More often than not, I'm able to eat lunch. However...(despite what the company is saying during an on-going class action law suit) on-shift operations personnel in my refinery are expected to respond to any plant conditions, whether or not they are on break/lunch. I've had days where I've been lucky to have time to grab a granola bar during a 12 hour shift. Other days I'll sit down to eat and get called to check something out in the plant and then get stuck out there for 3 hours working on a problem.
Our contract does not provide for a lunch period, paid or unpaid. For the duration of our 12 hour shift we are expected to be within our plant.
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