Issues
Working Wisconsinites American Jobs
One of my top priorities
in the U.S. Senate is preventing American jobs from relocating
abroad. I support several measures that create incentives
for American companies to stay in the U.S.:
Job Protection Act
In the 108th Congress, I cosponsored the Job
Protection Act, S. 970, introduced by former Senator Hollings,
which would have helped domestic manufacturers by providing
them with a tax incentive to keep production here at home,
and to encourage those runaway plants that left our shores
to return. These benefits would be based on the percentage
of manufacturing done in the United States -- the greater
the percentage of manufacturing done in the U.S., the greater
the tax benefit.
Jobs for America
Act
In February 2004, the “Economic Report of the President” was
released. This report included a section on outsourcing jobs,
which discussed how U.S. companies can benefit from sending
service-sector jobs to foreign countries. I am deeply troubled
by language in this report that actually encouraged U.S. companies
to outsource service sector, health care, and other jobs.
In response to this policy, I joined former Senator Tom Daschle
in cosponsoring S. 2090, the Jobs
for America Act. This bill would have amended the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act to require
companies to disclose and report whenever they lay off workers
to send jobs overseas.
Call Center Disclosure
Right to Know Act
As with the Jobs for America Act and the Buy American Act,
when foreign workers or goods are chosen over American resources,
at the very least, full disclosure and an estimation should
be required. During the 108th Congress, I was proud to be
a cosponsor of S. 1878, the Call Center Disclosure Right to
Know Act, which calls for U.S. corporations and their subsidiaries
to make consumers aware of the location of customer service
representatives. Under this bill, corporations that use call
centers to initiate or receive calls from people in the U.S.
would be required to have their employees disclose their location
at the beginning of the call. U.S. consumers deserve to know
the location of companies and people they are relying on for
customer service.
Buy
American Act
Improving Trade
Agreements
Keeping Companies
in the U.S.
Protecting
American Workers
Supporting
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