Obama launches neo-Socialism?

If one purpose of business communications is to inform stakeholders and competitors alike of your strategic intentions, President Obama gets straight As for the course. Today, he further distanced himself from the Bush administration and emphatically coupled himself with the socialism of organized labor.

So strong were Obama’s socialist labor commitments that the Hoffa scion, James P., proclaimed “It’s a new day for workers.”

The Hoffa offspring of legendary trucker boss Jimmy Hoffa and himself the current Teamsters’ president, said at a White House ceremony: “We finally have a White House that is dedicated to working with us to rebuild our middle class. Hope for the American Dream is being restored.”

[While clear business communications get a bit hazy at this point, it is safe to read “American dream” as organized labor, or redistribution of wealth, or equalization of income.]

Furthering this warning to corporate America, Obama signed three executive orders that he said would “reverse many of the policies towards organized labor” enacted during President George W. Bush’s two terms.

Obama's executive orders will require federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change and will make it more difficult for federal contractors to discourage union activities, according to The New York Times. They will also closely examine how to restore “the balance in the workplace,” which includes provision of or funding for child care, increased workplace safety and additional retirement security. Each classic management responsibilities and decisions.

Sounding like a pre-WW II socialist, Obama described his American worker constituency as those “men and the women who form the backbone of our economy, the most productive workers in the world.”

To further emphasize the point, Obama said, “I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem. To me, it’s part of the solution.” We think this is pretty consistent thinking for a community organizer.