And what about the weekend (40-hour week)?

Those benefits were obtained by working people who organized themselves into UNIONs to fight for decent working conditions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day#United_States

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/417.html

Wasn’t that a good thing? Aren’t you glad that it happened?

RE your assertion that:

“The only thing UNIONS have accomplished over the years has sent every one of those jobs overseas.”

Well, that may have happened, but not on this planet.

Corporations, with the support of their well-paid prostitute-politicians are responsible for the “free trade” treaties and policies that have facilitated the mass movement of good American jobs to totalitarian countries, forcing American workers to compete with de facto slaves in places like Red China.

UNIONs opposed those policies and treaties, and still do.

Mr. Schrum described working during a time when there were plenty of manufacturing jobs to be had in this country, forcing employers to compete for workers. Those jobs are gone thanks to free trade traitors like our Congressman-for-Life Don Manzullo.

I hope that you didn’t vote for that guy!