Workers antsy over bathroom break rules Jim Beam distillery allows only four per 81/2-hour shift

Workers on the bottling line are fuming about being limited tofour breaks per 81/2-hour shift, only one of which can beunscheduled. Extra trips to the bathroom can result in reprimands.Workers with six violations can be fired.

The United Food and Commercial Workers local said some of the 100affected employees have urinated on themselves because they wereafraid to leave the line. Some wear protective undergarments andothers have feigned illnesses to go home and avoid gettingviolations, said Jo Anne Kelley, president of the union local.

"It's a shame when you feel you have the need to go to thebathroom, but you ask yourself, 'Do I soil myself or do I protect myjob?' " …