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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2015, 01:25 PM Jun 2015

AFL-CIO Blog

This post originally appeared at Union Plus.

Did you know that labor unions made the following 36 things possible?

1. Weekends without work

2. All breaks at work, including your lunch breaks

3. Paid vacation

4. Family and Medical Leave Act

5. Sick leave

6. Social Security

7. Minimum wage

8. Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII—prohibits employer discrimination

9. Eight-hour workday

10. Overtime pay

11. Child labor laws

12. Occupational Safety and Health Act

13. 40-hour workweek

14. Workers' compensation

15. Unemployment insurance

More
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/36-Reasons-Why-You-Should-Thank-a-Union?can_id=2746d093cbcf83e0d1a8326d2b097c77&source=email-a-refugee-of-our-failed-trade-policies&email_referrer=a-refugee-of-our-failed-trade-policies