>Throughout the economy, the speedup is well under way. The 40-hour
>week has all but disappeared: Americans now log 260 more hours a
>year than they did a decade ago. Pharmacists and government workers
>have already won suits awarding them extra pay for overtime work.
>Flight attendants at Continental Airlines are mulling a class action
>over a requirement that they show up at the airport 45 minutes prior
>to the flight's departure. Their gripe: They don't start getting
>paid until the door to the aircraft has slammed shut."
Doug