Reply #52: Check out Clark's specific positions on unions and workers--he's not just [View All]

[Gloria]

a "free trader"---inform yourself.

Clark's proposals for America's workers


*Raise the minimum wage

*Empower workers to organize--supports a "card check" law, requiring employers to recognize unions once a majority of workers have indicated their intent to unionize

*End union busting--prosecute such illegal activity

*Retain Federal wage provisions for workers (Davis-Bacon, Fair Labor Standards Act, including protection of overtime pay

*Protect workers on the job (Increase funding for OHSA and its companion research agency; enact ergonomics rules that are real

*Promote free trade--include labor rights in all new agreements; improve enforcement of labor provisions in exisiting agreemnts. Pursue fair practices outside of the treaty context (ie, Bush failed to prevent China from manipulating its currency, hurting American workers)

*Increase access to health care--for workers without employee sponsored health care, propose open access to the same federal health care plan provided to members of Congress, a new, low-cost insurance option.