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Governor, Mayors and Pundits:
Matt Dunne on Jobs
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| Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger:
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Christine Hallquist on Jobs
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Democratic candidate for governor of Vermont:
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- Unions are crucial to the balance of power. (Sep 2018)
- $15 minimum wage, plus job retraining for displaced workers. (Sep 2018)
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Rebecca Holcombe on Jobs
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Democratic candidate for governor:
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- Unions support wage equity and safe workplaces. (Mar 2020)
- Unions support wage equity & safe workplaces. (Jan 2020)
- Better ways to increase wages that setting minimum wage. (Jul 2019)
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Sue Minter on Jobs
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| Democratic Gubernatorial candidate:
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Phil Scott on Jobs
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Republican challenger for Governor:
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- Supported right-to-work, vetoed family medical leave. (Nov 2020)
- Vetoed bill that raised minimum wage. (Nov 2020)
- Deal with Vermont's shrinking workforce population. (Jan 2017)
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Shap Smith on Jobs
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| Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger:
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Keith Stern on Jobs
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| Republican candidate for governor of Vermont:
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David Zuckerman on Jobs
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Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger :
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- Right to work laws harm union and non-union workers. (Nov 2020)
- Raise minimum wage to $15/hr; plus paid family leave. (Apr 2020)
- Increasing minimum wage will lift workers out of poverty. (Feb 2020)
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Senate:
VT 2022: 2022 VT Governor's race
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Al Giordano on Jobs
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| Democratic Senate challenger (withdrew):
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John MacGovern on Jobs
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| Democratic Challenger for VT Senator:
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Scott Milne on Jobs
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Democratic Challenger for VT Senator:
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- Focus on creating new jobs by changing Vermont's reputation. (Aug 2016)
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Brooke Paige on Jobs
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| Republican Senate Challenger:
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Bernie Sanders on Jobs
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Democratic primary challenger; Independent VT Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large):
Click here for 52 full quotes
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- Create jobs with infrastructure repair & Green New Deal. (Oct 2019)
- Help transition for miners: income for 5 years, & education. (Sep 2019)
- Ain't nobody in Congress more pro-worker than I am. (Jul 2019)
- Tax companies for public benefits used by workers. (Apr 2019)
- End racism in hiring, redlining, & disparate pay. (Apr 2019)
- Equal pay for equal work: anything else unacceptable. (Apr 2019)
- FactCheck: Unemployment under Trump is lowest in decades. (Feb 2019)
- Women still earn only 80% of men; minorities earn 63%. (Aug 2017)
- A job is more than income; it's how we relate to the world. (Nov 2016)
- Establish worker-owned cooperatives to counter corporations. (Nov 2016)
- I investigated undocumented farm workers in FL. (Mar 2016)
- Minority youth more underemployed than others. (Mar 2016)
- Obama rebuilt jobs; but middle class is disappearing. (Oct 2015)
- Corporate opposition makes union organizing difficult. (Mar 2015)
- Create worker-owned cooperatives & grow unions. (Jan 2015)
- Real unemployment is 16%; official unemployment only 9%. (Nov 2012)
- Extend unemployment benefits whenever jobless rate over 7.2%. (Dec 2010)
- 1950s manufacturing job created middle class, but not now. (Dec 2010)
- Unions are freedom of association; but gets you fired. (Jun 2007)
- Middle-class wages have been in a 40-year decline. (Nov 2016)
Minimum Wage
- Tax CEOs making more than 50 times median worker pay. (Nov 2019)
- Make minimum wage a living wage. (Feb 2019)
- Real wages for working class in 2019 are lower than in 1973. (Feb 2019)
- Accompany minimum wage increase with pay equity for women. (Nov 2018)
- Helped raise minimum wage at Amazon to $15 per hour. (Oct 2018)
- Minimum wage increase helps economy because workers spend it. (Aug 2017)
- Current $7.25/hr and $2.13/hr is starvation wage. (Aug 2017)
- Fight for $15: worker wages so low they need food stamps!. (Apr 2017)
- $15 minimum wage, plus pay equity for women. (Nov 2016)
- Minimum wage increase most helps minority workers. (Nov 2016)
- $15/hour minimum wage indexed to inflation. (Jul 2016)
- $15 minimum wage might lose some jobs, but it helps many. (Nov 2015)
Voting Record
- Raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. (Mar 2015)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on limiting farm subsidies to people earning under $750,000. (Dec 2007)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
- Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Lawrence Zupan on Jobs
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| Republican Challenger:
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Peter Welch on Jobs
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Democrat:
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- Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime. (Apr 2013)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Member of House Committee on Agriculture. (Mar 2011)
- Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record. (May 2012)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Mar 2013)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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Former candidates & officeholders:
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Howard Dean-Gov on Jobs
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| Former Democratic Governor (2005-2008); pres. candidate 2004:
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Jim Douglas on Jobs
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| Republican VT Governor:
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Bruce Lisman on Jobs
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| Republican 2016 Gubernatorial candidate:
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Peter Shumlin on Jobs
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Democratic Governor (retiring 2016):
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- Create Innovation Zones targeted to regional job needs. (Jan 2013)
- Vermont unemployment rate, 5.3%, is among lowest in America. (Jan 2012)
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Jim Jeffords on Jobs
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Independent Jr Senator (VT, retiring 2006):
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- More employer flexibility; raise minimum wage. (Jul 2000)
- Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted NO on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Voted YES on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted NO on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
- Match minimum wage increases to Congressional pay raises. (May 2006)
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Jack McMullen on Jobs
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2004 former Republican challenger:
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- Promote knowledge-based job creation. (Aug 2004)
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Len Britton on Jobs
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2010 Republican Challenger:
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- Borrowing program for small business to hire more. (Sep 2010)
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Larry Drown on Jobs
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Democratic challenger:
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- Jobs in America based on alternative energy industry. (Jun 2006)
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Daniel Freilich on Jobs
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| 2010 Independent Challenger:
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Greg Parke on Jobs
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Republican challenger:
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- Discontinue affirmative action; reduce employment regulation. (Aug 2006)
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Richard Tarrant on Jobs
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Republican Challenger:
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- More support and advocacy for farmers. (Oct 2006)
- Raise the federal minimum wage, and tie in COLA increases. (Jun 2006)
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Patrick Leahy on Jobs
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Democratic Sr Senator (VT):
Click here for 21 full quotes
OR click here for Patrick Leahy on other issues.
- Raise minimum wage & eliminate gender pay gap. (Sep 2016)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on limiting farm subsidies to people earning under $750,000. (Dec 2007)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
- Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
- Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
- Voted NO on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
- Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
- Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
- Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
- Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Match minimum wage increases to Congressional pay raises. (May 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
- Help employees buy businesses that are closing or moving. (May 1979)
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Bernie Sanders on Jobs
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Democratic primary challenger; Independent VT Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large):
Click here for 52 full quotes
OR click here for Bernie Sanders on other issues.
- Create jobs with infrastructure repair & Green New Deal. (Oct 2019)
- Help transition for miners: income for 5 years, & education. (Sep 2019)
- Ain't nobody in Congress more pro-worker than I am. (Jul 2019)
- Tax companies for public benefits used by workers. (Apr 2019)
- End racism in hiring, redlining, & disparate pay. (Apr 2019)
- Equal pay for equal work: anything else unacceptable. (Apr 2019)
- FactCheck: Unemployment under Trump is lowest in decades. (Feb 2019)
- Women still earn only 80% of men; minorities earn 63%. (Aug 2017)
- A job is more than income; it's how we relate to the world. (Nov 2016)
- Establish worker-owned cooperatives to counter corporations. (Nov 2016)
- I investigated undocumented farm workers in FL. (Mar 2016)
- Minority youth more underemployed than others. (Mar 2016)
- Obama rebuilt jobs; but middle class is disappearing. (Oct 2015)
- Corporate opposition makes union organizing difficult. (Mar 2015)
- Create worker-owned cooperatives & grow unions. (Jan 2015)
- Real unemployment is 16%; official unemployment only 9%. (Nov 2012)
- Extend unemployment benefits whenever jobless rate over 7.2%. (Dec 2010)
- 1950s manufacturing job created middle class, but not now. (Dec 2010)
- Unions are freedom of association; but gets you fired. (Jun 2007)
- Middle-class wages have been in a 40-year decline. (Nov 2016)
Minimum Wage
- Tax CEOs making more than 50 times median worker pay. (Nov 2019)
- Make minimum wage a living wage. (Feb 2019)
- Real wages for working class in 2019 are lower than in 1973. (Feb 2019)
- Accompany minimum wage increase with pay equity for women. (Nov 2018)
- Helped raise minimum wage at Amazon to $15 per hour. (Oct 2018)
- Minimum wage increase helps economy because workers spend it. (Aug 2017)
- Current $7.25/hr and $2.13/hr is starvation wage. (Aug 2017)
- Fight for $15: worker wages so low they need food stamps!. (Apr 2017)
- $15 minimum wage, plus pay equity for women. (Nov 2016)
- Minimum wage increase most helps minority workers. (Nov 2016)
- $15/hour minimum wage indexed to inflation. (Jul 2016)
- $15 minimum wage might lose some jobs, but it helps many. (Nov 2015)
Voting Record
- Raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. (Mar 2015)
- Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
- Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on limiting farm subsidies to people earning under $750,000. (Dec 2007)
- Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
- Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
- Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)
- Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
- Member of the Congressional Rural Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Require full disclosure of outsourced employees. (Feb 2001)
- Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
- Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot. (Mar 2009)
- Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
- Let Senate cafeteria workers organize their own union. (Nov 2015)
- Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
- Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
- Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)
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