It's wild how reasonable their demands are. 7 days unpaid sick leave per year? How is it even a little bit socially acceptable that the companies refused this

It's wild how reasonable their demands are. 7 days unpaid sick leave per year? How is it even a little bit socially acceptable that the companies refused this demand? I don't understand how Americans don't look at the rest of the world and go "they seem to work fine with labour protections, why can't we have some?"