Pundits and protestors are demanding that they economy reopen quickly. They claim that government has infringed on their rights by closing businesses and preventing gatherings in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Explain this to me. Do the workers in these meat processing plants have rights? They are being sent back to work in properties where COVID-19 has been spreading out of control. They work without adequate safety gear. The Trump administration has ordered that the plants reopen and stay open. CDC guidelines are being considered as suggestions rather than rules. The workers cannot sue their employers. If they refuse to work, they will not be permitted to collect unemployment insurance. The government is playing Russian roulette with the lives of US citizens.
Those protestors say that they don’t want the United States to act like Communist China. Frankly, I don’t see a difference. Forcing workers into unsafe conditions harkens back to dark chapters in our history, to the America of the 1800’s, when workers had no rights and were seen as disposable. Is this the right direction for our nation?
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