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In reply to the discussion: Apple comes out and says it [View all]ChadwickHenryWard
(862 posts)A few years ago I was working at a job where if I was out sick for one day, if I was late even one minute, I was fired. There was a guy there whose - well, baby mama, I guess - gave birth in a city 300 miles away. He had to go there to see his son the next day, and when he asked for the day off, they told him, "It was a pleasure having you work here, but if you don't come in tomorrow, don't come in the next day." We never saw him again.
That kind of thing doesn't happen in most developed countries. The United States is alone among advanced countries in not required any paid sick or vacation days by law. Of course, it's far worse in nations like China, which has staked its claim as the sweatshop state. This is the fruit of the death of organized labor.