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Martin O'Malley presidential campaign, 2016/Labor and employment
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- Martin O'Malley issued a “Worker’s Bill of Rights” on January 14, 2016, detailing the bills he would support to “grow America’s middle class” and increase wages in the U.S. He expressed support for 12 weeks of family care-based paid leave, the right to a predictable work schedule and the expansion of Social Security benefits, in addition to other policies.[2]
- To show solidarity with members of IBEW Local 1228, O'Malley, on December 10, 2015, called on Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to “cease advertising on WMUR Channel 9 and Hearst stations a until management begins negotiations with employees.” The union had hoped to come to terms on a new contract with the station before the democratic debate on December 19, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. Of the discussions, WMUR president and general manager Jeff Bartlett said, “We have been actively negotiating in good faith on this current contract and have reached agreement on a wide number and range of proposals, and we are continuing to negotiate.”[3]
- O'Malley wrote an op-ed in The Gazette on September 14, 2015, calling for at least 12 weeks of paid leave for parents regardless of gender, sexual orientation or marital status. O’Malley also advocated for “making pay data publicly available by sex, race, and ethnicity, so that all employees can see that they’re making a fair wage for their job."[4]
- O'Malley encouraged the growth of the labor movement on September 7, 2015, saying, “If we're going to give our children a future with more opportunity rather than less, then we have to make the sort of choices our parents and grandparents made. Like raising the minimum wage, and raising it to $15 an hour, however and wherever we can. Choices like paying overtime pay for overtime work, and making it easier for people to bargain collectively for better wages for all of us."[5]
- O'Malley released a white paper on September 2, 2015, promoting his plan to expand national service programs. O’Malley proposed to “double the Peace Corps, fully fund AmeriCorps to 250,000 positions – then double it again, create new federal jobs corps, help achieve full employment for America’s veterans, make service part of the college experience, expand education awards for service members to make college debt-free, [and] ask military recruiters to provide information about civilian service opportunities to all deemed ineligible for military service.”[6][7]
- In 2013, O'Malley signed a bill requiring public school teachers to pay fees to a teachers union.[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "Martin O'Malley Suspends Presidential Campaign," February 1, 2016
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Martin O'Malley Rolls Out A 'Worker Bill Of Rights'," January 14, 2016
- ↑ Adweek, "Martin O’Malley Calls on Other Candidates to Stop Advertising on WMUR, Other Hearst Stations," December 10, 2015
- ↑ The Gazette, "America succeeds when women and families succeed," September 14, 2015
- ↑ Iowa City Press-Citizen, "O'Malley: Time to grow labor movement," September 7, 2015
- ↑ CBS News, "Martin O'Malley proposes national service expansion," September 2, 2015
- ↑ Martin O'Malley for President, "National Service: A Cornerstone of American Citizenship," accessed September 3, 2015
- ↑ Maryland.gov, “Senate Bill 422 Public School Employees – Collective Bargaining – Representation Fees," accessed March 11, 2015
