Latest Promises In Labor

Donald Trump

Impose a hiring freeze on federal employees

No movement on Trump promise to reduce federal workforce with federal hiring freeze since April 2017 | July 15, 2020

Barack Obama

Walk with picketers when collective bargaining rights are threatened

Obama never marched with union picketers | December 14, 2016

Barack Obama

Hold hospitals and health plans accountable for disparities in care

Significant progress stops short of full data, accountability | December 14, 2012

Barack Obama

Improve recruitment of public health workers

Affordable Care Act invests in public health workforce | December 7, 2012

Barack Obama

Promote lifelong retraining

Mixed record for implementing a five-part promise | November 27, 2012

Barack Obama

Commission a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education

U.S. Education Department launches disability study | November 12, 2012

Barack Obama

Set goals and timetables for implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act

Goals, timetables on the way | June 20, 2012

Barack Obama

Work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers

Still no sign of action | June 12, 2012

Barack Obama

Strengthen the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Efforts to reverse Supreme Court ruling have fallen by wayside | February 10, 2012

Barack Obama

Provide a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave

Congress isn’t going for family leave funding | October 25, 2011

Barack Obama

Require employers to provide seven paid sick days per year

No indication that Congress will pass the Healthy Families Act | September 30, 2011

Barack Obama

Reduce the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act

Family and Medical Leave Act expansion a no-go in Congress | September 30, 2011

Barack Obama

Create a best practices list for private businesses in accommodating workers with disabilities

White House has delivered information to the federal and private sectors on hiring | September 29, 2011

Barack Obama

Launch educational initiative for employers on tax benefits of hiring employees with disabilities

Numbers of individuals certified has increased | September 29, 2011

Barack Obama

Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionize

Change in control of the House probably dooms any chance of passage | April 20, 2011

Barack Obama

Reinstate order to hire 100,000 more federal employees with disabilities within five years.

Obama reinstates executive order on disability hiring | July 30, 2010

Barack Obama

Reimburse employer health plans for a portion of catastrophic costs

Limited reimbursements in the final health care bill | July 2, 2010

Barack Obama

Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners

Health training money in the stimulus bill | April 6, 2009