20 Reasons To Thank Labor Unions

[ashling]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/12/20-reasons-to-thank-labor-unions/

1. Minimum Wage
2. Child Labor Laws
3. Paid Vacations
4. Employer Health Care, Dental, and Vision Insurance
5. Pensions
6. Safety Conditions
7. Collective Bargaining
8. Weekends
9. Sick Leave
10. Overtime
11. 8 Hour Work Day
12. 40 Hour Work Week
13. Unemployment Benefits
14. Wrongful Termination Laws
15. Pay Raises
16. Holiday Pay
17. Pregnancy and Parental Leave
18. The Right To Strike
19. Equal Pay For Women
20. Laws Ending Sweatshops

Every right that a worker has in the workplace is all because a union fought hard to get it. As Republicans continue to wipe out unions and weaken them, they also weaken us and our ability to fight back against unfair business practices. We are at risk of losing all the things that unions fought long and hard to secure. Even our jobs are at risk. Because of unions, many of the jobs Americans still hold, have not been outsourced overseas. Unions protect jobs in America and where there are unions, there are jobs. Because the private sector has largely wiped out unions, big corporations are able to lay off American workers and give those jobs to cheap labor overseas. If you want a job, or want to keep yours, organize or join a union and fight for your right to work. Unions fight for the American worker, therefore they fight for us. Anyone who says that unions are un-American only wants to get rid of the above list so that they can make ridiculous profits off the backs off a cheap labor workforce. If you support American workers, American jobs, and the continued prosperity of the American people, support labor unions.

[navarth]

1. Thanks, I've been using this today. nt