That's correct. There are labor laws but definitely no general concept of worker rights. It's a free market -- they can fire you at any time, and you can quit at any time. Generally speaking, the idea of injecting "rights" into a free, voluntary exchange of money for labor isn't a very American idea.
In American thought, rights are generally thought of as protections from government control/abuse. Right to free speech, association, religion, movement, etc. While when it comes to private negotiating with an employer or employee or landlord or tenant, "rights" aren't really an applicable concept. Although freedom from discrimination in protected categories (e.g. sex, race, religion) is a newer right that's now become fairly generally accepted in both the workplace and housing.
I'm not arguing this is god or bad, just that it's a different way of thinking from many European countries.
In American thought, rights are generally thought of as protections from government control/abuse. Right to free speech, association, religion, movement, etc. While when it comes to private negotiating with an employer or employee or landlord or tenant, "rights" aren't really an applicable concept. Although freedom from discrimination in protected categories (e.g. sex, race, religion) is a newer right that's now become fairly generally accepted in both the workplace and housing.
I'm not arguing this is god or bad, just that it's a different way of thinking from many European countries.