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Mandatory Overtime

NPR

Published September 2, 2000 at 9:00 PM PDT

Host Steve Inskeep talks with Professor of Labor History Nelson Lichtenstein about why companies so often have workers work overtime. The issue has been central to recent strikes at United Airlines and Viacom.