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January 18, 2021

An Unconventional Labour Day! | Patience Mutie

An Unconventional Labour Day! | Patience Mutie

by Patience Mutie / Friday, 01 May 2020 / Published in COVID19

No Gathering at Uhuru Park 

Today is the 1st of May. In normal circumstances, workers, members and officials of trade unions would be drifting in their numbers towards Uhuru Park for International Labour Day celebrations. Under the scorching sun, they would listen to speeches from those that call the shots in the labor union circles and the government. The President would most likely bring the celebrations to a cheerful end, after promising some goodies for the workers; perhaps an increment in wages or a reiteration of workers’ rights, especially for the most vulnerable among them.

Today however things are different; new. Our lives have been upended in ways we could never have imagined. Although I am aware that everyone I know, is hunkered down and safe, I cannot stop thinking with a lot of anxiety, about families of the already infected persons and those that have lost their loved ones. The uncertainty of the future has also got me apprehensive.

We are all currently sailing deep in uncharted waters. We soldier on, but with a destabilizing unawareness of what magnitude of storm awaits us.  Having watched this pandemic ravage the globe, will never take for granted normalcy, the ebb and the flow of the world as we have known it.

Granted, we will not have the usual Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park. As a matter of fact, a lot of the people who normally celebrate this day are unhappy; some have been laid off from work while others have been forced to take pay cuts, thus affecting their livelihoods and those of their families.  This Labour Day has fallen on unprecedented times, it is a Labour Day like no other.

Labouring painfully

A few months ago, I followed a Twitter discussion concerning toxic bosses. A number of Twitter users gave harrowing accounts of the pain of working under such bosses. It was then that I realized how in my short career life, I have been immensely blessed to work under the kindest of men. I have never had ‘boss issues’ at all. I have resolved that if I ever have people working with, for, and or under me, I would handle them with grace.

1 Corinthians 4: 12 says that “… we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled we bless; when persecuted, we endure.” COVID-19 is a trial to all of us, and Paul encourages Christians to endure during such times.

We can do so by:

  1. Being grateful.

Now more than ever I realize the ground under me could be swept away in an instance. My attitude towards that, however, is not that of fear, but that of a deep appreciation of each moment, person and opportunity I have. To those who have work to do, always be grateful for the blessing of usefulness in work.

     2. Being gracious.

If the world was ever hungry for a demonstration of grace, now is the time! Exhibiting it to other people is basically modeling our faith to the glory of God.

     3. Showing kindness.

Be nice and kind to those entrusted to you. Everyone is bearing the stress and emotional stability brought about by our collective unknown future.

     4. Exercise selflessness.

In the short period, my family has been running a business, it has occurred to us that most entrepreneurs have fallen in the trap of greed; characterized by a need to make unfair profits and to ‘use’ workers, by taking more from them than we give.  On this Labour Day, reflect on the condition of the people working for or under you. Be extra kind to them.

 

 

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1 Comment to “ An Unconventional Labour Day! | Patience Mutie”

  1. Caleb says :Reply
    May 1, 2020 at 1:37 pm

    On point! I have been considering a business and when I looked at my competitors I saw how easy it is to fall into greed, ask for unfair profits.

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