Inspired by Reggio
11-10-2012, 04:27 PM
Was just having an interesting debate on a friends FB status about the right for 'NHL' to strike and demand even more salary and other benefits and well as always, at least with me, it brings to the forefront how screwed up our VALUES are as human beings and what we are willing to 'invest' our hard earned money on!
We, as a society, willingly pay disgustingly inflated ticket prices for entertainment and related merchandise of athletes, actors, musicians in order to support this increasingly sorry but inflated sense of WORTH for what they are entitled to ask for their 'services' and yet on just about every media there are discussions about how expensive CHILDCARE is despite the fact that those of who work in the industry make just on or slightly above minimum wage despite at least in the 'centre' arena being regulated as a 'professional' with required education, training and now in Ontario paying to belong to a regulatory body in order to 'practice' our profession!
I just wonder what would happen to the state of an economy, which is now so highly driven by TWO income earners in a household in order to support itself, would be if childcare providers across Canada and the States UNITED and chose to strike for better pay let alone to dare to strive for sick days, benefits or OH MY a PENSION!
This video created by a Childcare Advocacy group really made me chuckle about the WHAT IFS and while it is based on over dramatization of satire like all satire it has TRUTH within in about what would happen if we all 'walked off the job' Monday morning ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpEXKgU20A&sns=tw
We, as a society, willingly pay disgustingly inflated ticket prices for entertainment and related merchandise of athletes, actors, musicians in order to support this increasingly sorry but inflated sense of WORTH for what they are entitled to ask for their 'services' and yet on just about every media there are discussions about how expensive CHILDCARE is despite the fact that those of who work in the industry make just on or slightly above minimum wage despite at least in the 'centre' arena being regulated as a 'professional' with required education, training and now in Ontario paying to belong to a regulatory body in order to 'practice' our profession!
I just wonder what would happen to the state of an economy, which is now so highly driven by TWO income earners in a household in order to support itself, would be if childcare providers across Canada and the States UNITED and chose to strike for better pay let alone to dare to strive for sick days, benefits or OH MY a PENSION!
This video created by a Childcare Advocacy group really made me chuckle about the WHAT IFS and while it is based on over dramatization of satire like all satire it has TRUTH within in about what would happen if we all 'walked off the job' Monday morning ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpEXKgU20A&sns=tw