What a great read. I’m so glad I found this. Thank you for sharing it. I really liked how you described the women you worked with, the community they created, and how important that was to their lives. It reminded me of how important community is and how quickly it can be destroyed.
Some of the things you described point to changes the country needs to make to avoid some of the negative impacts on the women you worked with. Health insurance should not be attached to a person’s job. When you loose your job, that should not be the end of your family’s health insurance. The notice periods for layoffs needs to be longer. I hope the women were able to apply and receive retraining and unemployment benefits to bridge the gap to a new job.
They are going to cases in which businesses need to do layoffs, but how we treat people whose lives are affected
needs to change.
Thank you for witting this. I was moved by what you wrote and you wrote it.
Thank you so much. These women were my first coworkers and looked out for me when they had no incentive to, so I wanted to do right by them. The conditions we force people to work under are unacceptable. With insurance in the mix, the stakes are too high for the average worker.
What a great read. I’m so glad I found this. Thank you for sharing it. I really liked how you described the women you worked with, the community they created, and how important that was to their lives. It reminded me of how important community is and how quickly it can be destroyed.
Some of the things you described point to changes the country needs to make to avoid some of the negative impacts on the women you worked with. Health insurance should not be attached to a person’s job. When you loose your job, that should not be the end of your family’s health insurance. The notice periods for layoffs needs to be longer. I hope the women were able to apply and receive retraining and unemployment benefits to bridge the gap to a new job.
They are going to cases in which businesses need to do layoffs, but how we treat people whose lives are affected
needs to change.
Thank you for witting this. I was moved by what you wrote and you wrote it.
Thank you so much. These women were my first coworkers and looked out for me when they had no incentive to, so I wanted to do right by them. The conditions we force people to work under are unacceptable. With insurance in the mix, the stakes are too high for the average worker.