Author: Olivia

What they got in their “slack messages” today: I just want to say that for the past 90 days, I have have tried to fully comprehend exactly what it is we do here for Zack Martin and Intuit. For the past 90 days, I also have never felt so disgusted by the actual job I work day in and day out within the same amount of time neither. One would think that any job working from home would be a piece of cake, but the amount of stress I've received from this job alone has topped anything I've ever experienced and made manual labor look as if it is a dream job in comparison. To be forced to perform such duties for a measly $15 an hour ($13 and some change for the folks that are still underpaid at this current moment) that actually involves atleast 2 years of accountant…

As stated above. I had a meeting with the Executive Director this afternoon re: A federally funded grant that would go towards funding a program/service that supports “the social, economic, and environmental well-being of communities” ([canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2022/02/backgrounder-canada-service-corps—2022-call-for-proposals.html]) I would think that trying to support youth that are being taken advantage of in minimum wage positions to advocate for themselves is promoting the social and economic wellbeing of the community. To me, this screams ‘we’re unwilling to talk about the hard stuff, lets keep the content light’ and I’m getting tired of it. I joined up with the nonprofit because I thought they’d be willing to advocate for the change that’s needed and I’m sad that they won’t allow this.

I live in Kentucky and In 2020 I was off work due to covid ! My employer told me to not sign up for unemployment, to instead take short term disability! I was off receiving short term disability and talking to them daily by e mail , and the day after Christmas they e mailed me firing me ! They stated I was terminated according to article 8, section 4 c , of the union contract , Which states “ If employee fails to report to work for three consecutive work days with out properly notifying the employer , He will be considered to have quit and shall be dropped from the seniority list automatically “ So I then sign up for unemployment, And my employer denys me for unemployment! So I appeal it , which that’s coming up soon ! I have proof that I did e mail the…

Why do we sit here complacent? Why not move to action, why not right now? What are we waiting for? There are over a million and a half of us! Why don't we walk out and strike? Why don't we arrange for action in the now! For many generations, the people have waited for things to get better, but they have only gotten worse. The time is now, not the distant future.

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