Union rights are human rights

[Iwillnevergiveup]

Hat tip to Crooks & Liars and Chris Hayes!

This Labor Day, we're reminded of what unions have created in this country:

Weekends without work
All breaks at work, including your lunch breaks
Paid vacation
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Sick leave
Social Security
Minimum wage
Civil Rights Act/Title VII - prohibits employer discrimination
8-hour work day
Overtime pay
Child labor laws
Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
40-hour work week
Workers’ compensation (workers’ 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 (ADEA)
Whistleblower protection laws
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) - prohibits employers from using a lie detector test on an employee
Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
Compensation increases and evaluations (i.e. raises)
Sexual harassment laws
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Holiday pay
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

[Omaha Steve]

1. K&R #1

[freshwest]

2. If anyone has or counts on any of these, thank a union member today.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

3. The checker at a grocery store today

told me she was always happy to work holidays - triple time! Of course, she's Union!

[Jack Sprat]

4. You would think

by the numbers of white voters of the repub party that we all can't wait to do away with minimum wage and employment benefits. I guarantee that a good dose of 19th century wages and living standards will turn their heads around quick. But you'd think that's what some of them want.

[freshwest]

6. I think the GOP solution to low wages and unemployment is a rather simple one:

Keep half the work force at home barefoot and pregnant. No benefits, no need to budget for child care, house keeper or gardeners for most people.

Eliminate the education, travel or clothing costs needed for women to work outside the home. No world but bearing and rearing children and also taking care of the home. If one's life is restricted to that, all of those costs go away.

If one's spouse can afford to pay for some attentional household workers, Queen Ann can ride horses. This will solve the problem for unmarried women. They can work for room and board.

By their reasoning, this will give more work for men and improve the economic numbers. Really, isn't that the plan?

[Starry Messenger]

5. k&r

[NNN0LHI]

7. rec

[Iwillnevergiveup]

8. From "Norma Rae" (1979)

Norma Rae: Forget it! I'm stayin' right where I am. It's gonna take you and the police department and the fire department and the National Guard to get me outta here! See more »