Now the British government wants people to keep working even when they are dying of a terminal illness.

www.gov.uk

Deputy PM pledges more support for terminally ill workers

Can't just let a dying person go home and die in peace. Let's extract every bit of capitalist value we can from them first.

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Now the British government wants people to keep working even when they are dying of a terminal illness.

www.gov.uk /government/news/deputy-pm-pledges-more-support-for-terminally-ill-workers

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so glad the "left" party won.
i wish they were what reactionaries call them
- They're named after what they're going to make you do
  
  the British labour hates labour, and the American republicans love kings.
Modern society is so good, people love dying for it slowly while getting nothing good in return!
Chip chip ol' chap have a chippy and get to fucking work and make your boss money or I will fucking kill you, cheerio!
I swear to god this is true and not some dark irony-poisoned satire...
...they're proudly promoting this with the hashtag #DyingToWork
- The world is creeping closer and closer to actual slavery for the masses. I remember a while ago they invented robots that could be controlled with your eyes or mind, and paralysed people in hospital beds were to operate them so they could continue to work. Everyone was like "Oh how lovely, paralysed people still get to work!" I was thinking how evil and dystopian, you can't even be paralysed in a hospital bed without having to work. Of course people used the same excuses then that someone in this thread is using now "It's to benefit the disabled person, they want to work, etc." Well what happens when all this becomes normalised - there will be no more choice. You can be dying or paralysed and people will say "That's no excuse - other dying and paralysed people manage to keep working, so get back to work!"
I despise how shittily the article is written. It's written deliberately to downplay the policy and not think about how it fits into the broader eugenics agenda of starmer.
Pasting my comment from Lemmygrad:
Much as it would be totally in character for Starmers Labour, that is not what’s happening here.
Dying To Work charter aims to protect terminally ill people from dismissal and give them flexible work conditions. Civil Services signing up to it, boosting the total number of protected employees from 1.5 mln to 3.5 mln, is a very good thing.
Here’s how it started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEf21fpcDjI
The example charter: https://www.dyingtowork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Example-Charter.pdf
This is a classic example of labour struggle, fighting for the working rights of vulnerable people. It’s a Trade Union Congress initiative, all the UK unions support it and you should too.
- From the charter: "We will provide our employees with the security of work, peace of mind and the right to choose the best course of action for themselves and their families which helps them through this challenging period with dignity and without undue financial loss"
  The fact that they even mention financial loss is enough to show that there will be pressure put on people to continue working even when they don't feel up to it. Why would anyone want to keep going to work while they are dying for any reason other than money? It would be better to provide properly for sick and dying people so they aren't pressured to keep working.
  It's no different than what labour are doing with the disabled, acting like it's a favour to disabled people to force them back into work because it's what's best for them. When really it's about not having to pay them benefits any more.
  
  It’s no different than what labour are doing with the disabled, acting like it’s a favour to disabled people to force them back into work because it’s what’s best for them
  It's very different.
  One is protecting employees from dismissal and making employers offer working conditions that suit terminally ill employees. It does not force employees to stay at work and it does not cancel any benefits.
  The other is cutting benefits to force disabled people into work they are not fit to do.
- I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
  yewtu.be
  inv.nadeko.net
  yt.artemislena.eu
  piped.video

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