Americans Love Democracy, Except in the Workplace

Currently, 93.1% of the private sector work without any elected representatives in their workplaces.

Another major reason employees do not unionize is their belief that existing laws provide sufficient workplace protections. However, employees are shocked to learn that there is no federal law limiting the hours an employer can force someone to work without breaks.
And while most employees nominally know they are "employees at will," few realize this permits termination for reasons that are blatantly unfair. For example, if a store has merchandise that is missing, the boss may assume at least one employee is guilty and fire all the employees. Employees at will have no right to an investigation in the workplace. Likewise, a boss can fire an employee simply to hire her son. No federal laws prohibit nepotism in the private sector. 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johnda-bentley/americans-love-democracy-_b_948697.html

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TriMet Tweeters (boy these are fun to read!) Enjoy!

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

Hey, I think one of the women on my train is from "Real Housewives of Troutdale!!" #trimet

PDX_Rach_88 Rachel 

Straight up legit crazy / belligerent lady on the 6 tonight. Driver keeps threatening to throw her off. #JustDoIt #NotAnAd #trimet

TheRealThing Josh 

On the 72 again. I'm glad that the screaming kids that were sitting behind me are no longer on this bus. #trimet #parentingfail #myears

lady_karelia karelia 

Sigh. Deer wanted public transport too. Minimal delay #trimet

diedotcom god. 

People who immediately sit at front of bus annoy me. (those who don't need the front seats, obviously.) #Trimet

swissqueso Casey Smith 

I like how my train starts to smell like tuna when we pick up people at Lloyd Center. #trimet

diedotcom god. 

Just gave my 3 hour #Trimet transfer to a random guy. Good deed of the week completed. Good riddance.

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

You know you ride MAX a lot when you can tell the stop, without looking up, by the quality of light and shadow in the car. #trimet

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

Commuter tip - If the operator is standing outside the train in the sun, you probably don't need to sprint to make it. #trimet #notrobotic

CosmicCharlie97 Charles W. 

Plugging in headphones, donning sunglasses. Theater of the Absurd audience participation time, thanks to MAX Green Line. #TriMet

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

I love when the train stops for a bit on the Steel Bridge. Breathe, smile, soak up the energy of an already bustling city. #trimet

maxfaqs MAX FAQs 

And this one goes out tonight to everyone who has been left behind by a #trimet MAX train wp.me/pQbjM-1Gg

thenonconsumer Katy Wolk-Stanley 

However, I picked up $10.06 from kid's consignment shop & got my free all-zone #TriMet pass from work. It's worth $1012 if I were to buy it.

brianpdx Brian Kennedy 

There is virtually no one on my bus this am (normally packed). Did I miss a holiday or something? Am I the only one not on vacation? #trimet

nexxylove Emily Rose 

Dear #trimet, you can't put signs up about "congestion" being a dirty word, when your trains are packed like sardines.

Abadoss Kenneth Keyn 

So not only did the bus not come again, but my stop was retroactively closed? Seriously? #TriMet #PDX

japuvian Gabriela Tanaka 

Oooohhh mr #trimet bus #96 you were supposed to be here half an hour ago. Where did you go??

nexxylove Emily Rose 

 

Opening the window on a air-conditioned bus. #genius #trimet #riders

rehmee Remy de Witt 

that cruel father you rely on day in and out, hating every hand you hold out #trimet

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

There are few things classier or more attractive than doing a 45-minute train ride with an unlit cigarette in your mouth. #trimet

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

There's really no delicate way to put this. The mid-day commute SMELLS different. Smells kind of... unemployed. #trimet #beenthere

AuthorMartyB Marty Beaudet 

Way to go, #TriMet… With fare hike it's no longer cheaper for us to go by train; we're back to driving… 2 cars today #counterproductive #PDX

GWLouden Wade 

I really like the #TriMet iPhone app. It makes planning trips and checking arrival times very easy. #Portland #pdx

bluerockdimsum Desiree 

Once again I'm amused by the masochistic tree hit by the 10 several times a day yet refuses to grow in a different direction #Trimet

japuvian Gabriela Tanaka 

Nothing like an early morning catch the #WES run to get the heart pumping/ have a coronary #trimet

TheRealThing Josh 

Woman that got to the stop next to Winco right after the 71 left it: "Which bus was that?" Me: "The 71." Her: "Shit! ...Oh well." #trimet

SauntChris Christopher Gorton 

Alright @trimet line 20, let's do this! #trimet

japuvian Gabriela Tanaka 

Best thing about being on #trimet at this time of day. Sunrise over valley with a snowy Mt. Hood in the background. As seen from #12 Barbur

doctor_jeff Doctor Jeff 

Little white CPA dude in 70s-style shorts and John Ashcroft haircut is messing up my Biggie vibe. #trimet

engagedtone Amy 

Cops stopped the bus to serve papers to a dude on it and she is already 10 min late. Poor driver. #trimet

mikerigsby Mike Rigsby 

Heh, figures. My #Trimet 56 wasn't as late as usual so I might have made it downtown in time. That is before we hit a traffic jam from hell.