So I work at an English teaching “eikiwa” school in Japan. Last week, my co-worker was exposed to the coronavirus via another co-worker. She took 4 days off because she didn't want to expose others to the virus. However, her manager still sent her to work today saying “its your responsibility to stay in good health” as if it somehow her fault (and not, y'know, the company's fault for sending COVID-positive workers in the first place) and it's painfully obvious she's sick today.
So now, because her manager forced her to work, I'm now at risk, the students (all children from the ages of 3-10) are at risk, my wife (who has asthma) is at risk, plus I may have to cancel my Food Not Bombs chapter's upcoming event. All because god forbid we actually put public health over the profit margins of a multinational corporation.
The only net positive of this is that I'm pretty certain this violates labor law standards, so I'm contacting my union leader because fuck this company.