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Employee commits suicide after MongoDB fired her during mental health leave
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Over 2 years away? What will that even do?
This is always what bothered me about being American.
We protest on convenient days because most people can't be bothered on work days.
Without work, we lose our job. Without job, no healthcare or house or food or any kind of assistance. No unions to really speak of and no safety net. System has us by the balls.
They say 36 hours without food causes total upheaval, it seems like that is what will be necessary for an acute change.
It's been in planning for awhile, but mostly the wait is for getting more workplaces in the US unionized to participate. Imo, we would need to convince key industries that could actually shut down the United States, it would be like: airline pilots/stewardesses, truck drivers, railroad workers, teachers, natural gas/electric workers, and health care workers. I don't know how progress is going, but even just 3 of those groups would be enough to cause a halt in what's, best case scenario, a more fragile administration.
Keep the cogs placated.