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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by NovemberWhiskey on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:26PM (#22742155)
... which is limited; often pro-rated in the first year of employment; and has to be scheduled in agreement with your employer so that not all critical staff go out on vacation at once.

How are these things the same?

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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by alistairSH on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:10PM (#22742621)
My take on the linked demand list was the included terms were broad and generic for public consumption, not the actual demands submitted to WF. Maybe they are the actual demands, in which case, it's like they are just be the employee's first ask, fully expecting to negotiate back to something more reasonable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring#In_negotiations

Either way, PTO that allows workers to take enough time off to clear a quarantine order isn't unreasonable. All this chit-chat about all the workers staying home and grocers shutting down is missing the forest for the tress.

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