Wow! Thanks to being part of a union, My bosses cannot just work me!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

They cannot go over 8 hours a day. Now they can ask me if I would be willing to work a 6th day in the pay period, but that's it. And it is up to them to make sure I get my breaks, not mine to remind them. I love this!! This is my first union job and I never want to work with out one again!

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. We should all be so lucky. n/t

[Lady Freedom Returns]

5. I am lucky to be a part of UFCW Local 99!

I don't know how I got so lucky!

[Brickbat]

10. Luck has little to do with it.

[Cleita]

2. I wish it were law that all workers have to belong to a union.

The workplace would be a place you might like to go to everyday.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

7. In AZ it is right to work...

And you can decide not to join... but then the boss does not have to ask you about working over time and you stay at the state minim wage after probation period. I on the other hand will be going up to over $13 an hour!

[Pharaoh]

12. We should not be touting 13 bucks an hour

minimum wage a should be 15 and a good union starting wage should be 21, lets not settle for less.

[Siwsan]

3. I just retired from a good union job

And was able to retire while I am still young and healthy BECAUSE it was a good union job.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

6. I am still in my probation period and UFCW is already taking care of me!

[yallerdawg]

4. No small things!

Dignity and respect make work a little more tolerable!

[Kath1]

8. Good for you!

You'll live longer!

[guillaumeb]

9. Many right wing mouthpieces like to describe their anti-working people

ideology as "right to work" and talk about people being "forced" to join a union.

Some of these mouthpieces talk about every workers' supposed "right" to go to the boss and negotiate a fair wage.

From a 40 year union member who was able to raise a family, buy a house, save money, put my children through school, including college, and retire with a livable pension and my health and dignity intact thanks to UNIONS.

[Skeeter Barnes]

11. Overtime after 8 hours in a day should be federal law.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. Lucky you

Unions brought the working class every privilege they enjoy, and were willing to get their heads busted for it. Far too many Americans take it for granted

[Omaha Steve]

14. Welcome union sister

Ain't it great!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

15. Yes it is!

[Omaha Steve]

16. I was a paid pickett for the UFCW Hinky Dinky strike when I was unemployed.

I got 10 weeks pay. I was unemployed because I had been fired for union busting. I won my case in the NLRB later. Case in PDF form: http://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d45800b8166

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinky_Dinky (The strike was actually 1982)

History[edit]
The Hinky Dinky grocery store chain was started by Jule, Henry and Albert Newman, brothers, and Ben Silver, a cousin, in Omaha in 1925. Another supermarket chain already existing was called Piggly Wiggly. Hoping to take advantage of the public's affection for a cute name (Piggly Wiggly was very successful) they came up with “Hinky-Dinky”, which was taken from the World War I song, “Hinky Dinky Parlez-vous” (see Mademoiselle from Armentières).

In 1972, Hinky Dinky was purchased by Cullum Companies of Dallas, which operated the Tom Thumb grocery chain. At its peak, Hinky Dinky operated approximately 50 stores.[1] But Cullum was using profits from Hinky Dinky to support the operations of the Tom Thumb stores, and comparatively little reinvestment was made in the Hinky Dinky stores.[2] A 1984 strike by unionized workers also hurt revenue. By the mid-1980s many Hinky Dinky stores had been sold or closed, leaving only a handful of stores in scattered locations. Ron Badley purchased the Hinky Dinky name and several stores from Cullum in 1985. In 2000 the remaining stores were sold to grocery distributor Nash Finch, which dropped the name on all of the stores.[3]
Hinky Dinky was a pioneer in partnering with banks to open in-store banking offices.[4]