Frito-Lay Strike: Workers Protest Suicide Shifts Of 84-Hour Work Week
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Hundreds of workers completed Week 3 of their strike against snack food company Frito-Lay, with the workers protesting against long workweeks described as “suicide shifts.”
Striking outside of the Frito-Lay factory in Topeka, Kansas, the employees are demonstrating against 84-hour work weeks and mandatory overtime.
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