Monday 16 Nov, 2015
It's my first day of working at the external company. It's a subsidiary from Ergon, who seems to be taking on most of these people. It's a cloth washery. Here they take on the laundry of several different care institutions - homes for the elderly and/or mentally handicapped. All pieces of cloth have a little barcode in them that also has the name of the institution and the name of the owner.
The washery is located in Veldhoven - about an hour cycling for me, and work starts at 8:00. I woke up at 6AM to be sure I'd get there on time, since I do get lost frequently. Since the location just happens to be exactly where my fat
Participation Laws, Or Why You Shouldn't Ever Want A Right-Wing Government;
an essay penned in English about the Participatiewet and its consequences.
In this article I relate about the people I meet and incidents at the Work/Learn company - I don't mention people's names to protect them, but I do choose to mention the names of the companies involved so you all know who's profiteering from forced labour.
I'm finally forced to apply for unemployment benefits. I've been able to keep it off for a long time, but now I can no longer stop it. After filling in a long on-line form, I have to phone the municipality of Eindhoven, my place of residenc
In a small town in Tennessee there lived a young inventor named Roger, with his wife Mary Ann. Mary Ann was a housewife, devout and the daughter of a priest.
One day, a businessman came to Roger with a difficult job. He said:
"My company produces small electronics, like radios, headphones and alike. These items are expensive, but also prone to theft. Could you device a way of wrapping such items so that:
-it's transparent, the items must be visible from the outside;
-it can't easily be opened, to discourage thieves;
-it is firm so the contents are protected, to minimize damage before the products are used;
-the company name, instruction