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The labor market now is a far cry from what it was when labor unions were created to fight for worker safety and against abuse. When was the last time you heard legal workers complaining about being forced to work an 80 hour week with no bathroom breaks in deplorable conditions in the US? Unions had a lot to do with the OSHA laws that are in place now to insure worker safety but the contributions they make now are far less than what they were originally created to address.
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So you think if we got rid of the collective bargaining ability of Unions that employers would just even keep the STATUS QUO out of the goodness of their hearts?
Every year I hear of stories of employers trying to take away their employees health insurance or force them to pay 300-600 a month to have it and so on.
Unions are still protecting our rights as workers today.
Bush wanted to do away with our overtime laws and allow an employer to force their employees to work as much overtime as necessary
and not have to compensate them with their comp time for up to 5 years!!! That would have been a huge step backwards and thank god it failed.
We still need to stay vigilant and protect ourselves from opportunistic people.
Unions protect america.