What has Obama ever done for labor? Other than:

[Fred Sanders]

*cutting the unemployment rate in half?

Yes, but what else?

*reinvigorating the NLRB?

Yes, but what else?

*E.O. on federal minimum wage?

Yes, but what else?

E.O. on overtime, paid leave. etc., etc,?

Yes, but what else?

What has Obama ever done for labor, besides all that?

Burn him! He supports the TPP.

Where did I leave my firewood and matches?

Monty Python got it right with the Romans skit, did they not?

[Travis_0004]

1. If Obama wants to take us 5 steps backwards that is ok, b/c he has already taken us 3 steps forward?

We shouldn't debate the issue, or at least request to read the bill, because Obama has helped us in the past?

[truebrit71]

2. Actually no...unless you're suggesting that Obama is just like the Romans..

Vicious, oppressive dictators that improved the lives of those they oppressed accidentally when they made improvements for their own comfort, the general public be damned...

As to what he's actually done for labour, entering into an agreement that puts the US worker into competition with other workers making pennies on the dollar probably isn't something he'd want to shout from the rooftops, hence all of the secrecy surrounding SHATFA.

[GeorgeGist]

3. 90% of Obama's economic recovery has gone to the rich.

Why do you expect TPP to be different?

[Fred Sanders]

6. Tell that, wrong as it is, to the 12 million folks with newly created jobs under Obama. Amnesia is not a good thing.

[Starry Messenger]

4. You can appreciate those things and still oppose the TPP

Crazy, I know.

[Fred Sanders]

5. Obama's track record on labor is on the same track as TPP, that is the point being missed.

There is overwhelming evidence of Obama's support for labor...and NONE to the contrary.

[Starry Messenger]

7. Are you in a union?