communicableOn Friday, March 13, 2020, 01:52:52 a.m. CDT, armstrong augusto vaz wrote: Corona Virus crisis from the perspective of the struggles of the working class and the oppressed.
While many office buildings have closed as a precautionary measure, what about the staff that takes care of cleaning, maintenance and all? If their pay is calculated on a daily wage basis, then they stand to lose pay. Microsoft in the US has announced it won't cut pay of its daily wage employees who are losing out on work because of work-from-home imposed because of Corona. But what's the scene in India? Office complexes provide money to many people, such as the chai wala that makes a living by selling tea, coffee, snacks etc in these office buildings. The cigarette seller. With offices closed, these guys are losing out on a lot of money every day. Let's think on these lines. ---------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong Vas, 24% of the workers in the US have no sick leave. Yep, 24%. These workers are concentrated in the service industry i.e. serving people coffee, food, drinks, etc. Believe you me, these people keep going to work when they experience the first symptoms of any communicable disease. The same workers can hardly afford missing their wages for the few hours they need to see a doctor and I can assure you, they return to their service jobs while taking the medication - to cure their communicable affliction. It is going to be interesting, real interesting watching the stable genius, Donald Trump, fumble with this situation. Secondly, I guess panic has not hit Goa yet. Here in Texas people have stopped buying fresh products and meats. The suppliers of the same are getting desperate - watching their product rot. This afternoon I got a call from my Indian grocer asking me to come by and buy rice and dried beans before they ran out of the same. I told him to pack a box and when I arrived to collect it, there were 10 times the amount of people I usually see in that shop. Mervyn
