" U.S. ranked near and at the bottom in almost every heath indicator. That stunned us."

[Tsiyu]

95. hey loudsue

Good to see you ( and thanks to all who responded to my post )

We keep blaming the underpaid worker whom labor policy creates; we keep blaming the poor who result from CEOs being paid millions ( and the media don't even blink an eye at that ) while the worker works sometimes three jobs and STILL lives in poverty ( the media go on a tear at the mere mention of a living wage. ) More people are filing for disability because of a lack of concern for the health and well-being of the worker - corporations wear humans out, yet provide no health care, and then hire someone else and throw the worn out worker to the curb.


We see the results in our flu epidemic. The rich are not spared from mass disease if we force the worker to labor while sick and feverish or infected. The rich are still affected if many people cannot afford to be vaccinated.

I know a young mountain mother, 22, single parent ( she has tried to make it with the father, he does NOTHING for the child or for her ) who has been working at a factory for a few months. She loves her job, she is a hard worker, and her sister tries to cover babysitting on those "mandatory" overtime days.

Yes, this factory demands that you be available 24/7 - just like in CHina. She must drop everything to get to work, even if the adjacent day care center is closed.

She gets "three strikes" to be sick, late or leave early and then she will be fired. She already has two strikes, owing to the fact that her two-year-old is picking up every sickness from day care.

How in the world is a young mother supposed to NEVER be late, sick or have to leave early? If her child pukes on her on the way out the door, does she have to just carry on, plop the vomit-covered kid in the carseat and then show up to work covered in vomit?

The factory wants her to be NOT A HUMAN, NOT A MOTHER, but some sort of robot who should only be concerned with the factory.

What the hell kind of labor policies have we created that we allow this ?

And what will this lovely, sweet person do when they eventually fire her? She will hear everyone in affluent Sewanee say that "all mountain people are lazy." That's her reward.

The stress of this kind of life is a killing force all on its own.