You already know this inequity exists if you live and work in the US.
My guess is that you probably don’t realize just how much the US Congress is beholden to international corporations and the US Chamber of Commerce. 🤬
FOR EXAMPLE, British workers have a minimum of 28 fully paid annual leave days and 28 weeks of sick leave @ $141/week. By law. Every year. Regardless of seniority.
US workers: ZERO.
@GramrgednAngel @kegill Even so. A private company paying someone for more than half a year for a job they can't do seems insane. That's what government disability benefits are for.
@LouisIngenthron @GramrgednAngel
Louis, have you ever tried to get disability benefits, even partial? My husband has. It is practically impossible without an attorney. And even then, hard as hell. (He has a 1-in-million auto immune condition and 3-4 months of no immune system after treatment.)
Have you ever been through six weeks if radiation? Six months of chemo?
Talk to me about “disability benefits” then.
@kegill @GramrgednAngel Oh, I agree government benefits need to be vastly expanded upon and improved.
But why should businesses, especially small businesses that can't afford to pay a salary while getting absolutely nothing in return, have to pick up that slack?
@LouisIngenthron @GramrgednAngel
Sure. I have no problem with our billionaire dollar CEOs and corporations paying more taxes.
I think you SERIOUSLY missed the point.
@kegill @GramrgednAngel Most businesses aren't run by billion dollar CEOs. They're run by your neighbors, just trying to keep their heads above water.
@kegill @GramrgednAngel Although, to be fair, the fact that it's only $140 a week means it's not that much of a burden. I missed that.
@kegill @LouisIngenthron ::fistbump of solidarity for Kathy:: Hear, hear. We went through the disability wringer a couple of years ago.
And there's the myriad chronic illnesses/conditions that render one unable to function at capacity.
So much wrong with this busted "system."
@GramrgednAngel @LouisIngenthron
I’m very sorry.
Mike is lucky. We live in Seattle suburbs, and one of the premier researchers/doctors in the country who treated his condition was here. At UWa.
He has to get a treatment (6 weeks of infusions) about every 18-24 months.
Science fiction world:
Do you know Karen Anderson (Seattle) or Nisi Shawl (Seattle)?
@kegill personally? I do not. I know of their work, though, sure.
@LouisIngenthron @kegill COVID-19 is a bitch.