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Subject: ELECTIONS 92: Clinton/Gore on Labor
Date: 3 Sep 92 01:34:03 GMT
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*    Sign into law the Family and Medical Leave 
     Act, which George Bush vetoed in 1990, to 
     allow workers to take a leave of absence from 
     work when a child is born or when a family 
     member is ill. 
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    "Bill Clinton is committed to the rights of working men and women
    to organize and bargain collectively, and supports the repeal of
    Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act to create a level playing
    field between labor and management.
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*    Stop giving tax breaks to American companies 
     that shut down their plants here and ship 
     American jobs overseas. 
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Topic 265       Clinton/Gore on Labor 
mstein  Labor News & Notes       5:29 pm  Aug 27, 1992 
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From: Michael Stein <mstein> 
Subject: Clinton/Gore on Labor 

Subject:      CLINTON POSITION TEXT: LABOR 
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                     CLINTON/GORE ON LABOR 




If America is to regain its competitiveness, we 
must revitalize the American workplace to increase 
productivity and expand opportunity.  A 
Clinton/Gore Administration will not accept four 
more years in which Americans work harder for less 
money and pay more for health care, housing and 
education. 

Using the power of the White House, Bill Clinton 
and Al Gore will improve education and job 
training, provide affordable and accessible health 
care for all Americans, increase worker safety, 
open foreign markets and create an environment in 
which workers at the front lines make decisions 
instead of simply following orders.   Bill Clinton 
and Al Gore have received the endorsement of the 
national AFL-CIO and many other unions for their 
detailed proposals and impressive records  on 
standing up for Americas workers. 

Sign the Workplace Fairness Act to ban permanent 
replacement of striking workers and preserve the 
collective bargaining process.  Bill Clinton is 
committed to the rights of working men and women to 
organize and bargain collectively, and supports the 
repeal of Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act to 
create a level playing field between labor and 
management. 

*    Guarantee every American affordable, quality 
     health care: control costs, improve quality, 
     and expand preventive and long-term care by 
     taking on the medical insurance industry and 
     the drug companies. 

*    Help workers gain more power in their 
     companies day-to-day operations, the 
     organization of their work places, and the 
     type of compensation they receive. 

*    Improve the quality and efficiency of 
     government by working closely with public 
     employee unions and organizations like the 
     State Local Government Labor Management 
     Committee to advance a positive understanding 
     of the role of government. 

*    Increase the minimum wage to keep pace with 
     inflation and enforce the prevailing wage 
     protections provided by the Davis Bacon Act. 

*    Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit to 
     guarantee a working wage so that no American 
     who works full-time is forced to live in 
     poverty. 

*    Eliminate tax deductions for excessive 
     executive pay. 

*    Stop giving tax breaks to American companies 
     that shut down their plants here and ship 
     American jobs overseas. 

*    Sign into law the Family and Medical Leave 
     Act, which George Bush vetoed in 1990, to 
     allow workers to take a leave of absence from 
     work when a child is born or when a family 
     member is ill. 

*    Provide lifetime training by requiring every 
     employer to spend 1.5 percent of payroll for 
     continuing education and training for all 
     workers, not just executives -- or pay the 
     equivalent into a National Training Fund. 

*    Train non collegebound youth for high-wage, 
     high quality jobs through a National 
     Apprenticeship program that will pool the 
     expertise of schools, local businesses and 
     unions. 

*    Make adult literacy programs available by 
     supporting clear and comprehensive state plans 
     to teach everyone with a job to read and give 
     every worker the chance to earn a General 
     Equivalency Diploma. 

*    Support a Chemical Right-to-Know law to inform 
     and protect workers and vigorously enforce 
     worker safety regulations already on the 
     books.  Fully enforce Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration guidelines. 

*    Create hundreds of thousands of American jobs 
     by opening up foreign markets and insisting 
     that our trading partners tear down their 
     trade barriers. 

*    Extend unemployment benefits to jobless 
     workers in the event of a recession. 


The Record 

*    Governor Clinton led Arkansas in creating 
     manufacturing jobs at ten times the national 
     rate.  According to the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics, Arkansas ranked second in the 
     nation in job creation for the year ended May 
     1992. 

*    Fought for high-quality, high-wage jobs. 
     Arkansas ranked 6th in the nation in per 
     capita income growth from 1990-1991. 

*    Instituted state-provided workplace safety 
     training that resulted in significant 
     reductions in worker accident rates. 

*    Supported several state minimum wage increases 
     and changed the Arkansas minimum wage law to 
     cover more workers. 

*    Reduced overtime eligibility thresholds from 
     44 hours per week to 40. 

*    Funded Arkansas Workplace Literacy programs 
     and basic skills classes. 

*    Signed into law a bill that mandated labor 
     qualifications for the Director of the 
     Arkansas Department of Labor. 

*    Was the first Arkansas governor to recognize 
     AFSCME as a bargaining unit at the Department 
     of Labor. 

*    Received the endorsement of the Arkansas 
     AFL-CIO in every gubernatorial campaign he 
     entered. 


*    Senator Gore voted for the Workplace Fairness 
     Act to ban permanent replacement of striking 
     workers and preserve the collective bargaining 
     process. 

*    Voted for unemployment compensation to provide 
     an additional 13 weeks of extended benefits to 
     unemployed workers in all states. 

*    Cosponsored the Family and Medical Leave Act. 

*    Opposed Davis-Bacon amendments to create a 
     sub-class of laborers working at lower wages. 

*    Opposed campaign finance amendments requiring 
     unions to report in burdensome detail all 
     direct or indirect expenditures related to 
     candidates for office or political causes.