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Celebrating May Day, All Right

Posted on the 01 May 2014 by Morage @kebmebms

Yes, you can bet a lot of us are celebrating "May Day", May 1 today. But it's not just all about the flowers and Springtime.
This is the May Day we're celebrating:
A GOOD REMINDER TODAY ...   36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union (even if you don't belong to one):  -Weekends -All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks -Paid Vacation  -FMLA -Sick Leave -Social Security -Minimum Wage -Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination) -8-Hour Work Day -Overtime Pay -Child Labor Laws -Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -40 Hour Work Week -Worker’s Compensation (Worker’s Comp) -Unemployment Insurance -Pensions -Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations -Employer Health Care Insurance -Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees -Wrongful Termination Laws -Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 -Whistleblower Protection Laws -Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee) -Veteran’s Employment and Training Services (VETS) -Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises) -Sexual Harassment Laws -Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) -Holiday Pay -Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance -Privacy Rights -Pregnancy and Parental Leave -Military Leave -The Right to Strike -Public Education for Children -Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)  -Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States  Via AFL-CIO -- alt= http://bit.ly/R6QxXd" /> http://bit.ly/R6QxXd" /> http://bit.ly/R6QxXd" /> http://bit.ly/R6QxXd" title="Celebrating May Day, all right" /> http://bit.ly/R6QxXd" class="_46-i img" />"}" data-reactid=".2m" href="https://www.facebook.com/#" role="button" style="color: #6d84b4; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Like this">L
36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union (even if you don't belong to one):-Weekends
-All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks-Paid Vacation -FMLA-Sick Leave-Social Security-Minimum Wage-Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination)-8-Hour Work Day-Overtime Pay-Child Labor Laws-Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)-40 Hour Work Week-Worker’s Compensation (Worker’s Comp)-Unemployment Insurance-Pensions-Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations-Employer Health Care Insurance-Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees-Wrongful Termination Laws-Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967-Whistleblower Protection Laws-Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)-Veteran’s Employment and Training Services (VETS)-Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises)-Sexual Harassment Laws-Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)-Holiday Pay-Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance-Privacy Rights-Pregnancy and Parental Leave-Military Leave-The Right to Strike-Public Education for Children-Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)-Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States
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