Phone In Sick. The Hub Radio Show for Monday May 1, 2023. View the untimely playlist for 5-1-23 (CLICK HERE)A Certain Ratio, Django Django, Pearl & The Oysters, St. Paul and the Broken Bones , SYML
Phone in Sick Day is celebrated on May 1
every year. It is a day set aside to appreciate the average working-class
citizen and give him a day of rest. Phone in Sick Day is celebrated as casually
as it sounds, but the motivations are more nuanced. People call in sick on this
day to protest against longer work hours, less free time, a decreased quality
of life, and to voice their displeasure with the “rat race” of modern living.
Since they hold some of the lowest-paying occupations, the working class
doesn’t have much power individually; thus, the day is specially designed to
provide them a chance to unite and demonstrate their economic strength.