Most of Us are in the Same Boat

I think most people hate the people they work for. Unless they're treated REALLY well. And that's happening less and less these days. The interesting thing is that the Culinary Workers Local 226, the Las Vegas local of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union is getting their workers good wages, health care and changing the lives of thousands of people. Maybe people don't like their jobs, but at least they're getting paid well and are buying homes, putting their kids through college... living the American Dream... or what's left of it.

Maybe I should have stayed in Las Vegas and become part of that union. Except that I can't work full time any more. Neither should my daughter. But we've been set adrift. A medical crisis hit us and there have been really no safety nets. This, in the richest country in the world. It doesn't even seem "civilized" to me that this is what happens when people have some kind of crisis. Look at the people who lost everything (including their lives) in hurricane Katrina. And then got moved all over the country and put in formaldehyde trailers, etc. There are so many things that happened around that, if I go into it, I'll have a post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) episode.

It's SOOOO wrong what's being done to people. So many losing their health insurance, pensions, jobs, homes. The hardest hit, of course, are minorities and women. Also, now I'm finding out what happens to people on disability and how we are treated. My daughter has to stay at some kind of job somewhere where she can find health insurance. I'm not sure what she's going to do. Her medical history is a mile long. Most small businesses don't have health insurance and even corporations keep changing insurers and the insurance companies make money by not providing health care.

What happens to the least of us... happens to all...