RE: https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/116285239183264441
49 states have 'at will employment' meaning unless you have a union, which is ~not~ 90% of us, we can be fired just for saying we're sick. (yeah, it's wrongful firing - sure sue them. Tell me how rent gets paid while paying for a lawyer?)
The struggle isn't even to explain sick leave is a terrible racket, half (at least) of the US labor force doesn't even have sick leave or use it if we do!
@Kalshann just fyi:
- the current Dutch government wants to reduce that to 1y
- people regularly go to work with covid/flu and infect others even though they could just stay home when sick
- if you become disabled as an adult and don't have employment at the time (e.g. you're in college like I was when I got long covid, or self-employed) you're fucked because there's no way to get disability benefits when you don't have a job
@obfusk
Oh, I'm not really trying to idealize Dutch or European practices - every nation and corporate structure has something going on that's wrong. I just know that most US workers don't even know there are better options.
A lot of the socialist side of things end up with problems about where cut offs are or where they should be; how things get implements and who's getting pushed out in the cold. This sounds like it's par for the course, honestly.
Kalshann
Fay 🏳️🌈