Obama renews promise on NAFTA, 'card check' http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-renews-promise-on-nafta-card-check-2008-09-01.html
ST. PAUL - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is using Labor Day to court union members and reiterate his promises to amend a controversial trade pact and sign a labor-backed bill into law. An internal Obama campaign memo obtained by The Hill notes that Obama supports amending the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) so that we can enforce labor and environmental standards. The memo adds, Hell work together with the leaders of Canada and Mexico and hes confident that he can succeed because amending NAFTA is in the interest of workers in all three countries. Obama spent part of Monday in Michigan, a union-heavy swing state. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will visit there later this week. In its memo, the Obama campaign states that the Illinois senator has been a lifelong advocate for unions and has earned the endorsement of nearly every union in the country. It also notes that Obama is a cosponsor of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, which is also called the card check bill. The measure would allow workers to join a union when a majority of them sign authorization cards. Industry groups are strongly opposed to the bill, which is a top priority for unions. Republicans and business groups say the bill would compromise a workers right to cast a private ballot on whether to join a union. The Obama memo says as president, [Obama] will sign it into law, because workers who want to unionize should be able to. The memo notes that Obamas top priority this week is responding to Hurricane Gustav, and reiterates Obamas decision to ask his volunteer network and small donor base to mobilize on behalf of the Gulf Coast, whether that means sending donations or traveling down to help with recovery once the storm passes. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > haven't really studied the issue and IANAL. I'm not a constitutional > scholar either. However, I've heard plausible arguments the last few > days that this is a bill of attainder, and retroactive taxation does > not pass the smell test. > > That said, you guys can have all the fun you want blaming the > president for it... he didnt have the idea and it doesn't look like he > plans to sig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
