Millions of Americans who never carried a union card still benefit today from gains won by union workers who believe that hard work should be rewarded with a decent life. The 40 hour work week, holidays, safe working conditions, health care, patient to nurse ratios, student to teacher ratios... were all negotiated by a union. And you know what? These gains didn't come easily. Workers faced intimidation, threats, firings and even violence for trying to organize. (08:43–09:02)
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Asserts that various labor standards and conditions were negotiated by unions.
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