Are you jealous of workers that belong to unions?

[senseandsensibility]

Every Labor Day, since I joined DU I've tried to start a thread thanking unions for worker protections. I've asked the administrators to run a banner on the front page thanking workers or saying "Happy Labor Day." After all, Labor Day is not just any holiday. It's a progressive holiday, paid for by the blood of workers throughout history.

But I rarely get more than ten responses, and of those, several are negative. Some posters complain that they have no union protection, and seem to resent those that do. In a way, this is understandable.

HOWEVER, unions fight for more than just their membership. Thanks to unions, all workers have paid vacation, paid overtime, paid sick leave, forty hour work weeks and more.

Instead of being jealous, ORGANIZE!! Support unionized workers even if you don't belong to a union. The unions have given to all workers; it's time we all give something back. If we don't, unions may disappear in our lifetime and America will be a very different place for YOU, whether you belong to a union or not.