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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: 3-10-2009
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]
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2:26 am PDT, Oct 16, Jane Cubelli, Massachusetts
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3:18 am PDT, Oct 12, Douglas Bright, California
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10:06 am PDT, Oct 5, Gwen Toffling, Pennsylvania
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12:05 pm PDT, Oct 4, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
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2:29 pm PDT, Sep 18, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
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10:27 pm PDT, Sep 11, Jill Lessing, California
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7:18 am PDT, Aug 29, Tara O'Sullivan, New York
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11:50 am PDT, Aug 28, Alla Khodir, New Jersey
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5:35 am PDT, Aug 26, Kelly Kemp, California
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6:33 pm PDT, Aug 25, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire
my life was destoyed because of a workplace that was highly dangerous and consistently denied people their rights...
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8:44 pm PDT, Aug 18, Joe Baker, California
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8:23 am PDT, Aug 15, Patricia Roemer, Alabama
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2:59 pm PDT, Aug 14, Name not displayed, New York
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5:40 pm PDT, Aug 4, Matthew Smith, South Carolina
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9:46 pm PDT, Aug 2, Andi Alnwick, New York
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2:18 pm PDT, Jul 30, Linda Bonura, Louisiana
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7:08 pm PDT, Jul 24, Andy Tam, South Carolina
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4:04 pm PDT, Jul 24, Name not displayed, Texas
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12:33 pm PDT, Jul 11, Peter McCumber, West Virginia
I care about workers rights because I am a worker.
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11:48 am PDT, Jul 5, Jaclyn Green, New Jersey
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8:35 pm PDT, Jul 4, Brittany Reed, Louisiana
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10:00 pm PDT, Jul 2, Karyn Storts-Brinks, Tennessee
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10:11 pm PDT, Jul 1, Allison McConway, Florida
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10:51 am PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, Missouri
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7:05 pm PDT, Jun 29, LEO STELLA, New Jersey
Workers are the Back-Bone of our Nation. They all deserve, nay, are ENTITLED to a living wage and extended Health Care Benefits.
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10:41 am PDT, Jun 28, Freedom WarFighter, Utah
Why are you there?
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12:32 pm PDT, Jun 25, Chloe Schwarz, California
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9:24 pm PDT, Jun 24, Donald Michaelsen, Arizona
ALCOA Corporaton willfully and deliberatly terminated my employment of eight years because my families health care costs were too high. After our twin sons were born my wife was diagnosed with a sever case of bi-polar condition and within the first year after our sons were born we maxed out our coverage for the year. The following year one of our twins had open heart surgery. Within one year I was out of a job, dispite seven years of positive job performance reviews from my supervisors. I have documented proof from a managment review that clearly targets "older employees". ALCOA's purpose was to cut their health care costs. As of this date they continue to hire only young people to fill positions in the company.
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2:21 pm PDT, Jun 7, Jamie Scott, Texas
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9:43 pm PDT, Jun 6, Sara Lawrence, Missouri
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9:56 pm PDT, Jun 5, Tatiana Kostanian, California
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11:27 am PDT, Jun 2, Nichole Long, Alabama
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