• Sarah Palin is a firm believer in free market
capitalization saying this gives an opportunity for all parties
to compete.

• She believes that workforce fundamentals are strong and
economy needs oversight.

• She supports reduction of business taxes and encouraging
small business growth. She criticized Obama on this issue saying
that small businesses would be affected in his decision to tax
people with incomes of $250,000 a year or more thus lowering
productivity and job opportunities.

• She advocated that Unions should get member permissions
before using dues for political donations on grounds that unions
are responsible for workers and also accountable to them.

• She believed in the creation of jobs in all sectors and
praised the Red Dog Zinc Mine for their efforts on this issue.

• She supported a voc-tech curriculum in educational
institutions to leverage job training dollars for workforce
development.

• While Governor of Alaska she brought in tax cuts and
infrastructural improvements, encouraging new businesses and
thereby drawing more shoppers and increasing business revenue.

• She abolished business inventory taxes during her term
in the governor's office.

• Sarah Palin in association with the Alaska Department of
Labor and Workforce Development started the Alaska Construction
Academy which trained adults and students in various skills like
carpentry, plumbing, electrical welding etc.

• She was a firm supporter for Equal Pay for Equal Work
and said no way would she stand for women getting lesser pay
compared to men.
		

• President Obama is a strong supporter of worker's rights.
He believes they should be given the right to bargain
collectively and strike if the need arises. He would see to it
that striking workers are not completely expelled from work.

• Obama believes in the Employees Free Choice Act which is
a bipartisan effort to enable workers to organize. The essence of
the Act is to give the employees a choice whether to join a union
or not and not simply be pressured into joining.

• He opposed Bush's National labor Relations Board's
'Kentucky River' decisions to classify workers such as nurses,
construction workers as supervisors. They were not to receive
protection under Federal labor laws under this decision therefore
Obama cosponsored legislation against this.

• Obama intended to raise the minimum wages index it to
inflationary levels and thereby raise the Earned Income Tax
Credit.

• Obama supports the United Auto Workers and AFL-CIO and
the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike if
necessary.  While running for election he said that he would work
to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers.

• Obama believes that America's future lies in developing
new clean energy jobs which can be achieved by mandatory limits
on carbon pollution which will create a stable business
environment welcoming investments from entrepreneurs in a new
energy economy.

• Obama plans to invest in innovation and development by
giving increased access to capital and by cutting health care
costs and also by introducing a new Small Business Health Tax
Credit.

• He supports the setting up of a national infrastructure
bank to use public and private capital to fund projects. He
builds in creating jobs by rebuilding business infrastructure.

• 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.