• @MostlyBirds
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      161 year ago

      “Essential worker” just means non-union poors, realistically. If you’ve got no leverage and don’t make enough to have any savings, you are required to continue going to work no matter what happens.

    • @GuerrillaGrain
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      1 year ago

      It just means employees of businesses that were able to continue operation during the pandemic lockdowns. Iirc, being a source of sustenance enabled fast food/takeout to remain open. Regardless of the nutritional value offered.

      That’s how “essential worker” included both medical professionals and fast food. It is also how certain call centers were still crammed with people unless remote was made available. The phrase was seemingly used to help improve morale for those forced to work while benefits for the unemployed paid out more than their wages.

    • AKAKnick
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      101 year ago

      You’d be amazed how many people are too stupid to cook a meal for themselves.

      • ThenThreeMore
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        31 year ago

        In the UK there was no question that McDonald’s would be closing.