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Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by bengale on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:59AM (#17932592)
Where are you based? Are you sure unions aren't the reason you have these benefits?
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by awiesenhofer on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:37AM (#17932742)
He could live almost anywhere in the world:

"The United States, Suriname, Papua New Guinea, and several island countries in the Pacific Ocean are the only countries that do not require employers to provide paid time off for new parents."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave

Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by yostrovs on Friday September 07, 2018 @06:34AM (#17933201)
Glad to know that North Korea, Guatemala, Sudan, and South Sudan are considerate enough to provide paid maternity leave.
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by OtterCoder on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:13AM (#17934868)
> North Korea

That's not terribly surprising, fascist ideologies are typically very family-centric, to the point of actual Darwinism/eugenics.

It's one more reason why I don't think the rising, bipartisan, hyper-capitalist, reactionary tide in the US can be accurately called fascism. It's a different creature in a lot of ways.

Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by Khol on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:07AM (#17932857)
Whilst it's likely that from a historical perspective unions (or other collective action) fought for rights for workers, in many (most?) modern societies there is now legal basis for them.

I have found myself in the same position as the parent as a non-US resident who ended up in discussions where the assumptions made by those from the US and those not from the US about the rights of workers are so wildly different it stalls the conversation.

Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by skrebbel on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:35AM (#17932734)
I bet they are (Netherlands). I seriously don't get how anyone can interpret my comments on this thread as sceptical about unionization.
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by awiesenhofer on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:57AM (#17932813)
How are you inferring that from GPs comments? He just couldn't believe that the US doesn't have mandated parental leave - you know, like the rest of the world.
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by brennebeck on Friday September 07, 2018 @05:18AM (#17932897)
Likely EU or UK, if I had to guess. Maybe CA.
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by Y_Y on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:29AM (#17933434)
The UK is in the EU
Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize by jcranmer on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:55AM (#17933851)
Not for long.