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你也憎恨工会?我同事保住工作全靠它
本帖最后由 rocknrock 于 2014-3-26 20:07 编辑
北美的工会为广大群众做了什么, 这是美国版本, 加拿大的跟这个差不多, 最近几年加拿大的工会还进一步改善了几条法律, 以后再加上来:
Did you know that labor unions made the following 36 things possible?
1. Weekends without work (5 day work week instead of 6)
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. 8-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) - prohibits employers from using a lie detector test on an employee
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 (via the Supreme Court)
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 - requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work
36. Laws ending sweatshops in the United States
And there you have the good that can be accomplished when people choose to work together rather than separately!
大家今天享受的这些法定的权利都是通过工会努力得来的。 |
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