DU this AOL poll: What do you think of the latest executive orders?

[Omaha Steve]

http://news.aol.com/article/pro-labor-obama-executive-orders/322642

By PHILIP ELLIOTT

AP

WASHINGTON (Jan. 30) - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management.
Obama also used the occasion at the White House to announce formally a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans. He named Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman.


President Barack Obama signs a series of pro-labor executive orders Friday as Vice President Joe Biden watches.

do you think of the latest executive orders?
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Are you now, or have you ever been, in a union?
No
Yes

Union officials say the new orders by Obama will undo Bush administration policies that favored employers over workers. The orders will:
-- Require federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change.

-- Reverse a Bush administration order requiring federal contractors to post notice that workers can limit financial support of unions serving as their exclusive bargaining representatives.

-- Prevent federal contractors from being reimbursed for expenses meant to influence workers deciding whether to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.

"We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent their interests," Obama said during a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House.

FULL story at link.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. Are you now, or have you ever been, in a union?

Will I get blacklisted if I answer the wrong way?

[Omaha Steve]

5. Nope

There are 2,000 under (fewer) votes on question 2 about unions. Feel free to answer honestly. Not everybody has ever had the chance to work with a contract with their employer.

[YOY]

2. Polling AOL is like Polling both a midwestern retirement home's populace

and a strong contingency of people who still use phone modems and expecting a good/balanced result.

[liberal N proud]

3. Split right along labor lines so it appears

Thumbs up and yes

[whathehell]

4. K & R!..Done

[K8-EEE]

6. DONE!! What's your Union? My hub is in The Animation Guild

Thank God cuz we get super-low cost Motion Picture Health insurance through T.A.G.....

[Omaha Steve]

7. I'm AFSCME

My wife Marta was CWA for 18 years.

[rrneck]

8. Done nt

[FloridaJudy]

9. Done - for all the good it will do.

It's AOL, after all.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Done. nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. This UFCW and UAW dude is all Thumbs Up on this one!

[williesgirl]

12. 51% " No" as of now - c'mon DUer's, let's hit this one hard. rec'd

[appleannie1]

13. The thumbs downs are ahead. We need more voting. Come on DU

[frylock]

14. done..

it needs a little DU love.

[Laelth]

15. AOL Nazis!

Here's to my President for supporting working people and unions!

:toast:

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

:dem:

-Laelth