Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008

Joe Biden on Jobs

• No job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Aug 2007)
• Implement current recommendations on job safety. (Aug 2007)
• FactCheck: His AFL-CIO rating of 85% is not best of all Dems. (Aug 2007)
• Couldn't afford living at minimum wage; advocates raising it. (Jul 2007)
• Bush tries to strip away 100 years of labor progress. (Mar 2007)
• Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
• Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
• Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
• Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
• Voted NO on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
• Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
• Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
• Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
• Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)

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