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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.

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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,
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We signed the “Had Enough of Workers' Rights Violations? Demand Better From the Secretary of Labor!” petition!
# 200:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, Robert Cardillo, Wyoming
Another bush appointee! Why is everyone so shocked!!! Maybe this is how they do things back in China!!Ooops!!!!
# 199:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, DR M. L. Urdaneta, Texas
Choa is in the wrong position. She needs to be replaced. NOW!
# 198:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Sharon Oppenheimer, Oregon
# 197:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Mike Moore, Ohio
# 196:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Jason Callaway, California
# 195:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Erin McKay, Illinois
# 194:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, Florida
# 193:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Vincent Saulino, New Jersey
# 192:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Bruce Smith, Florida
"Secretary of Corporations"?
# 191:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Regina Price, Kentucky
# 190:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Catherine McCullough, California
# 189:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Lynda Harpe, California
# 188:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, D. Baldridge, North Carolina
# 187:
10:30 am PDT, Mar 14, Merry Citoli, Arizona
# 186:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, Z Bahti, Idaho
Far too many workers have died because their employers were more interested in their own pocket books. We need to protect workers because we are what keeps this country going.
# 185:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, Christen Tibbits, Washington
# 184:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, Monica San Martin, New York
# 183:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, Jeremy D. Sussman, New York
From Bush on down, they are all incompetent.
# 182:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, J E, Connecticut
This farce of a 'labor secretary' not only should have been impeached or resigned long ago, but should suffer criminal charges and jail time.
# 181:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, Brenda J Carroll, Massachusetts
# 180:
10:29 am PDT, Mar 14, Eva Maddox, California
Our great country should always honor the working people with safety.
# 179:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, PETE TENNEY, Montana
Why am I not surprised? Just another big business lackey sticking it to the people on whose backs they've become big business!
# 178:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Patrick Lavery, Connecticut
# 177:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Navada Hessler, Wisconsin
# 176:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Richie Unterberger, California
# 175:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Jennifer Jayroe, Colorado
# 174:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, Ohio
# 173:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Marshall Anders, Colorado
Shame on Ms. Chao! America's Labor Laws were created to protect workers from abuse of business owners. Her actions would move our country back 150 years.
# 172:
10:28 am PDT, Mar 14, Victor Hernandez, Florida
# 171:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 14, Norman Hartz, New Jersey
Elaine is a bum, just like the rest of the Bush appointees. Ooops, just like Bush!
# 170:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 14, Christine Hansen, Washington
It's simple common sense: Treating America's workers fairly and with respect will lead to a stronger and healthier United States. If we put business needs above human needs for employment safety and security, we all lose.
# 169:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 14, Roberta Nash, Illinois
# 168:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 14, Kimberly Robles, Texas
DO THE RIGHT THING!
# 167:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 14, Mary Spurling, Arizona
The rights of the workers should be uppermost on their minds & not just big business.
# 166:
10:27 am PDT, Mar 14, Joy Ann LeVelle, Texas
# 165:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Skylar Sutton, Maine
# 164:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 163:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Weston Pickett, Colorado
# 162:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Michelle Gomez, Illinois
# 161:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, California
# 160:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Jim McCurdy, California
# 159:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Pat Riley, Ohio
# 158:
10:26 am PDT, Mar 14, Jacquelyn DiNovo, New York
# 157:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 14, Michael Shaffran, West Virginia
# 156:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, Colorado
# 155:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 14, Stefanie Pappalardo, California
Aren't we all workers! Should not our elected government be working for the populace? That is what you get paid to do, after all!
# 154:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 14, Rachel Miller, New York
# 153:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 14, Judy Einstoss, New York
# 152:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 14, Maggi Hayes, Vermont
This person has such disdain for workers that she needs to be replaced by someone who actually CARES about the rights of workers in this country.
# 151:
10:24 am PDT, Mar 14, Doug Yearout, Washington
More of the same. She is using China as a model to destroy years and years of negotiations and rules to help labor.