Compare your Candidates: McCain Vs. Obama
Oct16The folks at WorkerFreedom.org have a great little flyer comparing McCain and Obama on the issues. (Download pdf at this page)
MarketWatch discussed the effort and gave us some of the points:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) has released a matrix comparing Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain’s positions on issues concerning worker freedom. A fifteen category version is available on their website, www.workerfreedom.org. Executive Director Brian Johnson said, “We will be releasing short facts from the full version every day until the election to educate the voters on the two candidates and their different positions.”
Policy Issue Obama McCain
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Right to Wants to force workers to Supports giving workers the
Work([1]) join a union and pay right to choose whether or
dues as a condition of not to join a union.
employment.
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Card Supports forcing workers Supports the current law of
Check([2]) to vote on union holding union elections
membership using a using a private ballot
public ballot so just like other democratic
everyone, including processes.
union bosses, can see
how they voted.
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Minimum Supports forcing states Voted to balance any minimum
Wage([3]) to raise their minimum wage increase with
wage leaving less money offsetting small business
to hire additional tax credits, thus
staff, increasing alleviating the burden of
unemployment. any wage increases without
increasing the cost of
goods/services.
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Competitive Voted against legislation Supports allowing private
Sourcing([4]) that would have sector competition for
increased competition government jobs to lower
and efficiency in the cost to taxpayers,
government contracting increase efficiency, and
by allowing the private provide opportunities for
sector to compete. new employment in the
private sector.
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Union Obama promised the Voted to increase Office of
Financial Teamsters he would end Labor Management Standards
Transparency([5]) federal oversight funding, providing the
imposed to root out necessary resources to
widespread corruption enforce existing union
and mob ties in the financial disclosure laws
union. and protect union members.
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[4] Obama and McCain: Motion to table S.Amdt. 4230 to S. 2766, Vote 169 06/14/06
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