OnTheIssues interviews with presidential candidates: on Jobs
Paul Adams:
$15 minimum wage won't help our entry-level workers
As far as a $15 minimum wage, I am very skeptical it would help our entry-level workers. It could backfire on us if suddenly the undocumented aliens learn that there are entry level jobs at only $8-$10/hr.
It could also spur automation in restaurants that would introduce touch-screens for ordering, with the net effect of creating more unemployment.
Source: Email interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org
Jan 21, 2016
Mark Stewart:
If your employer is racist, then quit & boycott
Q: You suggest that affirmative action laws are inferior to private action?A: Women are more empowered by helping themselves. In most cases, they have the Free Market as their ally. There are very few employers that dislike women; those who do
should stay free to suffer the consequences of not having talented workers helping their sales and production. They might also suffer the consequences of consumers who don't like discrimination (that's 99% of us) not buying their products.
Minorities can and should act similarly. And I'd still propose advocates for those who have a hard time standing up for themselves (including those in government employ) In the Free Market if your employer is racist and you are suffering because of
it, leave. He loses your talents and just may lose the business of we who despise racism. I strongly believe in consumer boycotts. If they are backed up by truth, I support consumers withholding their purchases as a way to alter corporate practices.
Source: Email interview on 2016 presidential race by OnTheIssues.org
Dec 3, 2015
Robert Steele:
Pursue full employment with no inflation
- FULL EMPLOYMENT with NO INFLATION is the core federal policy to be pursued.
- The two-party bi-opoly sold us all out at the same time that union leaders sold out their unions
- The US economy is hollow and very vulnerable--the federal governmen
is a major problem
- We address unemployment as a structural issue, with one year of paid training in manufacturing, software, hardware, alternative energy, and other resilience/sustainability trades and professions for every unemployed person
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Jan 2, 2012
JL Mealer:
Labor standards in the US and abroad
Foreign Corporations based in countries [where we have free trade agreements] are using slave labor and communism to destroy the American workforce.
This is one point I agree with unionized labor, and probably the only point outside of the fact that American workers must be treated with respect and operate in a safe workspace.
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Sep 27, 2011
Brian Moore:
Unemployment compensation at 100% of previous income
We call for an increased and expanded welfare assistance program and unemployment compensation at 100% of a worker’s previous income or the minimum wage for the full period of unemployment or re-training.
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Apr 3, 2008
Brian Moore:
30-hour work week with 6-weeks annual paid vacation
We call for a 30-hour work week, six weeks annual paid vacation, right of all workers to form a union and the right of public sector workers to strike. We also call for the repeal of all “right-to-work” laws, the same provision of employee benefits
for part-time worker as for full-time workers and creation of a fund to pay full wages for education and retraining if a worker losses his/her job.
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Apr 3, 2008
Brian Moore:
Militant labor action for social ownership of production
We support militant labor action, boycotts, sympathy strikes, sit-down and general strikes and the expropriation of the workplace. We ultimately support the right of all workers to organize for worker control of industry and social ownership of
the means of production and distribution.
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Apr 3, 2008
Brian Moore:
Set minimum wage of $15 per hour and index upward
We call for worker and community ownership and control of corporations within a decentralized and democratically determined economic plan. Until we reach our goal, we call for a minimum wage of $15 per hour, indexed to the cost of living, a full
employment policy with a guaranteed annual income and withdrawal from all free trade agreements.
Source: Email interview on presidential race with OnTheIssues.org
Apr 3, 2008
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