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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,
[Your name]
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We signed the “Had Enough of Workers' Rights Violations? Demand Better From the Secretary of Labor!” petition!
# 250:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14, Rick Lambert, Oregon
# 249:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14, Christopher Harding, Massachusetts
# 248:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14, Marcelle Cole, Tennessee
This administration has created monsters by allowing them to hold positions of power. Self interest does not a good leader make.
# 247:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14, K. Krueger, California
Help thy own FIRST!
# 246:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14, Ester Fierro, California
# 245:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14, Benjamin Reiss, Florida
# 244:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, California
# 243:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Linda Isham, California
# 242:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Laura Jones-Bedel, California
Another Bush disaster....how long before we realize he and his toadies (like Chao) have set this country back 30 years?
# 241:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Caleb Ramsay, California
# 240:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Karen Siegel, Virginia
# 239:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Carol Wilkins, Washington
Are you kidding? How could you, with good conscience, not do your best for America's workers? You must be on some self-serving power trip and have absolutely no conscience. We WILL be watching your every move!
# 238:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Sharon Barone, California
# 237:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 14, Christina Fermin, Florida
# 236:
10:37 am PDT, Mar 14, Linda Smith, California
# 235:
10:37 am PDT, Mar 14, J. A. Macduff, Colorado
# 234:
10:37 am PDT, Mar 14, Jason Kocol, California
# 233:
10:37 am PDT, Mar 14, Joseph Smith, North Carolina
# 232:
10:37 am PDT, Mar 14, Robert Leeds, California
# 231:
10:37 am PDT, Mar 14, Eleanor Reinhart, Florida
# 230:
10:36 am PDT, Mar 14, Andy Soboslay, North Carolina
# 229:
10:36 am PDT, Mar 14, Stephen Jessen, California
# 228:
10:36 am PDT, Mar 14, Scott Brunson, California
Corporations are gaining way too much control over workers. Benefits are being eliminated and now they are cutting corners on workers safety and environmental protection. Stop tax incentives for oil companies and support worker safety.
# 227:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Carmela Verni, New York
# 226:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Paula Cummings, Delaware
# 225:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, Texas
It's important to keep protect the rights of working people; safe workers will naturally be more productive. You've done nothing but put power to the greedy (like yourself)
# 224:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Paul Brennan, New York
# 223:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Perry De Freitas, Florida
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.
# 222:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Dale Cope, California
# 221:
10:35 am PDT, Mar 14, Sheila Berry, Virginia
# 220:
10:34 am PDT, Mar 14, Lester Stocking, Maryland
my wife was fired from her job because she was complaining about workers and management smoking in the work place
# 219:
10:34 am PDT, Mar 14, Rafal Dobrowolski, Massachusetts
# 218:
10:34 am PDT, Mar 14, Russ Anderson, Montana
# 217:
10:33 am PDT, Mar 14, Mary Wood, Wisconsin
# 216:
10:33 am PDT, Mar 14, Pollen Heath, California
# 215:
10:33 am PDT, Mar 14, Trina Lopez, California
# 214:
10:33 am PDT, Mar 14, Marika Fischer Hoyt, Wisconsin
# 213:
10:33 am PDT, Mar 14, Name not displayed, California
In order to maintain the high standard we set for ourselves as Americans, we must ensure that every American worker has a safe workplace. Corporate greed has steadily re-destributed America's wealth to a very few. If workers don't have sufficient wages to support their middle class lifestyles, the economy is going to steadily decline. It is your duty to look out for the American worker-not just to line the pockets of campaign contributors.
# 212:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Ruth Martin, Connecticut
# 211:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Lara Pacheco, California
America's workers are the legs the American government stands on. Undermine them and their safety, you undermine the country as a whole. Make no mistake - we will do all we can to protect ourselves and each other from the likes of you.
# 210:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Barb Ford, Pennsylvania
# 209:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Elizabeth Lewis, New York
# 208:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Paul Black, Colorado
The depths to which this Administration will sink continue to defy belief.
# 207:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Damienne Bell, California
Dear Ms. Chao, Everyone's work deserves honor and respect. Would you like to be treated unfairly at work? No you would not. Neither would I or anyone else. When one profits from the labours of another, one is morally required to treat those laborers fairly and equitably. Please protect all workers everywhere. Content and healthy workers make for better companies, better products, a better economy, a better nation, and a better world. You can bet on it!!! Thank you.
# 206:
10:32 am PDT, Mar 14, Lisa Sharken, New York
It's very clear that Chao has no respect whatsoever for worker's rights or how our tax dollars are spent. We don't need or want people like this in charge.
# 205:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, Karen Bishop, Maryland
# 204:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, Ronald Smith, Pennsylvania
# 203:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, Gregory Ptucha, California
Undermining workers' legitimate rights ultimately undermines our productivity and ability to compete with other economies.
# 202:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, Sydney LaRose, California
# 201:
10:31 am PDT, Mar 14, Judyta Dymkowska, Poland