• He has for the most part supported the interests of the United Auto Workers
and the AFL-CIO.

• Obama believes that workers should have the freedom to choose whether to join
a union without harassment or intimidation from their employers. Obama
cosponsored and is strong advocate for the Employee Free Choice Act, a
bipartisan effort to assure that workers can exercise their right to organize. 
He will continue to fight for EFCA's passage and sign it into law. 

• Obama has fought the Bush National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) efforts to
strip workers of their right to organize. He is a cosponsor of legislation to
overturn the NLRB's "Kentucky River" decisions classifying hundreds of
thousands of nurses, construction, and professional workers as "supervisors"
who are not protected by federal labor laws. 

• Obama supports the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike if
necessary.  He would work to ban the permanent replacement of striking
workers.

 • Obama would raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the
Earned Income Tax Credit.