• End incentives that move jobs overseas. (Sep 2008)
• Fight attacks on workers' right to organize & strike. (Feb 2008)
• Focus farm programs on family farms, not giant corporations. (Feb 2008)
• Paying more at Wal-Mart is worth it for having US jobs. (Dec 2007)
• Give public safety officers collective bargaining rights. (Aug 2007)
• Chief co-sponsor of IL ENDA, against gay job discrimination. (Aug 2007)
• Chicago's Soldier Field stadium construction created jobs. (Aug 2007)
• Pres. candidates can afford minimum wage; most folks can't. (Jul 2007)
• Make the minimum wage a living wage. (Jun 2007)
• Burdens of globalization are placed on the backs of workers. (Mar 2007)
• Owes unions who endorsed him; that's why he's in politics. (Oct 2006)
• Working full-time should mean enough to support a family. (Oct 2006)
• Overrode federal overtime rules and raised the minimum wage. (Sep 2004)
• Make sure that African-American men have access to jobs. (Jul 2004)
• Fund Trade Adjustment Assistance for service workers too. (Jun 2004)
• Increase IL minimum wage to $6.50 an hour. (Jun 2004)
• Tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs. (May 2004)
• Obama will strengthen unions and workers' rights. (May 2004)
• 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)
• Sponsored bill allowing an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
• Match minimum wage increases to Congressional pay raises. (May 2006)
• Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
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Barack Obama On the Issues
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