tintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoCalifornia Senate Passed SB 799; The bill's (which give strikers the right to collect unemployment) fate lies in Newsom's hands.www.stoppopulationdecline.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1172cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1172external-linkCalifornia Senate Passed SB 799; The bill's (which give strikers the right to collect unemployment) fate lies in Newsom's hands.www.stoppopulationdecline.orgtintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squareKache@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoUnfair how? It’s paid by employers, so kinda makes sense to me, i.e. employer caused the loss of livelihood, so they pay for the benefit to the recently unemployed.
minus-squareMattlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you earn more money on unemployment when striking than by actually working, there is a serious problem with how work is valued.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe employer is, presumably, willing to pay them to work, just not at the rate the workers want.
Unfair how? It’s paid by employers, so kinda makes sense to me, i.e. employer caused the loss of livelihood, so they pay for the benefit to the recently unemployed.
Going on strike is voluntary.
If you earn more money on unemployment when striking than by actually working, there is a serious problem with how work is valued.
The employer is, presumably, willing to pay them to work, just not at the rate the workers want.