uspol, recent events
hot take: americans are partly extra scared of coronavirus cause we don't have health care (in addition to the racism)
uspol, recent events
@hope and we don't have comprehensive benefits packages which have appropriate leave accommodations. Even if workers were able to take time off without being penalized, they have to take a financial hit every shift they miss. Way too many can't afford basic necessities if they miss two shifts, a week can be impossible to climb out of for months.
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uspol, recent events
@savagegoose @hope many will be fired and have no healthcare (or have been trained to believe that's the case) if they miss two shifts, let alone a week
uspol, recent events
@moonlit @hope way too many managers conflate types of absence, and right to work states make the difference kinda irrelevant.
It's agitating. I seem to remember there were economic projections which suggested that the economy would lose less productivity and capital if it paid workers with contagious pathogens for their quarantine period their full wage instead of coerced labor from them which helps to guarantee the spread of the infection.