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Robert Reich Dec 5, 2022

Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.

We don’t need to treat essential workers like heroes. We need to treat them like human beings with dignity.

Raise their wages. Give them hazard pay. Guarantee health care and paid sick leave.

@rbreich Here in Ontario, Canada the situation isn't a whole lot better as this past week the Provincial conservative government once again voted down a bill to provide 10 paid sick days/year to workers in the province. The previous government had put sick days in place prior to losing the election to Doug Ford's conservatives. Ford repealed those sick days very quickly after his election in 2018. The provincial guarantee is now 3 days/year.