The business of religion

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[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Let me get this straight, the only difference between a job that has holiday pay and unfair dismissal protection and one that doesn't is the amount of hours you do?

[mckavian.livejournal.com]

Yup.

Sad, isn't it?

I work 40+ hours, have holiday time, sick time, vacation time, and the security of my position rests on my mot screwing up and if my boss likes me. I work in an At Will state. I can quit my job any time I like. Also, they can fire me with no cause.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Sad, yeah. I'd go with fucked up, but I'm prone to profanity :P

You can't be fired without cause here. You can be made redundant, but that means they can't replace you for a period (3 or 6 months, can't remember). That's why we have over a third of our employment market as casual now, but the minimum wage is higher for a casual worker, so a company has an incentive to make some permanent and give them benefits and protections.

It bothers me that so many people here are apathetic towards unions. I expect a certain percentage of the population to be actively anti-union (they are, after all, a check on the power of capital), but there are so many working class here who think that all of these protections we have will just magically remain if we stop joining unions.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I hadn't considered this. I suppose employment numbers look great when you can't be let go easily.