Our Lacking Labor Laws

November 25, 2008

American Rights at Work just released two new fact sheets to showcase more failures of our current labor law system in protecting workers. The first, "The Inadequate Costs of Labor Law Violations," exposes the inadequate penalties employers face for violating the National Labor Relations Act — particularly in comparison with the penalties that employers face for breaking other types of employment law.

The second, "The Haves and the Have Nots: How American Labor Law Denies a Quarter of the Workforce Collective Bargaining Rights," exposes how outdated labor law system denies millions of Americans the opportunity to join unions and thus bargain collectively with their employers. Appallingly, 33.5 million, or 23.8% of the civilian workforce, have no collective bargaining rights under the NLRA or other labor law.