Well that makes sense, pro business DeWine does something that hurts the workers.

My god. You poor souls. Its illegal to do that here. Even the most demanding "squeeze every minute out of the worker" jobs don't do that. 30 min out of your 8 hours is reserved for lunch and lunch is payed for by the employer (the food as well), by law. 8 hour shift effectively comes out to a maximum of 7.5 hours of actual work.

Classic Europeans on the Internet trying to make fun of [bad thing that happens in the US] without realising it also happens in Europe

Germany:

If you work between 6 to 9 hours a day, you are entitled to a 30-minute break after no later than 6 hours. If you work more than 9 hours a day, the break is extended to 45 minutes. Labour law prohibits taking the break at the end of the day’s work in order to leave earlier.

France:

As soon as your daily working time reaches 6 hours immediately, you must have a break of at least 20 minutes consecutive

The break is granted:

• Either immediately after 6 hours of work[, or]
• before this 6-hour period is completed

United Kingdom:

Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long as:

• the break is taken in one go somewhere in the middle of the day (not at the beginning or end)
• workers are allowed to spend it away from their desk or workstation (ie away from where they actually work)

American states set their own labour laws, but the ones of the state where I live (Oregon) are actually far more generous than comparable ones in Europe. I am entitled by law during an eight-hour working day to one 30-minute lunch break (not paid) and two additional 10-minute breaks (counts as time worked and is paid). Meaning I get 50 minutes of breaks in a day and the employer has to pay me during 20 minutes of those breaks. My employment contract actually gives me a 1-hour lunch break in addition to the two 10-minute breaks, which isn't required by law but is not uncommon.

Yeah it used to be like that here, too. But billionaires have been attacking union power for decades to the point they were able to pull this bullshit

You think most salary jobs aren't giving you specific working hours these days, which generally span 9 hours a day but pay you based on 40 hours a week?

Unions have been attempted more times than they’ve succeeded

I get what you mean, but I can't resist the urge to point out that that's basically a truism. The number of successes must be greater or equal than the number of attempts by definition, since a success without an attempt is not possible.

France goes even harder saying you aren't even allowed to eat at your desk

But then you phone them at 14:00 and they've already left

Thats also in germany

That's why they make it 9-5:30

It keeps eroding away. I've had skilled jobs where the expectation was 8-5 without any breaks at all. "If you need to eat, you can do it at your desk while you're working."

I still think it's a good rule. Sitting on your ass for 8 hours straight isn't healthy, so no matter the motivation it has positive consequences.