toilet is completely flushed."
The company is disputing the nature of the complaints by the surfs who work at their plant, but refuse to divulge details of their bathroom policy and whether or not they actually punish said surfs who take a few more minutes wiping the shit off of their bums.
The pettiness of the Koch Bros. clan is rearing its ugly head. It used to be that when you "gotta go you gotta go." You go to the toilet, take a shit, wipe your ass, wash your hands (hopefully), and go back to work. Eventually this stupid policy will lead to many employees not washing their hands in order to beat the six minute time limit and could lead to health issues at the plant. But eh, to the slave owners of this teabagger company these employees are mere surfs who can be easily replaced.
And it seems to me that these rules are also probably meant to intimidate the union (since the policy only applies to the union employees, not management) and to eventually blame it for the policy in the hopes of getting the surfs to go against the union instead.
Petty sweatshop owners are known for their fucked-up tactics in order to continue their relentless attack on unions and union busting all in the name of "freedom to work" (as in freedom to work for peanuts) because unions typically fight for better working conditions and better compensation.
But in this new era, the teabagger bourgeoisie seeks to rip and squeeze from the common worker at any cost as they take America down to their model of the cheap petty economy.
