I haven’t seen it written in the comments yet so I’ll say what needs to be said.  Our society, environment and government needs to be setup to benefit the people and not the corporations.  Yes, there are loads of examples in European countries of people having laws with teeth that protect them.  We need to have a workers rights council on every executive board with a say and a vote.  There need to be laws to ensure all people get paid vacation, sick, maternity and paternity leave (let’s match other countries with a start of 5 weeks paid vacation).   If someone is injured on the job, they should have all necessary protection and rehabilitation afforded to them by their employer and government.   Oh no, we can’t pay for that is what I often hear!  To borrow from the founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, if there’s enough money to give the Pentagon an $1.64 trillion annual budget to bomb people in another endless war.. then we can afford to slice a small piece of that off and give workers rights and the people universal healthcare.Instead, we’re looking at Corporate Republicans likely wanting to strip all of us of earned benefits that we paid into out of our own paychecks like Medicare and Social Security.  Never you mind though, they’ll be sure to vote for their own pay raise while ignoring any opportunities to raise minimum wage.  Let’s stop blaming every day people for a tough working life.  Let’s start making this a world that insists on integrity and common decency.

I haven’t seen it written in the comments yet so I’ll say what needs to be said.  Our society, environment and government needs to be setup to benefit the people and not the corporations.  Yes, there are loads of examples in European countries of people having laws with teeth that protect them.  We need to have a workers rights council on every executive board with a say and a vote.  There need to be laws to ensure all people get paid vacation, sick, maternity and paternity leave (let’s match other countries with a start of 5 weeks paid vacation).   If someone is injured on the job, they should have all necessary protection and rehabilitation afforded to them by their employer and government.   Oh no, we can’t pay for that is what I often hear!  To borrow from the founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, if there’s enough money to give the Pentagon an $1.64 trillion annual budget to bomb people in another endless war.. then we can afford to slice a small piece of that off and give workers rights and the people universal healthcare.Instead, we’re looking at Corporate Republicans likely wanting to strip all of us of earned benefits that we paid into out of our own paychecks like Medicare and Social Security.  Never you mind though, they’ll be sure to vote for their own pay raise while ignoring any opportunities to raise minimum wage.  Let’s stop blaming every day people for a tough working life.  Let’s start making this a world that insists on integrity and common decency.

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