Obama on Jobs (voting record shows how strong he is on workers rights!)

[Omaha Steve]

http://launionaflcio.org/fullstory/2008-06-27/Obama-on-Jobs/



Barack Obama believes in an “aggressive strategy to create good, middle-class jobs” and would invest in education, training and workforce development to create high-wage jobs and compete in a global economy.

OBAMA ON JOBS:

Obama Would Strengthen the Renewable Energy Sector to Create New Jobs. Obama proposes a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard and to extend the Production Tax Credit, which have the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and increase renewable energy production. (Obama for America website)

Obama Would Make the Research and Development Tax Credit Permanent to Help Create Higher-Paying Jobs. “Obama believes we need to double federal funding for basic research and make the research and development tax credit permanent to help create high-paying, secure jobs.” (Obama for America website) Obama Voted Against Privatizing of Federal Jobs. Obama voted to block privatization of federal jobs. (S.Amdt. 4895 to H.R. 5631, Vote 234, 9/6/06)

Obama Voted for Major Highway and Transit Program to Create 1 Million Jobs. Obama voted for a six-year, $286 billion reauthorization of the federal highway and transit construction program that would create 1 million jobs protected by Davis-Bacon prevailing wage standards. (H.R. 3, Vote 200, 7/29/05)

OBAMA ON WAGES:

Obama Opposed Disqualifying Millions of Workers from Overtime and Equal Pay Protections. Obama voted against a measure that would have disqualifi ed as many as 10 million workers from minimum wage, overtime pay and equal pay protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. (S.Amdt. 128 to S. 256, Vote 27, 3/7/05)

Obama: Construction Workers Must Make Prevailing Wage. Obama said, “We need to make sure workers building America’s infrastructure are making the prevailing wage and getting the benefi ts they deserve.” He voted against a proposal to strip prevailing wage requirements from bridge construction projects. (S.Amdt. 2844 to H.R. 3074, Vote 334, 9/12/07; Barack Obama speech to Building Trades Conference, 4/15/08)

Obama: Government Must Use Project Labor Agreements. Obama believes “the government uses project labor agreements to encourage completion of projects on time and on budget.” (Barack Obama speech to Building Trades Conference, 4/15/08)

Obama Voted to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Obama voted for an increase from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 for the federal minimum wage in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, Obama voted for a “clean” increase to $7.25 an hour, free of another round of corporate tax breaks sought by Republicans. (S.Amdt. 4322 to S. 2766, Vote 179, 6/21/06; S.Amdt. 44 to S. 256, Vote 26, 3/7/05; H.R. 2, Vote 23, 1/24/07)

FULL story at link.