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Wow, I had no idea that Ohio had a line for reporting people who don't show up to their jobs out of fear of becoming infected [1]. It seems crazy to me that pe

by djaque 6y ago

Wow, I had no idea that Ohio had a line for reporting people who don't show up to their jobs out of fear of becoming infected [1]. It seems crazy to me that people are being asked to choose between their life and their livelihood. [1] https://secure.jfs.ohio.gov/covid-19-fraud/ https://secure.jfs.ohio.gov/covid-19-fraud/

avs733 6y ago
That is a daily reality for many people. It's not surprising that many of us are privileged enough to not know, but it is kind of sad.
analog31 6y ago
The form requires you to certify that you maintain the state's safety standards. Workers should exquisitely document their working conditions, and take pictures if possible.
- scarmig 6y ago
  In labor activism, there's an old strategy called work to rule, where they follow every rule to the letter. Workers should do exactly this when they're forced to work, according to the CDC's current reccomendations. 1) Always maintain at least six feet distance between themselves and other people. Be very strict about this. 2) Go to the restroom to vigorously wash their hands for 20 seconds every half an hour. 3) Use employer-supplied hand sanitizer before and after every time their hand comes into contact with a physical surface. 4) Use employer-supplied masks at all times. If they aren't supplying them, leave. 5) Anytime a customer touches a door or surface, immediately disinfect it. 6) Take your temperature every half hour. If it is every elevated to 100F or above, report it and leave. etc The actual legal protections this offers would be less than real work to rule, but at least if you get fired "for cause," the employer is bound to get a ton of blowback.
  - bathtub365 6y ago
    The people working in these situations don’t have the power to lawyer up
zanny 6y ago
> people are being asked to choose between their life and their livelihood This is practically the swan song of human history. Society was built on a lose-lose situation for most peasants to either participate and be exploited to death or don't and either starve or just get outright killed. From the subsistence farmers having 95% of their crop taken by their lords so their families can subsist on a potato each day, to the factory line workers whose fingers would fall off from chemical exposure, to the miners who choked on their own bile, to the soldiers who died for the conquests of robber barons beset by greater greeds. Almost all peoples in all times were given this same "choice".
- dylan604 6y ago
  From time to time, those pesky peasants tend to revolt.

by djaque 6y ago

avs733 6y ago

That is a daily reality for many people. It's not surprising that many of us are privileged enough to not know, but it is kind of sad.

analog31 6y ago

The form requires you to certify that you maintain the state's safety standards. Workers should exquisitely document their working conditions, and take pictures if possible.

scarmig 6y ago
In labor activism, there's an old strategy called work to rule, where they follow every rule to the letter. Workers should do exactly this when they're forced to work, according to the CDC's current reccomendations. 1) Always maintain at least six feet distance between themselves and other people. Be very strict about this. 2) Go to the restroom to vigorously wash their hands for 20 seconds every half an hour. 3) Use employer-supplied hand sanitizer before and after every time their hand comes into contact with a physical surface. 4) Use employer-supplied masks at all times. If they aren't supplying them, leave. 5) Anytime a customer touches a door or surface, immediately disinfect it. 6) Take your temperature every half hour. If it is every elevated to 100F or above, report it and leave. etc The actual legal protections this offers would be less than real work to rule, but at least if you get fired "for cause," the employer is bound to get a ton of blowback.
- bathtub365 6y ago
  The people working in these situations don’t have the power to lawyer up

zanny 6y ago

> people are being asked to choose between their life and their livelihood This is practically the swan song of human history. Society was built on a lose-lose situation for most peasants to either participate and be exploited to death or don't and either starve or just get outright killed. From the subsistence farmers having 95% of their crop taken by their lords so their families can subsist on a potato each day, to the factory line workers whose fingers would fall off from chemical exposure, to the miners who choked on their own bile, to the soldiers who died for the conquests of robber barons beset by greater greeds. Almost all peoples in all times were given this same "choice".

dylan604 6y ago
From time to time, those pesky peasants tend to revolt.