'You're still handsome!': Obama heckled by female admirer on trip to Boston and the compliment leaves him (just for once) lost for words
- President Obama signed an executive order on sick leave during a flight on Air Force One to Boston, where he spoke at a union rally on Monday
- Starting in 2017, workers on government contracts will earn a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked
- When speaking about unions, Obama referenced New England Patriots quarterback saying, 'Even Tom Brady is glad he belongs to a union'
- He also knocked Republican presidential candidates for advocating what he said were anti-union policies
- Labor Day gesture to workers' groups came as Obama works to smooth over tensions with labor movement over his trade agenda
- During rally, Obama also mentioned he had added a few grey hairs and woman in audience shouted 'you're still handsome'
President Obama delivered a speech on Labor Day denouncing Republicans for a 'constant attack on working Americans' and ordered government contractors to give paid sick leave to their workers.
When he said he signed the executive order requiring government contractors to offer their workers seven days of paid sick leave a year, he was met with resounding applause during the major union rally in Boston.
As he spoke about unions on Monday, he referenced Tom Brady, and knocked Republican presidential candidates for advocating what he said were anti-union policies.
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President Obama pictured as he speaks on Labor Day at the Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast in Boston, Massachusetts. On Monday he also signed the executive order requiring government contractors to offer their workers seven days of paid sick leave a year
During his speech, he knocked Republican presidential candidates for advocating what he said were anti-union policies
Obama chose Massachusetts as the backdrop for his Labor Day message because voters in the state approved a similar paid leave policy state-wide
Obama mentioned during the major union rally that he had added a few grey hairs and a woman in the audience shouted 'you're still handsome'. He replied, 'What was that?'
Obama said, 'If I was looking for a job that would help me support my family, I'd join a union,' according to NECN political reporter Alison King.
'Even Tom Brady is glad he belongs to a union. They had his back. And if Brady needs a union - we definitely need unions,' he added.
During the Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast, Obama also mentioned his new grey hairs saying, 'I’ve added a few grey hairs, I’ve earned every one of them', according to Politico reporter Lauren Dezenski.
A woman in the crowd responded by complimenting him shouting, 'you're still handsome'.
Obama, who signed the executive order aboard Air Force One as he flew in to mark Labor Day, said Republicans who claim the mantle of middle-class protectors are talking big, but they 'have to walk the walk.'
After saying he had signed the executive order aboard Air Force One as he flew in to mark Labor Day, he was met with resounding applause. Obama pictured as he waves to supporters who greeted him as he arrived aboard Air Force One at Boston's Logan Airport
Under the executive order he signed, employees working on federal contracts gain the right to a minimum of one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours they work
The Labor Day gesture to workers' groups came as Obama (pictured with Senator Elizabeth Warren) works to smooth over tensions with the labor movement over his trade agenda, which is a push for sweeping new trade deals with Asia and Europe
Obama said opponents of his economic policies 'won't let facts or evidence get in their way.'
'You just wait, you look up at the sky and prosperity will come raining down on us from the top of whatever high-rise in New York City,' he said sarcastically.
'But that's not how the economy works.' He added that the GOP's mindset has been 'wrecking the economy for a long, long time.'
The Labor Day gesture to workers' groups came as Obama works to smooth over tensions with the labor movement over his trade agenda.
Major unions are opposing Obama's push for sweeping new trade deals with Asia and Europe, with some threatening to work against Democrats who voted to support those talks in Congress.
Unions have warned that the deals could lead to the widespread job elimination.
Obama has signed a law providing money to retrain workers if their jobs get shipped overseas.
Under the executive order, employees working on federal contracts gain the right to a minimum of one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours they work.
Obama greets members of the crowd following his speech in Boston on Labor Day
Stretched out over 12 months, that's up to seven days per year. The order will allow employees to use the leave to care for sick relatives as well, and will affect contracts starting in 2017 - just as Obama leaves office.
But the White House wouldn't specify the cost to federal contractors to implement the executive order.
The Labor Department said any costs would be offset by savings that contractors would see as a result of lower attrition rates and increased worker loyalty, but produced nothing to back that up.
Vice President Joe Biden echoed Obama's theme in a march with an influential labor leader, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who introduced Biden in Pittsburgh as a 'brother' and 'a champion of working men and working women.'
A few along the parade route chanted 'run, Biden, run,' in a reference to Biden's ongoing deliberations about whether to run for president in 2016.
In Boston, Obama was flanked by prominent Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a giant banner reading 'Workers and Community' in red, white and blue. Labor leaders Randi Weingarten and Mary Kay Henry joined Obama for the flight on Air Force One.
Following his speech, Obama is pictured as he visited Ye Old Union Oyster House in Boston
Obama inside at Ye Olde Union Oyster House, also used the trip to Boston to renew his call for Congress to pass the Healthy Families Act, which would require all businesses with 15 or more employees to offer up to seven paid sick days each year
In the corridors of the hotel hosting the breakfast, boxes of campaign signs could be spotted bearing the name of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who opposes the trade deals.
Obama chose Labor Day to announce the executive order as he works to enact what workplace policies he can before his presidency ends despite resistance in Congress to laws he's proposed.
The push has reverberated on the 2016 campaign trail, with Democrats seeking a distinction with Republicans on who's most supportive of the middle class.
The president didn't mention any of the 2016 candidates by name, but invoked a number of their policies to challenge claims that they care about workers.
In a reference to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, he remarked incredulously that one GOP candidate had 'said busting unions prepared him to fight ISIL,' an acronym for the Islamic State group.
Obama chose Massachusetts as the backdrop for his Labor Day message because voters in the state approved a similar paid leave policy state-wide.
The law took effect July 1 and is expected to affect 900,000 workers who previously received no paid leave, the White House said.
Roughly 44 million American private sector workers don't get paid sick leave, the administration said.
The White House said it couldn't estimate how many federal contractors don't offer paid leave.
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