This is why teaching civics is so important.

They understood it clear as a bell back in 1948.

So why is it so damn hard for everybody to understand today?

When the Republicans talk about the good old days.

You know its true.

By the way, here are 36 ways that unions have made ALL of our lives better:

• Weekends 
• All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks 
• Paid Vacation 
• FMLA 
• Sick Leave 
• Social Security 
• Minimum Wage 
• Civil Rights 
• Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination) 
• 8-Hour Work Day 
• Overtime Pay 
• Child Labor Laws 
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• 40 Hour Work Week 
• Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp) 
• Unemployment Insurance 
• Pensions 
• Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations 
• Employer Health Care Insurance
• Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees 
• Wrongful Termination Laws 
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 
• Whistleblower Protection Laws 
• Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee) 
• Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS) 
• Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises) 
• Sexual Harassment Laws 
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) 
• Holiday Pay 
• Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance 
• Privacy Rights 
• Pregnancy and Parental Leave 
• Military Leave 
• The Right to Strike 
• Public Education for Children 
• Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work) 
• Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States

You're welcome.

And do you know which political group stood in opposition to almost all of these changes?  Of course you do.