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if you play monopoly by the rules, then the wealth is concentrated much quicker into the hands of the propertied class, than when you ignore the rules and play for 49 hours straight

Post author By Olivia
Post date February 8, 2022
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Striking concrete workers in Seattle have shut down the city’s $23 billion construction industry.

Post author By Olivia
Post date February 8, 2022
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NEW: Striking concrete workers in Seattle have shut down the city’s $23 billion construction industry.The @teamsters are fighting for higher wages & better health benefits for retirees.34 workers walked out in November. Now 300+ workers at 6 companies are on a general strike. pic.twitter.com/d4xSn0FZpM— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) February 8, 2022

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Boss asked me to reschedule my days off and then went skiing

Post author By Olivia
Post date February 8, 2022
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I live in Europe and we have at least 21 vacation days per year. My company gave us 25 and 4 sick days per year. The law is a bit grey in this area but usually the company can't reject your PTO request unless they have a very strong reason. However, common sens dictates that you let the company know about your days off as soon as you schedule them. For 1-2 days, unless there is an emergency, a week is enough. For 2-3 weeks at least a month. Anyway, at the end of January I informed my boss that I will need two days of mid February. I was denied because we are onboarding a new client and the company really needs us there so unless there is an emergency, no days off are allowed until the end of March. This is absurd and I didn't think that the…

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