Ride a Bike for Work ? Well You're Protected

In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently signed a law that would protect workers who were required to ride bikes as part of their job. The law is specifically targeted at the safety of the delivery workers in the city. These new laws that were passed at the beginning of the month would be in effect on July 26. Under these laws, businesses are required to provide helmets to employees who use bicycles as part of their work as part of the bussiness' budget, and these employees are require that workers wear them. They also require that each employee's bike has safety features and properly working brakes. Another part of this law states that there must be signs for the workers to read about traffic safety in every language spoken within their company.

During the Great Depression, Labor Unions formed to protect the employees of a company. The AFL, American Federation of Labor, formed and is still active today. The unions in the early 1900s protected workers and their rights. Safety was a very important issue for the unions and equal rights. They created workmen's comp, which states if a worker is injured on the job, then they have the rights to recieve their salary. Safetly was a key issue in the early 1900s and still is today.