UNITED STATES: Obama's policies may disappoint unions
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- Obama's labour pledges
- Rampant economic insecurity
- Bush's labour legacy
- Shrinking labour budget
- Relaxed workplace oversight
- Surging joblessness
- Bush's crisis responses
- Unemployment insurance
- Job centres
- Obama's campaign promises
- 'Worker rights'
- Strengthening OSHA
- Fair Labor Act interpretation
- Job training
- Infrastructure spending and jobs
- Organised labour's concerns
- Trade and globalisation
- New policy team
- Changing job market
- Competition and productivity
- Employer dominance
- Cheap labour pool
- Labour force dropouts
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