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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Cong… (lemmy.today)
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Full title: BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Congress have already signed on to the legislation.

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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I don't understand why the US hasn't got powerful unions to defend workers rights. Don't people organise themselves!?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law

    And of course businesses regularly lobbying against unions as well as any form of regulation they can along with media outlets controlled by the ultra wealthy serving as their propaganda outlets against unions, among other things.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    There is a long and storied history behind this if you actually are interested in learning why

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Someone earlier informed me about the Taft–Hartley Act, which i had no idea about.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Check out the film Matawan. Based on real events in West Virginia. And that was just one event, and I believe the beginning of years of bloody clashes.

    There were essentially wars fought within this country between unions and union-busting agencies (often backed by the US government) like the Pinkertons and Baldwin Felts.

    Check out The Battle of Blair Mountain, it's wild stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

    It's a real shame to see what states like West Virginia have become. Their union forebearers would be rolling in their graves to see what they've become. It's shameful.

    More info:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_coal_wars

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-union_violence_in_the_United_States

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