2020 GA Senate race: on Jobs

David Perdue: Co-sponsored National Right-to-Work Act

Q: Support "right to work" laws, banning unions from mandating dues for workers they represent?

Perdue: Yes. Co-sponsored National Right-to-Work Act.

Ossoff: No position found. Has been endorsed by United Auto Workers.

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race Nov 3, 2020

David Perdue: Raising minimum wage kills jobs

Q: Raise federal hourly minimum wage above current $7.25?

Perdue: No recent position. In 2014 said if "increase the minimum wage, you will kill jobs."

Ossoff: Yes. "Fight to make sure the minimum wage is a livable wage."

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race Nov 3, 2020

Jon Ossoff: Minimum wage should be livable wage

Q: Raise federal hourly minimum wage above current $7.25?

Ossoff: Yes. "Fight to make sure the minimum wage is a livable wage."

Perdue: No recent position. In 2014 said if "increase the minimum wage, you will kill jobs."

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race Nov 3, 2020

Teresa Tomlinson: Support right to organize & protect benefits

I will support legislation, such as the Protect the Right to Organize Act, which among other protections will enhance the worker's ability to join a union and collectively bargain, will penalize employers who unlawfully interfere with or seek to stop the right to organize, ensure "fair share" fees so all workers pay some fraction of the value the Union returns to them, and will stop the misidentification of workers as "independent contractors" or "management" in order to deny them benefits or pay. Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website, TeresaTomlinson.com Jan 12, 2020

Teresa Tomlinson: Raise minimum wage to $15 with cost of living adjustments

I will support raising the minimum wage to a living wage of $15 an hour with an automatic Cost of Living Adjustment so that 1) we recognize the base sustainable wage for our working families; 2) we understand that decent wages enhance the work force, the employer, and the economy; and 3) we ensure our country's minimum wage never again falls beneath the poverty level for full-time employees. Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website, TeresaTomlinson.com Jan 12, 2020

Ted Terry: Raised city minimum wages to $15 an hour

Georgia Mayor Ted Terry has a hell of a track record. He has doubled the size of the small town just outside of Atlanta, made Election Day a holiday, raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, helped to democratize the city council with millenials and minorities, and decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. Source: Under the Radar Mag on 2020 Georgia Senate race Dec 19, 2019

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