Following are some of the major achievements made by organized labor over the past 120 years. You don’t have to be a member of a union to benefit
from these activities on behalf of working America. The hard work has been
done for you. Yet more must be done to protect workers and their children
over the coming decades. Organized labor needs your support.
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
Helped 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
Organzied Labor has also championed women’s rights in the workplace
Organized Labor has always championed free public education
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