The Right to Work

(Tanya photo, 2009)

The Right to Work

Yesterday my good blog colleague wrote about a job which was billed as "the best job in the world".

Maybe so.

Today I'd like to suggest that work--that is a job for everyone--should be a RIGHT in any civilized country.

In fact I suggest that the RIGHT to work should be right up there with the famous "Four Freedoms" of the 1940s and the guaranteed rights of the USA Constitution.

Every person, that wants to work, should have some work to do--for pay. And the pay should be enough to allow a person to live comfortably.

This COULD be done. This SHOULD be done.

In fact in a technological society--this MUST be done!

Or there are going to be some very unhappy people! And it is better to do it NOW with a plan than to endure the mess of doing it ad hoc later.

The RIGHT to work--an idea whose time has come.

Tomasito, 2009