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The Rights We Enjoy At Work Weren’t Given. They Were Won.

Stacey Yudin

Every time someone clocks out after an eight-hour shift, takes paid family leave, works in a safe environment, or earns overtime pay, they’re benefiting from something generations of workers fought to achieve. Those protections didn’t emerge by accident and weren’t gifted by enlightened employers or created in a boardroom. They were won through decades of organizing, collective bargaining, and workers willing to risk their livelihoods and sometimes their lives to demand something better.

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