FAMILY & PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Article 33 of the EU Charter on Rights says "1. The family shall enjoy legal, economic and social protection. 2. To reconcile family and professional life, everyone shall have the right to protection from dismissal for a reason connected with maternity and the right to paid maternity leave and to parental leave following the birth or adoption of a child."
This is an article that Americans really need in their constitution, don't you think?
Germany, as mentioned above, also has such guarantees in its constitution and in its family law. Nonetheless, if you are an American or non-European, the German visa offices, the immigration offices, several unfair ministries, and the various social welfare and labor offices in this wealthiest of Europe, your rights can be ignored as though you are not human.
Such a state is simply ignoring both EU laws and local legislation and codes. We are told by both courts and bureaucrats: "You are not covered and we will use every trick in the book to keep you from gaining welfare."
Worse still, even private agencies and some German lawyers tell me to go find my own rights with the help of U.S. lawyers. Likewise, some German physicians have told me here in Wiesbadento go to the gates of the US American military base nearby to beg for health care support. (There are really very few US lawyers here in the area of human rights and no American military base allow Americans or other visitors to come on base without a permit or invitation.)
As noted above, one of my recent part-time employers had evidently heard rumors of the birth of my child and decided to lay me off--just two weeks ago.
Where is the support for families evident in all this mistreatment? Moreover, as noted above, my wife and child have not been permitted to come to Germany and gain their right to health care, either since early 2009. This is just as bad as inviting immigrants to Europe for permanent celibacy and in order to promote bad health in families and children--around the globe.
Meanwhile, Article 34 says, "1. The Union recognises and respects the entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection in cases such as maternity, illness, industrial accidents, dependency or old age, and in the case of loss of employment, in accordance with the rules laid down by Community law and national laws and practices. 2. Everyone residing and moving legally within the European Union is entitled to social security benefits and social advantages in accordance with Community law and national laws and practices. 3. In order to combat social exclusion and poverty, the Union recognises and respects the right to social and housing assistance so as to ensure a decent existence for all those who lack sufficient resources, in accordance with the rules laid down by Community law and national laws and practices."
Today, I just received a letter from the 23rd
Social Court in Wiesbaden, Hessen in Germany. The Wiesbaden court determined to not grant me any of the three sets of EU rights noted in Article 34 above. It did so because the local immigration office had given me a super-restricted visa, despite my many skills and employability as an educator in primary, secondary and tertiary levels. In short the courts are colluding with visa-tricksters.
If I could survive another 3 years, I could take my claims to the EU courts of justice--but I can't; Wiesbaden judges and civil servants no to this. They are just wishing me away--as they do thousands of others each year.
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL???? and the Courts!
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