tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post1533612036758463623..comments2024-03-22T14:13:55.418-07:00Comments on wmtc: labour day 2021: workers want to work less and live morelaura khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-32466631840382007722021-09-08T04:57:12.461-07:002021-09-08T04:57:12.461-07:00Thank you, Amy! It was challenging to write, and I...Thank you, Amy! It was challenging to write, and I appreciate your feedback. <br /><br /><i>And when people make those comments about people sitting home on unemployment instead of working, it makes my blood boil.</i><br /><br />YES.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-66092205489570980492021-09-07T12:50:57.632-07:002021-09-07T12:50:57.632-07:00Another great post, Laura. I had read both Krugman...Another great post, Laura. I had read both Krugman's piece and the piece by the Canadian restaurant worker already, but your insights and intergration of those points adds so much.<br /><br />As the mother of a restaurant worker, I know all too well how they are overworked and underpaid. Even though she is now a manager earning a salary, she still is overworked and underpaid. And she is struggling to find people to work as servers and hosts in the restaurants she manages. And when people make those comments about people sitting home on unemployment instead of working, it makes my blood boil. All my daughter wanted to do for the months her restaurants were shut down was get back to work. She actually was making almost as much on unemployment (with the extra payments and the COVID incentive checks), but she wanted to be working.<br /><br />And my other daughter and son in law are so much happier working from home and not having to leave an hour early to get to work and get home an hour later for the same reason. They now know the joys of eating dinner as a family, something they rarely were able to do before.<br /><br />So through my kids' eyes, I've seen both examples you wrote about---the less skilled workers who are underpaid and overworked and the professionals who make plenty of money, but would prefer the quality of life over the higher incomes if possible.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-66227671177608749112021-09-07T05:53:59.856-07:002021-09-07T05:53:59.856-07:00Thank you, WGH!Thank you, WGH!laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593664.post-52973704223373865172021-09-07T05:19:46.989-07:002021-09-07T05:19:46.989-07:00Excellent post, thank you!Excellent post, thank you!With God's Helphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829013347035897920noreply@blogger.com