Positions and Views of Mark Dayton
on Jobs
| Currently Elected Governor & Lt Governor, Minnesota |
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Mark Dayton's positions and views on the issues:
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| Jobs, a General Statement |
Like many people across Minnesota and throughout America, Mark is deeply concerned about the increasing problems which confront working Americans and their families, including long-term unemployment and underemployment, outsourcing of good jobs overseas, and the expiration of unemployment insurance benefits. Mark is committed to working with his colleagues in the Senate to develop sound fiscal policies to stimulate the economy, create jobs, and provide relief to those who need it: hardworking, middle-income Americans.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| Foreign Job Outsourcing |
Mark recognizes that American companies practice of sending jobs overseas contributes to the unemployment problem at home in the United States. Mark is also concerned that many U.S. consumers do not realize that the companies with whom they do business engage in the practice of outsourcing. Mark has actively engaged in crafting legislation to ensure that consumers are made aware that corporations could send their consumers' personal financial and medical information to overseas contractors. Thus, Mark and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton have together drafted the Clinton-Dayton amendment, which would protect Americans' personal medical and financial information from being shared with overseas businesses and health care companies operating in foreign countries, such as India, and countries where privacy laws do not meet U.S. governmental standards. Currently, if this information is shared with overseas businesses or health care companies without the consumer's consent, there is no legal recourse if his or her personal information is stolen or misused. The Clinton-Dayton amendment would correct this deficiency.
In addition, Mark has filed an amendment that would reduce the ability of American corporations to avoid taxes on profits they earn overseas and would encourage them to bring jobs back to the United States. Mark will continue to work for the passage of these and other initiatives to boost the number of new jobs in America.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| Unemployment Insurance (UI) |
Unemployment insurance provides an essential safety net for Americans who are out of work. Since 2000, nearly four million American private-sector jobs have been lost. The number of workers facing long-term unemployment and unable to find work before exhausting their unemployment benefits is at an all-time high. In fact, this year, over one million Americans have lost their unemployment benefits due to long-term unemployment. In May, 2004, Mark voted in favor of extending unemployment insurance benefits for an additional 13 weeks for people facing long-term unemployment. Although 59 Senators supported the unemployment extension amendment, the measure failed by one vote because Senate budget rules require a three-fifths super majority. Mark will continue to push for the passage of legislation to bring relief to unemployed Americans.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| Workers Benefits |
Mark strongly opposes new regulations, put into place by the Bush Administration, which would deprive millions of Americans of their right to overtime and which are scheduled to go into effect at the end of August, 2004. An independent study by the Economic Policy Institute showed that the new overtime regulations will strip six million workers of their right to overtime.
The Bush Administration has implemented the new overtime regulations at a time when workers have suffered a loss in wages, even though they are working harder than ever. Many Americans rely on overtime pay to survive. Overtime pay accounts for about 25 percent of the income of employees who work overtime. Workers stripped of their overtime protection would end up working longer hours for less pay. In addition, ove rtime protection leads to job creation, since it encourages employers to hire more workers, instead of forcing current employees to work longer hours.
Mark voted in favor of an amendment, introduced by Senator Tom Harkin, to roll back the new overtime regulations; that amendment passed the Senate. However, the House has not passed a similar measure; therefore, the law cannot be changed before the new regulations go into effect. Mark will keep collaborating with Senator Harkin and his other colleagues to restore overtime rights for working Americans.
Source: Candidate Website (10/02/2004) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Working Class |
| Affirmative Action |
| Workplace Violence Against Women |
| Independent Workers |
| Equal Pay Act |
| Paid Sick, Family and Maternity Leave |
| Family and Medical Leave Act |
| Unemployment Insurance |
| Workplace Protections |
| Mine Safety and Health |
| Job Growth |
| Government Subsidized Jobs |
| Reward companies that create domestic jobs |
| Child Labor |
| Quality of Jobs |
| Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) |
| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
| Overtime Rights |
| Employment Discrimination |
| Retirees Returning To Work |