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Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and refused to give them permission to sit or use a chair and later fired them after a pregnancy-related hospitalization (www.abetterbalance.org)
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[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (3 children)

Have you ever tried applying for public assistance? Do you think that a government which is already failing to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is doing much to ensure that welfare is accessible to anyone?

My family let me stay with them about two weeks after my ex husband illegally kicked me out. I slept on a friends floor for about a year after. I was lucky to have that level of help. Many do not.

The way I got out of that situation was working (and continuing to work) 60-80 hours a week.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I have, it took a few weeks, I know it's not instant.. better than just giving up and not even trying tho, no? Even if it's only a couple hundred a month.

    I know some people do not have anywhere or anyone to turn to, I tried to mention that in my original post.. maybe most people are that alone.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    just giving up and not even trying tho

    When I needed that kind of help, it was pretty much inaccessible without navigating a complicated maze of forms and paperwork and unsympathetic bureaucratic officials, which are something I just can’t do when stressed, and I’m a fairly literate person.

    Maybe this is a state by state thing, but accessing welfare as a single able bodied adult where I live seems pretty unimaginable.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    And a lot of them require an address or p.o. box which not everyone has. And deadlines if you miss by a day you just get denied. A lot of government assistance in the U.S. is terrible and complex and time consuming. I just assume charities are pretty varied state to state so I didn't want to bring those up, where every state has SOME kind of program.

    I actually used to work for my states unemployment office for a few years. The help I could actually give over the phone was minimal at best, another department did reviews and made decisions, I could really only give updates which 9 times out of 10 was "its still pending". To the people asking what they should do while they wait I would say "Family, friends, churches, charities". At least its better than saying "there is nothing you can do."

    I just have such a hard time accepting that "we just have to accept whatever conditions and whatever pay our empyers offer cuz we're lucky they even offer us that." Or getting upset a pregnant lady wants to take time off work cuz now she isn't bringing money into the family.

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