Friday, July 18, 2008

Meet Barack Obama - Part 3 - Good Jobs

"I don't want to wake up one day many years from now and see that our workers are still being denied the wages and benefits and rights that they deserve."

__Barack Obama, speaking at the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department Conference, April 15, 2008

Barack Obama on Good Jobs

Barack Obama will fight to protect good jobs and create new ones.

  • Obama voted to raise the minimum wage.
  • Obama voted to support overtime pay, equal pay, prevailing wages and family and medical leave.
  • Obama voted against privatizing federal jobs.
  • Obama will invest in the renewable energy sector and in America's infrastructure to create new jobs.
  • Obama will increase the resources for low-carbon, clean coal technologies.
Source: AFL-CIO

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