2.21.2011

Noted

UNDERNEWS : Why labor unions are essential

The labor movement in the United States led the struggles to (sic):

- The end of child labor

- The right of workers to negotiate with their employers over wages, benefits and working conditions

- The 8 hour work day and paid overtime

- Compensation for workers injured on the job.

- Unemployment insurance.

- A minimum wage

- Pensions

- Healthcare insurance

- :Paid sick leave, vacations and holidays

- Elimination of job discrimination by ethnicity, color, religion, sex or national origin

- Family medical leave

 

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