#WorkersRights #USLaborLaws #EmployeeRights
Hey everyone! 👋 Let’s talk about the state of worker’s rights in the US. Do you think it’s a one-size-fits-all situation or does it vary depending on where you are located? Here are some points to consider:
– In some states, there are stronger labor laws that protect workers from exploitation and unsafe working conditions 🛠️
– However, in other areas, workers may face challenges such as low wages, lack of benefits, and limited job security 💼
– It’s important to advocate for fair labor practices and ensure that all workers are treated with dignity and respect in the workplace 🤝
What do you think can be done to improve worker’s rights in the US? Share your thoughts and let’s start a conversation! 💬 #WorkersRights #FairLabor #EmployeeEmpowerment
They’re so varied by location and employer, but I think above all I would say “taken for granted”
We are fucked.
🎶 Taps🎶
living hell
“Worker rights”??? Do you actually have any???
Looking at it from the other side of The Pond, the only thing I can do is to facepalm, badly, how badly you’re treated in US. And that is from the old Blighty which is still little behind some of more enlightened EU countries.
Abominable.
There are very few minimal things — overtime for more than 40hrs/wk (unless you are an executive, administrative,and managerial employees paid on a salary basis), a minimum wage which is far below livable, some anti-discrimination, some safety minimums, unpaid family and medical leave if you qualify, and some limited union rights.
But, if you are thinking about human rights related to work, like paid time off, right to reasonable hours or time away from work, fair wages, and decent or dignified living, they don’t exist. The U.S. does not recognize human rights for its citizens, especially economic ones. Even U.S. workers think these things are “privileges” to be “granted by” or “begged from” their employers — they don’t know these things are their recognized human rights being violated every day and denied by the government and employers (Americans think human rights just means “no torture”).
The U.S. has never lost its roots of slavery — human beings outside of the rich are born and exist solely for the purpose of providing their labor to those at the top. There is no such thing as having a right to make or have a life, you exist solely to be exploited and labor for the profit of those at the top.
The U.S. is a miserable, barbaric country.
The U.S. doesn’t guarantee paid time off for its workers at the federal level and many states don’t either. You just kind of have to hope your company is decent enough to provide it on its own. There’s very little regulations against working people way over the 8 hours a day/40 hours a week standard.
Workers have rights in America?!?
Abysmal
I live in Denmark, you guys freak me out.
deplorable
The worst in any developed nation.
As far as I can tell, non-existent (or so minimal as to be non-existent for all practical purposes).
Barely existent and I spit on Reagan’s grave.
what rights?
A fucking joke. You’re supposed to be the land of the free?
Worker’s what?
Rights? What are those?
what rights?
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Dire.
Workers have the right to fuck off and that is about it.
When it’s 2024 and the president is considering a law guaranteeing employees have access to water, you can’t even describe this.
Maybe in 2050, they will let cashiers have chairs in the US.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha *wheeze*
About sums it up.
lol
It’s awful. It’s even worse in a shit hole like Texas. Workers don’t really have any rights in that state.
Getting worse all the time
It’s so bad that, in the south, for the majority of jobs, people actually think it’s negotiating your salary when the job tells you what they will pay you, and you get to take the job or not.
A huge portion of the work force is exempt from most of them so that should say a lot.
Abysmal. States are legalizing child labor
Workers what?
Nothing short of horrific
Nonexistent
Nonexistent
You guys are getting rights?
Workers whats?
We don’t have any current political party vying for worker improvements in the United States. Both democrat and republican policies support the business over the workers for that business. Minimum wage is stagnant, healthcare costs fall directly on the individuals insurance plan which is again determined by the business you work for plus additional money out of pocket when you use your health insurance. Most working class people put off surgeries, doctor specialist appointments, and check ups because it’s so expensive
This doesn’t even touch into the housing crisis. Businesses are buying up properties that could be used for single family use and is instead renting out homes. It’s unsustainable.
Overall our system is collapsing on itself and that collapse is happening to the working class in real time. It’s scary because our politicians are incredibly indifferent to the workers suffering.
I am a US American who has lived and worked in a few different places, and now lives in Norway.
I had no idea until I moved away how horribly exploited US workers are. Or how bad the propaganda is that keeps folks in the grind.
While I won’t say that US workers have no rights, because it’s much better in the US than in the worst countries, and it’s much better in the US than it was 100 years ago, workers rights are no where near where they should be, and in some case have eroded.
To my mind, the worst of it is that so many people are imprisoned in the USA, and even though prisoners are forced to work, they are not considered workers, and basically have no rights.
For folks who aren’t in prison, it’s still bad compared to other industrial countries.
I am an engineer. When I worked in the US, I was generally expected to work at least 45 hours per week, and worked up to 70 occasionally. This was not compensated in any way because my job was classed as ‘exempt salaried’. I also was required to travel, sometimes outside of business hours. I got decent vacation, better than anyone else I knew who wasn’t a teacher; 3 weeks per year, plus public holidays, and the days between Xmas & New Year’s. This was considered generosity on the part of my employer.
My lot improved, working in Europe. I gained at least the chance to take comp time (time in lieu) and some places overtime, when I worked more than 40 hours per week. I also got 5 weeks of vacation every year, plus public holidays. I didn’t always get good pay increases. I was made redundant in the UK under dubious circumstances, and my union did nothing to protect me. I talked to a lawyer about making a suit, and they said that I had a case, but it would take up to a couple of years and would probably gain me less than they offered in my redundancy package.
In Norway, even though I am a senior engineer, I work 37.5 hours per week and if I work more than that, I can choose between overtime (150% hourly rate), time off in lieu, or time off in lieu + the over time bonus (e.g. 50% hourly rate paid and time off later). We are basically required to take off at least a couple of weeks in the summer, and my employer can get into trouble if I don’t take all of my vacation.
In addition, when I was laid off at my previous company due to covid, when they started calling people back, I was told that there was no work for me. My union went to work for me, demonstrated to the company that they had not done due diligence in looking for other opportunities for me within the company. The company consequently found me a job in my field in another department.
I’m from Northern Ireland, but have several friends in the States, and I’ve been pretty horrified by the stories they’ve told me about the American work culture/conditions when I’ve been over to visit. I enjoy holidaying there, nonetheless
Its horrendous. Almost none of us have job security, truly. It all depends on an honor system and you know how employers are with that shit. Especially American employers.
I’ve seen employees fired for medical absences, fired by directors who are on their third two week long vacation/we only see the executives for 2 to 3 hours a month because they run other large businesses.
We are overdue for a revolution, and many are aware of it I suspect. We just haven’t been tipped over the scale, yet. But don’t worry world! Our elections are sure to spice things up! 8D
Pretty much trash.
On the surface workers ‘have rights’ but corporations have so many more rights and the punishments for violating workers rights are so laughable that abusing people is just ‘good business’