Workers unite (99%) The Achievements of the Labor Movement

Workers unite (99%) The Achievements of the Labor Movement
The labor movement in the United States led the struggles to:

Some of them:
•End child labor
•Establish the legal right of workers to form unions and collectively bargain for wages, benefits and working conditions
•Establish the 8 hour work day and paid overtime
•Win workers' comp benefits for workers injured on the job
•Secure unemployment insurance for workers who lose their jobs
•Secure a guaranteed minimum wage
•Improve workplace safety and reduce on the job fatalities
•Win pensions for workers
•Win health care insurance for workers
•Win paid sick leave, vacations, and holidays as standard benefits for most workers
•Win the right for public sector workers to collectively bargain
•Win passage of the Civil Right Acts and Title VII which outlaws job discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin
•Win passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
•Win passage of the Family Medical Leave Act

Get the facts on why

Collective Bargaining Raises Wages—Especially for Women and People of Color 
Nonunion Worker Pay Is Significantly Lower in Nearly All Occupational Groups 
Unions Workers Have Better Health Care and Pensions 
Workers’ Incomes Are Lower in States Where Workers Don’t Have Union Rights 
Unions Are Good for Business, Productivity, and the Economy 
Unions Help Bring Low-Wage Workers Out of Poverty 
Unions Help Bring Workers Into the Middle Class
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How Unions Help Professionals

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