Poster by Ricardo Levins-Morales
Did you know that labor unions made the following 36 things possible?
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. 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
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
Thank Your Union!
If you are not yet a full-dues paying member, join SEIU Local 521 today!
Strong union membership is key to raising income levels, providing benefits such as retirement security and health insurance, and giving workers a voice when it comes to negotiating and enforcing our contracts. By being united with other SEIU Local 521 members our voices will be stronger, and we will be able to negotiate contracts with better pay, benefits, and working conditions.
Join together for a stronger voice for better wages and working conditions!
1. The higher our membership, the more power we have at the bargaining table, and the better our chances of winning a good contract. The power of our union is in its numbers.
2. Only members have a vote — in choosing who runs the union, whether we go on strike, and whether or not to ratify a contract or increase dues.
3. Members are eligible for many benefits, including scholarship awards, services, discounts, and coupons.
Join today!
Once you become an SEIU 521 union member, you are automatically eligible for union member benefits at www.seiu521.org/benefits, www.seiuMB.org, www.UnionPlus.org – including scholarships, legal services, health savings, financial services, coupons and discounts!
