This is why we need Unions

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. In the 1970s I was an airline ticket agent for

a small airline, and worked at DCA, Washington National Airport. We were not unionized, but we got a lot of benefits from other jobs being union. For instance, if we went over 8 hours in any given day, we got time and a half for the additional time worked. It didn't matter whether or not we hit 40 hours in the week.

There was also a four hour minimum pay if called in to work for any reason. One time, after I'd gone home for the night, I got a phone call telling me that a flight was diverting from Baltimore to our house, and they needed some people to meet the flight, help offload it, and take care of stranded passengers. Luckily, I lived about two miles from DCA so raced there, and did what was needed. I spent less than two hours, but got four hours of pay at time and a half.

I'm thinking there were other comparable benefits, but none come to mind at this point.