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Do you think it's a good thing...
14 years ago
General
...that we have workplace safety laws?
...that you have a right to know what potentially harmful materials are being used in your workplace?
...that you have overtime pay for hours beyond forty per week?
...that there's a minimum wage?
...that, at least in some places and in industries, workers cannot be arbitrarily fired?
...that whistleblowers have at least some nominal protection?
...that you get paid on time, in the right amount?
...that children are not taking your job, for less pay, and meanwhile endangering themselves?
...that your employer can't hire thugs to keep you in line by threatening you and your family with everything from broken bottles to vehicle-mounted machine guns?
...that you have a government agency watching your back, that you can ask for help if any of these rules is violated?
Thank a union member, because it was all due to organized labor.
All too often I see people working in FLSA-exempt positions, especially in industries where non-exempt positions are quite rare, who complain that union members get such "ridiculous" benefits as protection against arbitrary firing, collective bargaining rights, etc., etc. How dare those union members have better workers' rights than us! Tear them down! But they've got it all backwards. Instead of asking why union members have those benefits and trying to tear them down, they should be asking why they, FLSA-exempt workers, don't have those benefits, and trying to pull themselves up... by ORGANIZING. You don't have to have collective bargaining rights to pressure your employer into making concessions to your reasonable demands, e.g., no arbitrary firing, transparency in the hiring process, etc.
...that you have a right to know what potentially harmful materials are being used in your workplace?
...that you have overtime pay for hours beyond forty per week?
...that there's a minimum wage?
...that, at least in some places and in industries, workers cannot be arbitrarily fired?
...that whistleblowers have at least some nominal protection?
...that you get paid on time, in the right amount?
...that children are not taking your job, for less pay, and meanwhile endangering themselves?
...that your employer can't hire thugs to keep you in line by threatening you and your family with everything from broken bottles to vehicle-mounted machine guns?
...that you have a government agency watching your back, that you can ask for help if any of these rules is violated?
Thank a union member, because it was all due to organized labor.
All too often I see people working in FLSA-exempt positions, especially in industries where non-exempt positions are quite rare, who complain that union members get such "ridiculous" benefits as protection against arbitrary firing, collective bargaining rights, etc., etc. How dare those union members have better workers' rights than us! Tear them down! But they've got it all backwards. Instead of asking why union members have those benefits and trying to tear them down, they should be asking why they, FLSA-exempt workers, don't have those benefits, and trying to pull themselves up... by ORGANIZING. You don't have to have collective bargaining rights to pressure your employer into making concessions to your reasonable demands, e.g., no arbitrary firing, transparency in the hiring process, etc.
