[news] Working People Work Themselves to Death

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Canada has a safety net for its workers, it's the healthcare system. So when you work yourself to near death, or you have an arm ripped off on the jobsite, there is a place that will fix you up. But with all the technology and gadgets and pills, the system still lacks a common sense approach to wellness. It's as though the technology advanced while the mentality behind the practice stayed in the 1950's.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/8646