01.30.09
“Also, today’s announcement of the creation of the Middle Class Task Force is another welcome sign that this administration will put the interests of hardworking Americans first. As our nation strives to rebuild the ailing economy, families must be able to share in the increased prosperity. The Middle Class Task Force is an important step towards ensuring that federal laws and regulations support the growing and sustaining of the middle class.”
BACKGROUND
President Obama overturned three Bush administration executive orders today:
Chairman Miller Statement on President Obama’s Signing Worker-Friendly Executive Orders
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor, issued the following statement today after President Obama signed three executive orders to restore workers’ rights in federal contracts and the creation of a Middle Class Task Force “President Obama today reaffirmed that the interests of hard working Americans will not take a back seat to corporations and CEOs. Overturning these three Bush-era orders is an important step to restore a rational balance regarding the rights of employees in the workplace.“Also, today’s announcement of the creation of the Middle Class Task Force is another welcome sign that this administration will put the interests of hardworking Americans first. As our nation strives to rebuild the ailing economy, families must be able to share in the increased prosperity. The Middle Class Task Force is an important step towards ensuring that federal laws and regulations support the growing and sustaining of the middle class.”
BACKGROUND
President Obama overturned three Bush administration executive orders today:
- Companies receiving government contracts would have to post unbiased information on workers’ rights. Under Bush administration rules, contractors were only required to post information about union dues and not about any other worker rights under the National Labor Relations Act;
- Federal contractors cannot be reimbursed for their union-busting campaigns by the federal government; and
- Qualified workers and service contractors at federal buildings would have a chance to retain their jobs even if a contract changed or expired.
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