BARACK OBAMA WOULD CREATE GOOD JOBS AND PROTECT WAGES

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 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 Voted Against Privatizing of Federal Jobs. (S.Amdt. 4895 to H.R. 5631, Vote 234, 9/6/06) Obama Voted for a 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 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 Supports Prevailing Wage and Project Labor Agreements. Obama opposes stripping prevailing wage requirements from bridge construction projects and says, “The government uses project labor agreements to encourage completion of projects on time and on budget.” (S.Amdt. 2844 to H.R. 3074, Vote 334, 9/12/07; Barack Obama speech to Building Trades Conference, 4/15/08) Obama Voted to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He also opposed repealing the federal minimum wage. (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; S.Amdt. 116 to S.Amdt. 100 to H.R. 2, Vote 24, 1/24/07)

Obama Voted for Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Obama voted for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to restore protections against pay discrimination that were eliminated by a U.S. Supreme Court decision. (H.R. 2831, Vote 110, 4/23/08)