Labor & Employment
Jul. 15, 2009
A New Legal Landscape
President Barack Obama is poised to enact pro-worker policies that will fundamentally reshape labor and employment law. Already in the works are a pending bill making it easier to form unions and stepped-up enforcement of federal labor laws.
By Robert Iafolla
WASHINGTON - As a candidate, President Barack Obama promised that if elected, he would "stand up for working men and women." Organized labor responded and spent a reported $100 million to help fuel his journey to the White House. As president, Obama promises to make good on those pledges and dramatically transform the federal government's attitudes toward unions and labor law. After eight years of the Bush administration's more hostile t...
WASHINGTON - As a candidate, President Barack Obama promised that if elected, he would "stand up for working men and women." Organized labor responded and spent a reported $100 million to help fuel his journey to the White House. As president, Obama promises to make good on those pledges and dramatically transform the federal government's attitudes toward unions and labor law. After eight years of the Bush administration's more hostile t...
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