Been reading this thread, whenever possible all day. Great subject and responses. And just a thought of the traditional work ethic, grind and compensation therefor. When I was a child dad's occupation(family business) supported a wife(stay-at-home),six kids and extended family. Home at six p.m., sitting down at the dinner table to a hom…
Been reading this thread, whenever possible all day. Great subject and responses. And just a thought of the traditional work ethic, grind and compensation therefor. When I was a child dad's occupation(family business) supported a wife(stay-at-home),six kids and extended family. Home at six p.m., sitting down at the dinner table to a home cooked meal. He usually got up and went back to work or gap napped til the phone rang at mid-nite for someone's
'emergency'. Their combined efforts produced a somewhat normal working bunch of off-spring. And not to hold that up as anything better than most. But it was a somewhat cohesive family structure. The traditional corporate employ has usually turned a deaf ear to the maintenance, both economically and socially of that somewhat healthy family unit. This is an age old struggle. Perhaps we as a society have moved beyond the need for organized labor. And are responding in a sub-consciously united manner in response to our unified feeling that 'enough is enough !'.
I agree, Mark. Many businesses don't support people with families. Worse though, our public policies don't require it of them. The United States is one of the only industrialized countries that doesn't have paid family or sick leave. The expanded Child Tax Credit during the pandemic was hugely successful at addressing child poverty, but the policy has not been renewed. With so many parents working, our government needs to require better from businesses.
Been reading this thread, whenever possible all day. Great subject and responses. And just a thought of the traditional work ethic, grind and compensation therefor. When I was a child dad's occupation(family business) supported a wife(stay-at-home),six kids and extended family. Home at six p.m., sitting down at the dinner table to a home cooked meal. He usually got up and went back to work or gap napped til the phone rang at mid-nite for someone's
'emergency'. Their combined efforts produced a somewhat normal working bunch of off-spring. And not to hold that up as anything better than most. But it was a somewhat cohesive family structure. The traditional corporate employ has usually turned a deaf ear to the maintenance, both economically and socially of that somewhat healthy family unit. This is an age old struggle. Perhaps we as a society have moved beyond the need for organized labor. And are responding in a sub-consciously united manner in response to our unified feeling that 'enough is enough !'.
I agree, Mark. Many businesses don't support people with families. Worse though, our public policies don't require it of them. The United States is one of the only industrialized countries that doesn't have paid family or sick leave. The expanded Child Tax Credit during the pandemic was hugely successful at addressing child poverty, but the policy has not been renewed. With so many parents working, our government needs to require better from businesses.
I'm quite sure Gov Gianforte, here in Montana would be right in step with paid family sick leave and The Child Tax Credit .