Unions gave us what we take for granted:

  • Weekends
  • All breaks at work, including lunch
  • Paid vacation
  • Family Medical Leave Act
  • Sick leave
  • Social Security
  • Minimum wage
  • Civil Rights Act/Title VII
  • Eight-hour workday, 40-hour work week
  • Overtime pay
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
  • Worker's Compensation
  • Unemployment insurance
  • Pensions
  • Workplace safety standards and regulations
  • Employer health care insurance
  • Collective bargaining rights for employees
  • Child Labor, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower, and Sexual Harassment laws
  • Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
  • Employee Polygraph Protection Act
  • Veteran's Employment and Training Services
  • Compensation increases and evaluations (raises)
  • American With Disabilities Act
  • 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, 1963, 2011
  • Laws ending sweatshops