There are major, compelling reasons why unions across the nation have endorsed Barack Obama for President. One reason is that, if elected, President Obama will sign the Employee Free Choice Act. Another reason is because John McCain is as anti-union as any candidate for President has been in quite some time. Today on CNBC, Maria Bartiromo asked John McCain about the Employee Free Choice Act and his response was to blasts unions and their “agenda”.
BARTIROMO: Will you veto the bill?
Sen. McCAIN: In a New York minute, if I may say that. I will do everything in my power to block such legislation. And imagine, Senator Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid pushing the union agenda. It'd be very, very, very unfortunate.
How unfortunate that these pro-union Democrats are pushing the union agenda of fair pay for a days work, enforcement of labor laws that protect workers, the right to health care, and the right to collective bargaining. The only thing “unfortunate” will be if McCain gets into the White House and continues to appoint anti-worker members to the NLRB, seeks to continue to diminish workers rights, and carries on the policies of the pro-business, anti-worker President Bush. You can read the entire transcript here:
CNBC McCain-Palin Interview
No comments:
Post a Comment