tintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoCalifornia Senate Passed SB 799; The bill's (which give strikers the right to collect unemployment) fate lies in Newsom's hands.www.stoppopulationdecline.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down19cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Senate Passed SB 799; The bill's (which give strikers the right to collect unemployment) fate lies in Newsom's hands.www.stoppopulationdecline.orgtintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · edit-210 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squarealterforlett @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoI’m not in or from the US, but I’m guessing unemployment doesn’t pay enough to live the good life? Should just be enough to keep you alive? If you want to leave you shouldn’t worry about starving in the pursuit of better employment imo
minus-squarecjthomp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoUnemployment probably won’t even cover your bills, but will let you hemorrhage money slower
minus-squarealterforlett @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThen I really don’t see the issue. Not like people would willingly put themselves in that kind of situation without a reason
minus-squareBrkdncr@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIn the US if you want to leave your job, you won’t get unemployment. If you’re laid off you can. I agree with you that it’s wrong, but that’s how it currently works in the US.
minus-squareBrkdncr@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·10 months agoUnemployment is not for when people decide to leave a job. It’s for when your employer lays you off. Going on strike is much different than being laid off.
I’m not in or from the US, but I’m guessing unemployment doesn’t pay enough to live the good life? Should just be enough to keep you alive?
If you want to leave you shouldn’t worry about starving in the pursuit of better employment imo
Unemployment probably won’t even cover your bills, but will let you hemorrhage money slower
Then I really don’t see the issue. Not like people would willingly put themselves in that kind of situation without a reason
In the US if you want to leave your job, you won’t get unemployment. If you’re laid off you can.
I agree with you that it’s wrong, but that’s how it currently works in the US.
Unemployment is not for when people decide to leave a job. It’s for when your employer lays you off. Going on strike is much different than being laid off.