Add this one to the "read the fine print" category. State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), filed a bill that he claims "give workers the option of waiving their 30-minute lunch break." Sounds, OK, right? I mean, who wouldn't want to have a choice to work through their unpaid lunch break so they could leave work a half-hour early to pick up the kids or get an errand done?

But here's the rub. Buried in the text of the bill is a provision that "also allows employers the discretion to decide whether they want to continue requiring breaks." So if the bill passes, you could get your "option" to waive a break, but then again, your boss could take away all of your breaks... permanently. And not just yours, but all your co-workers' as well.

The moral of this story is that the devil is in the details, especially when you hear that a politician who has always been hostile to workers rights has had a sudden change of heart. But don't believe us, read the article in The Tennessean, which includes a quote from Local 205 president Doug Collier.