For this weeks systemic injustice assignment, I do not have an article because it is something I heard about from word of mouth.
Rumpke, the garbage dump, has a headquarter location very close to my house in Cincinnati. Rumpke is a very well known name in my town and actually very respected. It is known that the garbage truck drivers work pretty early hours, but get paid very well. The people in corporate also get paid very well. From an outsider looking in, it seems like a good business to work for if I was wanting to stay close to home. Recently, I learned from a couple of friends who work in Rumpke corporate offices, woman do not get any amount of maternity leave. If they were to have a baby, they have to use vacation time and sick days then have to return to work. When I heard of this, I was absolutely shocked.
I believe this is a way to make the job unappealing to woman so they don’t work there. I find this to be systemic injustice because America as a whole does not require corporations to give any sort of maternity or paternity leave. This forces woman to find other jobs. As for the woman who do work there already, they face a form of inequality since they are not able to have a child with rest time. I find this particularly interesting because if you visit their benefits page on their website, it says, “We treat everyone like family.” I find this to be a false statement since they do not let their employees prioritize their own families. They also said “As a family owned company, Rumpke treats each employee like family. We take interest in your welfare and well-being.” You would think they would want to give women a break after giving birth because they care able their welfare and well-being.
Looking into the company, Rumpke is ran mostly by men. Companies who rate other corporations based on diversity and inclusion have given Rumpke a very low score, but they don’t seem to care and don’t plan on changing anytime soon.
https://www.rumpke.com/careers/benefits
