India: ambulance workers strike amidst not receiving salary for four months, 12-hour work shifts, and no provision for social security benefits
India: ambulance workers strike amidst not receiving salary for four months, 12-hour work shifts, and no provision for social security benefits
Ambulance workers in Indian State of Bihar going on strike over unpaid salaries and social security contributions.
That's actually kind of amazing that they were able to survive and keep working for 4 months.
In America that would likely mean that most of the people either quit to go look for a job that actually pays or ended up homeless or starving to death.
America has a lot of the individualism mindset, or people are simply too far from their families. India still has a strong sense of community, although it is slowly vanishing year by year.
A decade ago I saw people taking the misfortunate into their own homes, to give them shelter and food (temporarily of course). But not anymore, because they're worried about theft and other crimes.