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Barack Obama on Business and Labor
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• He has for the most part supported the interests of the United Auto Workers and the AFL-CIO. • Obama believes that workers should have the freedom to choose whether to join a union without harassment or intimidation from their employers. Obama cosponsored and is strong advocate for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bipartisan effort to assure that workers can exercise their right to organize. He will continue to fight for EFCA's passage and sign it into law. • Obama has fought the Bush National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) efforts to strip workers of their right to organize. He is a cosponsor of legislation to overturn the NLRB's "Kentucky River" decisions classifying hundreds of thousands of nurses, construction, and professional workers as "supervisors" who are not protected by federal labor laws. • Obama supports the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike if necessary. He would work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers. • Obama would raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit. |
