TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL: Only four countries in the world have no government mandated minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays: Palau, Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States of America.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1968arrow-down112
arrow-up1956arrow-down1external-linkTIL: Only four countries in the world have no government mandated minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays: Palau, Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States of America.en.wikipedia.orgTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down4·2 days agoNot to apologize for shitty US labor regulations, but in some places these rules aren’t enforced rigorously if at all, so this data shouldn’t be taken at face value. For example I doubt Saudi or Qatari slaves are getting days off.
minus-squareMitchie151@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down2·2 days agoDoes this put your standard US citizen on the same level as Saudi or Qatari slave?
minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoThat’s insane, have you seen pictures of what Dubai looks like? There is no way American labour could meet anywhere near that standard of quality
minus-squareOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAbeed and Kaffir have entered the chat.
minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down9·2 days agoI’ve never heard of white Americans having their passports stolen as a job requirement
minus-squaresupamanc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agoThey have something similar though - health insurance tied to employer.
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 days agoAmericans are ripped off the streets and sent to foreign prisons with no judges involved. Passports, birth certificates, DL … none of them matters with the ICE facial recognition app. They skip the “take your passport” part entirely.
minus-squareknatschus@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’ve never heard it happen to quataries either
minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoright, because they’re the ones stealing the passports. same as the white ICE agents
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoExcuse me sir, the correct term is “contractors”!
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYep there’s that wild Saudi DPRK shit and then there’s also the rest of the world. Where it mostly is.
Not to apologize for shitty US labor regulations, but in some places these rules aren’t enforced rigorously if at all, so this data shouldn’t be taken at face value. For example I doubt Saudi or Qatari slaves are getting days off.
Does this put your standard US citizen on the same level as Saudi or Qatari slave?
Yes.
That’s insane, have you seen pictures of what Dubai looks like? There is no way American labour could meet anywhere near that standard of quality
Abeed and Kaffir have entered the chat.
I’ve never heard of white Americans having their passports stolen as a job requirement
They have something similar though - health insurance tied to employer.
Americans are ripped off the streets and sent to foreign prisons with no judges involved.
Passports, birth certificates, DL … none of them matters with the ICE facial recognition app.
They skip the “take your passport” part entirely.
I’ve never heard it happen to quataries either
right, because they’re the ones stealing the passports. same as the white ICE agents
Excuse me sir, the correct term is “contractors”!
Yep there’s that wild Saudi DPRK shit and then there’s also the rest of the world. Where it mostly is.