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I'm starting to believe the GOP narrative: people don't want to work. |
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November 01st, 2021 |
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This year, I have heard a lot of local Republicans claiming that |
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"people don't want to work" in regards to many jobs in the US being |
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vacant; they're also applying this statement towards supply shortages |
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too... |
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Initially I suspected that it was just another big lie, a load of |
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horseshit, if you will. Job vacancies, and even many supply shortages, |
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can easily be blamed on COVID restrictions, the fact that ¾-million |
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potential workers have died from COVID, companies relying on very badly |
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configured Résumé parsing systems automatically booting most of their |
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qualified applicants, excessive use of drug testing (absolutely NOT |
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needed for fast food jobs, for instance), and even companies such as |
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Lowe's HIW + Autozone + Staples which are crying wolf - claiming that |
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nobody wants to work for them, when reality they are not hiring or are |
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even actively involved in bait+switch job scams... |
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However, lately I have come to the conclusion that the Republicans are |
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right, with a catch: It's the anti-vaxxers who don't want to work. |
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Lately many employers are requiring their workers to take the COVID-19 |
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vaccine... Many employers and managers have been informally warning |
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their workers for almost a year that mandates are coming, and that |
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workers who refuse to do so risk being unemployed... And yet in many |
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areas, there is a strong resistance by police, firefighters, EMS, and |
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sanitation industries... Even some healthcare workers are resisting, but |
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this doesn't surprise me because there has been a small but extremely |
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vocal minority of healthcare workers (mainly CNAs and lesser-skills) |
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who have historically refused to take flu vaccines. |
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Anyway, the short story is: |
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*The COVID-19 vaccines available here are safe and highly effective. |
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*The vaccines are important for workplace safety. |
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*Employers are responsible for ensuring a safe workplace. |
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*Workers must take basic safety precautions (i.e. COVID-19 vaccine) |
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*Workers are historically punished for working unsafely. |
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I don't see anyone complaining and quitting jobs over PPE requirements, |
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such as hard hats, steel toe shoes, or safety glasses, how's the COVID |
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vaccine any different? |
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If you're opposed to basic workplace safety measures, you really don't |
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really want to work after all... |
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