It's taken a lot of work and a lot of years to improve the way we earn our livings.
Unions, with workers uniting, have fought for and won:
- 8-hour work days
- 40-hour work weeks
- Breaks & lunch periods
- Overtime pay
- Weekends
- Paid vacation
- Holiday pay
- FMLA
- Sick leave
- Social Security
- Minimum wage
- Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination
- Child labor laws
- Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
- Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp)
- Unemployment insurance
- Pensions
- Workplace safety standards and regulations
- Employer health care insurance
- Collective bargaining rights for employees
- Wrongful termination laws
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- Whistleblower protection laws
- Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)
- Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
- Compensation increases and evaluations
- Sexual harassment laws
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Employer dental, life, and vision Insurance
- Privacy rights
- Pregnancy and parental leave
- Military leave
- The right to strike
- Public education for children
- Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)
- Laws ending sweatshops in the United States
