United University Professions

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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