[quote=FormerSanDiegan] . . . But in the world I live in, there is no real way to have work life balance because the technologies and expectations have blurred the distinction between work and life. They are no longer on opposite ends of some fulcrum that labor laws move to the left or right to balance.[/quote]

FSD, would you rather be coming and going from the office as you please (to finish some tasks at home) or work 1-2 full days per week from home while the laundry is going and your toddler and preschooler are sitting on a blanket watching TV (for “free”) and subsequently “bothered” by your smartphone 12 hrs per day, OR:

dress up, commute EVERY day, five days per week, arrive 20-25 mins early so you can pay to park (must have correct change/no monthly pkg avail), walk seven blocks to the office, check in with supervisor immediately and do “face time” all day until the “bell” rings at 5:00 pm and then walk (uphill) in a dress/skirt back up to your “cheaper lot” in the dusk/dark where you find a homeless person who has spread his sleeping bag next to your right-front wheel and as you approach your vehicle you discover he is urinating on your tire.

This was the life of a typical downtown SD hourly worker for at least 30 years.

Take your pick.

Current hourly workers now have choices described in the first scenario. The hourly workers of yesteryear did not have such choices. “Telecommuting” was absolutely unheard of.