Letter: Unions still a good thing

Unions were a good thing then and are a good thing now.

Thank you, unions, for weekends, paid vacations, maternity leave, FMLA, paid sick leave, child labor laws, Social Security, minimum wage, 8 hour work day, overtime pay, workers comp, health and safety OSHA, health care, dental, vision, collective bargaining, work breaks, wrongful termination laws, age discrimination laws, V.E.T.S, raises, sexual harassment laws, Americans with Disabilities Act, holiday pay, privacy rights, military leave, right to strike, equal pay acts, civil rights.

This story was originally published April 23, 2016 at 8:45 PM with the headline "Letter: Unions still a good thing."