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Had Enough of Workers' Rights Violations? Demand Better From the Secretary of Labor!

Target: Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor
Sponsored by: American Rights at Work
President Bush has appointed some real scoundrels over the years, but Elaine Chao has to be one of the worst.

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has done horrible damage to workers' rights by gutting safety regulations, promoting a big business agenda and undermining workers and their unions at every turn.

The policies she could try to push through as she leaves would take years to undo. But if she thinks no one is watching in her last months in office, she's wrong.

Let Elaine Chao know you're one of thousands of Americans holding her accountable!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000
 

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Dear Secretary Chao,

I'm outraged to learn about your record of gutting safety regulations, promoting a big business agenda, and undermining workers and their unions. It should be your duty to protect the interests of hardworking people like me, not those of corporate America, but that has clearly not been the top priority of the Department of Labor under your leadership.

As a person who cares about workers' rights and the misguided direction of our country, I will be paying attention to the policies and practices of the Department of Labor during the remainder of your time in office. In particular, I am deeply concerned about your demonstrated record of slashing safety and health regulations, ignoring the economic needs of the workforce, botching mine investigations, and advocating against workers' rights. These dangerous and misguided practices must stop.

[Your comment here]

It is time to restore the Department of Labor as an agency run on behalf of America's workers.

Please do what's right for hardworking men and women in our country.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
We signed the “Had Enough of Workers' Rights Violations? Demand Better From the Secretary of Labor!” petition!
# 7,200:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 31, Randall Ott, California
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10:20 am PDT, Mar 31, Lynda Anna Marie Harding, United Kingdom
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10:10 am PDT, Mar 31, Rebecca Everhart, Indiana
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10:08 am PDT, Mar 31, Trisha Young, Tennessee
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9:32 am PDT, Mar 31, Cindy Sutton, New York
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8:59 am PDT, Mar 31, Amy Hile, California
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8:40 am PDT, Mar 31, CINDY SHAFFER, West Virginia
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6:34 am PDT, Mar 31, Grace Gray, Florida
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6:11 am PDT, Mar 31, Hazel Chase, Arizona
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6:00 am PDT, Mar 31, Stacy C. Kinsler, California
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5:41 am PDT, Mar 31, Karen Stillwell, Tennessee
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5:27 am PDT, Mar 31, Susan Volpe, Florida
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5:12 am PDT, Mar 31, Laura Henry, Kentucky
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4:41 am PDT, Mar 31, Kathleen Cole, Ohio
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4:39 am PDT, Mar 31, James Sullivan, Texas
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12:48 am PDT, Mar 31, Safwan Bader, Kuwait
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11:23 pm PDT, Mar 30, Luz Elena Gonzales S., California
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11:19 pm PDT, Mar 30, Christine Aurilia, New Jersey
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10:29 pm PDT, Mar 30, Stephanie Armstrong, Illinois
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9:40 pm PDT, Mar 30, Frances FrainAguirre, Colorado
The purpose of government is to care for the common good. I don't see this happening when you are not looking out for the common worker!
# 7,180:
9:16 pm PDT, Mar 30, Thomas Reynolds, New York
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9:07 pm PDT, Mar 30, Name not displayed, Florida
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8:40 pm PDT, Mar 30, Sandra Vaskova, United Kingdom
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8:27 pm PDT, Mar 30, Name not displayed, Maryland
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7:43 pm PDT, Mar 30, Sandra M, South Carolina
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6:18 pm PDT, Mar 30, Liz Meyers, Michigan
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5:54 pm PDT, Mar 30, Rosa Gusman, Texas
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5:27 pm PDT, Mar 30, Mrs. Burmaster, Kansas
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5:00 pm PDT, Mar 30, Michelle O'Reilly, New York
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4:55 pm PDT, Mar 30, Colleen Hinton, Washington
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4:26 pm PDT, Mar 30, Jennifer Cole, Arizona
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4:14 pm PDT, Mar 30, Joan Mardeusz, Michigan
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3:20 pm PDT, Mar 30, Name not displayed, Missouri
It is bad enough that our politicains are ruining our country through globalization and sending companies over seas, losing our destroying the constitution but for someone to work on the inside and destroy what it took years to get established is bull!!!!!
# 7,167:
3:00 pm PDT, Mar 30, Nicole Hardin, Alabama
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2:58 pm PDT, Mar 30, M. Moats, Illinois
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2:20 pm PDT, Mar 30, Edward Cook, Tennessee
# 7,164:
1:16 pm PDT, Mar 30, MARY MILLER, Oregon
You are just using them, not considering their rights.
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1:13 pm PDT, Mar 30, Littlewing NANCY Bentley, Utah
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12:18 pm PDT, Mar 30, Catherine Couturier, Arizona
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12:03 pm PDT, Mar 30, Bryan Freehling, Pennsylvania
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11:27 am PDT, Mar 30, Heather Sweet, New York
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11:09 am PDT, Mar 30, Name not displayed, Canada
I worked in a call center for the last 5 years for an american company-they treated people like cattle with high turnover,bully and exploitive supervisor-it is a miracle i lasted as long as i did
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10:25 am PDT, Mar 30, Doria Whitlatch, Ohio
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9:08 am PDT, Mar 30, Serritta Dingle, Kentucky
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8:54 am PDT, Mar 30, Audrey Russell, Pennsylvania
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8:36 am PDT, Mar 30, Thomas Beck, North Carolina
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8:33 am PDT, Mar 30, Robert French, Florida
Yes she is dispicable but the blame has to go much higher also
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7:48 am PDT, Mar 30, David Samuel Mann, Maine
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7:26 am PDT, Mar 30, Cynthia Swisher, North Carolina
Thank you
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7:24 am PDT, Mar 30, Christiane M. Barbosa, Brazil
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