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Now the British government wants people to keep working even when they are dying of a terminal illness. (www.gov.uk)

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Can't just let a dying person go home and die in peace. Let's extract every bit of capitalist value we can from them first.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Much as it would be totally in character for Starmers Labour, that is not what's happening here.

Dying To Work charter aims to protect terminally ill people from dismissal and give them flexible work conditions. Civil Services signing up to it, boosting the total number of protected employees from 1.5 mln to 3.5 mln, is a very good thing.

Here's how it started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEf21fpcDjI

The example charter: https://www.dyingtowork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Example-Charter.pdf

This is a classic example of labour struggle, fighting for the working rights of vulnerable people. It's a Trade Union Congress initiative, all the UK unions support it and you should too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would sooner support proper and guaranteed benefits for dying people so they don't have to keep working until they drop dead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's like going off against raising the minimum wage because you'd rather support workers owning their enterprises.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

No it's not.

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