Tsipras has already moved to rescind some of the scheduled wage cuts and fire-sale privatizations required by the austerity deal.
The 2011 law barred all government employee unions (except police and firefighters) from bargaining about pensions, health, seniority, tenure, safety and schedules – only wages can be bargained over.
Or should they -- most in their 20's, many with young families, huge educational debts and other competing interests -- be treated as adults, with gentler schedules, living wages and some degree of autonomy?
A settlement was reached at the Premier's office last night when the owners' representatives and the waiters' union delegates came to an agreement on a status quo basis, on the understanding that a commission composed of eight delegates from each side would be formed to draft a collective agreement and establish a schedule of wages and hours.
National data on workplace conditions are scarce, but studies of cities and certain occupations have found that unsafe workplace conditions, irregular and unpredictable scheduling, and wage theft are common.
Plantation workers in this setting have full schedules since wages depend on the amount of labour accomplished and number of hours worked.
The SPL says Hearts failed to pay its players on the scheduled pay day, Monday 16 January, meaning wages were late for the fourth month in a row.
Writing for The Nation, Josh Eidelson reported earlier in August that Ai-Jen Poo, leader of Domestic Workers United, believes that campaigners are on the verge of a breakthrough at the national level: the Department of Labor is now finalizing new rules governing wages, scheduling, health and safety for workers who do cleaning, child care, and elder support inside private homes.
Razza said that while the retail industry was known for unpredictable working schedules and low wages, the situation was "even worse for black employees".
The trip, paid for by labour organisers, is a part of the national protests to demand better wages, schedules and treatment for low-wage workers at retailers like Walmart and McDonald's.
