NEWS From My Perspective!

May 10-2009:

We Don't Need Jobs-We Need Employment!

There is a BIG difference between Jobs and Employment in context. So let me explain these definitions.


What Is a Job:

A Job could be a contract of service for a specified period of time. For example, a contract to fix a broken pipeline.

* A contract to sell some items or merchandise, until that commodity is exhausted.

* A politician being elected to office for a period of time, and at the end, if he or she does not qualify for another term, the voters elect someone else for that position. The presidency is a case in point.

* A person who does temporary work:

* No healthcare benefits:

* No vacation leave with pay:

* No maternity leave with pay, or sick leave with pay:


What is Employment?

* Career possibilities, because there is room or opportunity for upward mobility:

* Promotion, on the job and training for upward mobility.

* Health benefits:

* Vacation leave with pay:

* Maternity leave with pay:

* Retirement benefits or plans:

* And permanency or longevity.

So tell your elected representatives to STOP promising us JOBS, because EMPLOYMENT is what we want and need currently!

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.