CWA Local 13552

    36 reasons to thank a union

    1. Weekends without work
    2. All breaks at work, including your lunch breaks
    3. Paid vacation
    4. Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
    5. Sick leave
    6. Social Security
    7. Minimum wage
    8. Civil Rights Act/Title VII – prohibits employer discrimination
    9. Eight hour work day
    10. Overtime pay
    11. Child labor laws
    12. Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
    13. 40-hour work week
    14. Workers’ compensation (workers’ comp)
    15. Unemployment insurance
    16. Pensions
    17. Workplace safety standards and regulations
    18. Employer health care insurance
    19. Collective bargaining rights for employees
    20. Wrongful termination laws
    21. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
    22. Whistleblower protection laws
    23. Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
    24. Veteran’s Employment and Training Services (VETS)
    25. Compensation increases and evaluations (i.e. raises)
    26. Sexual harassment laws
    27. Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
    28. Holiday pay
    29. Employer dental, life, and vision insurance
    30. Privacy rights
    31. Pregnancy and parental leave
    32. Military leave
    33. The right to strike
    34. Public education for children
    35. Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 – pay men and women equally
    36. Laws ending sweatshops in the United States

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