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Had Enough of Workers' Rights Violations? Demand Better From the Secretary of Labor!
Target: Elaine Chao, Secretary of LaborSponsored 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!
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We signed the “Had Enough of Workers' Rights Violations? Demand Better From the Secretary of Labor!” petition!
# 300:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 14,
Patti Wood, California
You're just one more corrupt government official who favors big corporations over and above the safety and benefit of the American worker. Shame on you!
You're just one more corrupt government official who favors big corporations over and above the safety and benefit of the American worker. Shame on you!
# 299:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 14,
Kelly Lyon, Colorado
# 298:
10:50 am PDT, Mar 14,
Linda Francisco, Michigan
# 297:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 14,
C A Gaidos, Maine
# 296:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 14,
Paula Purviance, California
# 295:
10:49 am PDT, Mar 14,
Merrill Shea, Massachusetts
I have been monitoring the various decisions and directives coming from your office and, frankly, I find your anti-labor stance to be truly breath-taking. Unfortunately though, the buck doesn't stop with you. You are but the lackey who is carrying out your boss's orders. Yet another sorry example of the cynical disregard of this administration's callous disregard for the basic rights of American citizens.
I have been monitoring the various decisions and directives coming from your office and, frankly, I find your anti-labor stance to be truly breath-taking. Unfortunately though, the buck doesn't stop with you. You are but the lackey who is carrying out your boss's orders. Yet another sorry example of the cynical disregard of this administration's callous disregard for the basic rights of American citizens.
# 294:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 14,
Mageda Merbouh, Ohio
# 293:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 14,
Ruth Keenan Evans, Florida
Power to the people! Workers rights will not be trampled
Power to the people! Workers rights will not be trampled
# 292:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 14,
Linda Lemmel, Ohio
# 291:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 14,
Jessica Dunahoo, Washington
# 290:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 14,
Jeff Miller, Wisconsin
# 289:
10:48 am PDT, Mar 14,
Ben Nation, Indiana
# 288:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 14,
Arthur Roach, Virginia
# 287:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 14,
Terry Garthwaite, California
# 286:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 14,
Dallas Wright, California
# 285:
10:47 am PDT, Mar 14,
Peggy W., Ohio
# 284:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, New York
IMPEACH BUSH
IMPEACH BUSH
# 283:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 14,
Gail Gitlin, New York
# 282:
10:46 am PDT, Mar 14,
R Burback, Virginia
politicians are crap.
politicians are crap.
# 281:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 14,
Derrick Buttchen, Wisconsin
# 280:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 14,
Nicole Scott, North Carolina
# 279:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 14,
Andrew Reichart, California
# 278:
10:45 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
Safety regulations are important! It keeps employers on their toes and workers safe from accidents that cause injuries, loss of limb and loss of life!!
Safety regulations are important! It keeps employers on their toes and workers safe from accidents that cause injuries, loss of limb and loss of life!!
# 277:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 276:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Herman E. Bender, Wisconsin
# 275:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Paula Williams, Alaska
The prevailing wisdom is that companies should be allowed to conduct their business without much interference because their economic prosperity is our economic prosperity, even if it means a "few" workers or people living near their factories are killed or become sick. It is a cost-benefit analysis of economic prosperity for the many at the expense of a "few." Whether you agree this should be done or not, the balance is shifting to the few benefiting and the many paying the price. Witness the growing gap between the rich and poor in this country, and the growing number of people with cancer and asthma. And what will the companies do when the people in this country are too impoverished to buy their goods? I guess they will just market in China and India. That is what your actions will bring us.
The prevailing wisdom is that companies should be allowed to conduct their business without much interference because their economic prosperity is our economic prosperity, even if it means a "few" workers or people living near their factories are killed or become sick. It is a cost-benefit analysis of economic prosperity for the many at the expense of a "few." Whether you agree this should be done or not, the balance is shifting to the few benefiting and the many paying the price. Witness the growing gap between the rich and poor in this country, and the growing number of people with cancer and asthma. And what will the companies do when the people in this country are too impoverished to buy their goods? I guess they will just market in China and India. That is what your actions will bring us.
# 274:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Jon Batson, New Hampshire
# 273:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Ronald Johnson, Idaho
# 272:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Ally Ringler, New York
# 271:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Douglas Ward, California
before the department of labor, manufacturers and other "consumers" of human labor assumed workers were something that naturally wore out and must be replaced regularly. OSHA et al. saved their bacon. Anyone who has done a repetative job should thank God for that Department, and rise up to protect it!
before the department of labor, manufacturers and other "consumers" of human labor assumed workers were something that naturally wore out and must be replaced regularly. OSHA et al. saved their bacon. Anyone who has done a repetative job should thank God for that Department, and rise up to protect it!
# 270:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
GLENN C REIMER, New York
It is beyond my ken that anyone could be so callous towards their own citizenry. What agenda are you setting? To whom do you think you report? WE THE PEOPLE pay your salary through our hard work and sweat, and to learn that our safety is being compromised by your actions is mortifying. Shame.
It is beyond my ken that anyone could be so callous towards their own citizenry. What agenda are you setting? To whom do you think you report? WE THE PEOPLE pay your salary through our hard work and sweat, and to learn that our safety is being compromised by your actions is mortifying. Shame.
# 269:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, South Carolina
# 268:
10:44 am PDT, Mar 14,
Jenny Gorsky, Illinois
# 267:
10:43 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 266:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 14,
Alice Manning, California
America's workers are the foundation of this country, IF you continue on this destructive path, your Children and Grandchildren will watch their country crumble. Please have some heart and a little bit of foresight!
America's workers are the foundation of this country, IF you continue on this destructive path, your Children and Grandchildren will watch their country crumble. Please have some heart and a little bit of foresight!
# 265:
10:42 am PDT, Mar 14,
Norman Pugliese, New Jersey
# 264:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Mary Perrizo, Oregon
# 263:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, Florida
Secretary Chao's actions as Secretary of Labor are a disgrace, both to herself and to our country.
Secretary Chao's actions as Secretary of Labor are a disgrace, both to herself and to our country.
# 262:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 261:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Lana Davidson, Florida
# 260:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Jessica Ferren, New Hampshire
Workers have had to fight long and hard for workplace protections and fair treatment. Please don't reverse a century's worth of struggle.
Workers have had to fight long and hard for workplace protections and fair treatment. Please don't reverse a century's worth of struggle.
# 259:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Gemariah Borough, Illinois
Big Brother is here. Guess what it is the consumer watching the government! Your going to be out of job soon, better prepare for that transition than to keep dismantling the worker in the United States of America.
Big Brother is here. Guess what it is the consumer watching the government! Your going to be out of job soon, better prepare for that transition than to keep dismantling the worker in the United States of America.
# 258:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Nick B. Chavez, California
yet another mindless robot on a losing sinking ship.
yet another mindless robot on a losing sinking ship.
# 257:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Bruce Kholooci, California
# 256:
10:41 am PDT, Mar 14,
Pamela Malcolm, New York
A worker's right to a clean and safe workplace should NEVER be compromised to increase the company's bottom line.
A worker's right to a clean and safe workplace should NEVER be compromised to increase the company's bottom line.
# 255:
10:40 am PDT, Mar 14,
Michelle Flowers, Washington
# 254:
10:40 am PDT, Mar 14,
Mitzi Aurilio, New York
# 253:
10:40 am PDT, Mar 14,
Troy Beecham, New York
# 252:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14,
Brian Ellison, Utah
# 251:
10:39 am PDT, Mar 14,
Doby Finn, Oregon