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Title: Lack of paid leave will leave millions of US workers vulnerable to coronavirus
Source: The Guardian
URL Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2 ... workers-vulnerable-coronavirus
Published: Mar 9, 2020
Author: Michael Sainato
Post Date: 2020-03-13 05:10:43 by A Pole
Keywords: coronavirus, sick, workers
Views: 742
Comments: 6

Low-wage workers in service industries without proper medical benefits and sick leave will risk getting sick or spreading the virus

For over 30 years, Joyce Barnes has worked as a home healthcare aide in Richmond, Virginia, without any paid sick days. She makes $8.25 an hour and often works through illnesses because she can’t afford to lose income from taking the time off.

“I can’t afford to miss pay so I have gone to work before several times sick as a dog, masked up so my patients wouldn’t catch what I have,” Barnes said. “Every day I pray and I ask God to give me strength that I won’t get sick so I can keep on making it and that’s the way we have to do it.”

Last July, Barnes contracted an illness from one of her patients that caused her a stay in a hospital for over a week. She relied on family members to help with bills to make up for the income she lost from missing work, and still has to make regular monthly payments toward the thousands of dollars of medical debt she accrued, despite having health insurance. Advertisement

“I have a lot of medical debt I have to pay. They had to do a test on my stomach when I was sick. That one test cost me $3,000 and I’m still paying it because I can’t afford to pay everything back,” Barnes added.

As the coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) has begun to spread through the US, millions of low-wage workers in service industries are left vulnerable due to lack of proper medical benefits and paid sick leave. There are growing concerns that these workers will be extra vulnerable to the disease themselves, or, due to lack of health insurance and poverty, help its spread by continuing to work while ill.

More than 32 million workers in the US have no paid sick days off, and low-wage workers are least likely to have paid sick time. These workers are also significantly less likely to have access to healthcare and medical benefits, making them potentially especially vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak as it spreads.

According to the latest data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 69% of low-wage workers, those in the 10th lowest percentile of median wage earners in the US civilian workforce, do not receive paid sick leave benefits.

“Their earnings are low so they can’t afford to take unpaid leave and when they are sick they have to keep working and expose other people in the process,” said Harry Holzer, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University.

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Many low-wage workers, such as airport workers, are on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak, yet are left unprotected from contracting the virus or receiving adequate medical treatment.

Leila Benitez, an airplane cabin cleaner at Miami international airport for eight years, has no health insurance or paid sick leave.

“When I finally do take a day off because I’m so sick, I have to pay hundreds of dollars in medical bills to get a doctor’s note,” said Benitez. She often travels to the Dominican Republic, where she is from, to receive medical care because treatment and prescriptions costs a fraction of prices in the US.

“When I’m cleaning the planes, there are bodily fluids, trash, dirty tissues. We don’t get enough time to wash our hands in between planes. The protective gloves are thin, and often don’t fit correctly.”

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#1. To: A Pole (#0)

More than 32 million workers in the US have no paid sick days off ...

The liberals have accidentally announced their next health care issue -- the inclusion of sick pay as part of health insurance. (When I was younger we set up a "rainy day" fund because we took personal responsibility for our expenses).

The dirty little secret is that people don't go bankrupt because they don't have health insurance and can't pay the hospital bill. Most go bankrupt because they can't work. That fact will be the foundation of the "Paid Sick Days" movement.

misterwhite  posted on  2020-03-13   9:36:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: A Pole (#0)

How many of them have $200/month cellphone plans to spend all day on social-media crap, and $275 Nike orange clown shoes named after a dumb ghettoballer, yet can't seem to have any money to fund a savings account for rainy days?

Hank Rearden  posted on  2020-03-13   21:01:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: misterwhite (#1)

Most go bankrupt because they can't work. That fact will be the foundation of the "Paid Sick Days" movement.

Paid sick leave implies that the worker will eventually return to work. Yet how many businesses/employers can survive a (two week?) shut down.

I was out for some BBQ last evening (Saturday night) at our nearest medium sized city. Normally bustling, the streets were virtually empty. I was the only customer at the restaurant for about twenty minutes, then a small family wondered in.

The restaurateur will not be able to pay his rent, much less paid sick leave for his staff. He, along with the rest of the businesses in that city, will simply fold.

watchman  posted on  2020-03-15   8:06:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: watchman (#3)

The restaurateur will not be able to pay his rent, much less paid sick leave for his staff.

How is it that people will stockpile toilet paper and water in anticipation of hard times, yet won't set aside a portion of their paycheck?

I really hope they're not counting on the government to force the rest of us to support them. Just in case you've never heard this story:

misterwhite  posted on  2020-03-15   10:58:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: misterwhite (#4)

I really hope they're not counting on the government to force the rest of us to support them.

No, they should infect you and everyone around. No penny for them or extra sick leave. Bazaar Akbar!

A Pole  posted on  2020-03-15   11:29:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: A Pole (#5)

No, they should infect you and everyone around. No penny for them or extra sick leave. Bazaar Akbar!

و سيجمع المؤتمر بين خبراء من كافة قطاعات الصناعة على الشبكة العالمية انترنيت ويونيكود، حيث ستتم، عل

(Translation: "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.")

misterwhite  posted on  2020-03-15   12:01:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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