This story begs the question: how can we go about improving social mobility, bringing more people into the middle class, and closing the widening income gap when inhumane shit like this isn’t universally agreed upon as illegal?
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In October, a woman from Illinois learned she had stage III esophageal cancer, and her doctors told her and her boss she needed significant time off. Her employers, being the opponents of government regulation and champions of the free market they are, promptly told her to go to hell:
Doctors sent her employers letters about her illness and her possible need for some significant time off for chemo, radiation and surgery. Less than two hours after getting that letter, Madonia says her boss called her in to the office, suggested she resign and offered to pay six months of COBRA if she signed a separation letter. Then they terminated her.
The woman, Elisa Madonia, is suing the company, S37 Management (apart of The Shire Management Group), for wrongful termination.
This story begs the question: how can we go about improving social mobility, bringing more people into the middle class, and closing the widening income gap when inhumane shit like this isn’t universally agreed upon as illegal, and requires the judgement of our flawless justice system?
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*I have to give credit for the headline to the amazing comedian Patton Oswalt, whose humor has now invaded that part of my brain that generates stupid headlines.
Wasn’t she eligible for FMLA? Did the company have disability coverage? Appears there are a lot of unknowns. But as CW said, looks like she has a case in any event.
Sounds like there are already laws against what this employer did- hence the grounds to sue. If this is the case, what is the point?
We’re on the same page; “thanks a lot, Obama” was a reference to the stupid internet meme, and was pure sarcasm.
I’m not quite sure how the two things–this woman’s illiness and Obama–are derogatorily related i.e. why the snark about the State of the Union in conjunction with this woman’s story. This is certainly an outrageous story about the woman and her employer. But your narrative all too sadly pushes away from really doing anything about it. Obama? Or if we were under a different president, The President? If you want to weave in politics to this story than there are 3 players and actually a positive light to shine on the work of the Presidential Office. Three players: the woman’s… Read more »