From: "Spadaro, Donna P MD" <Donna.Spadaro@USONCOLOGY.COM>
To: <dspadaro@cescowildblue.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 10:10 AM
Subject: FW: Protect Our Fundamental Human Rights
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From: peoplepower@aflcio.org [mailto:peoplepower@aflcio.org]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:27 AM
To: Spadaro, Donna P MD
Subject: Protect Our Fundamental Human Rights
Dear Donna,
Monday, Dec. 10, is International Human Rights Day--the day
commemorating the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights in 1948. The declaration states, "Everyone has the right
to form and join trade unions for the protection of his
interests."
Unfortunately, here in the United States, this fundamental human
right is under attack.
When you look at what employers are permitted to do, and when
you look at what the Bush administration's Labor Board has done
to roll back workers' rights, it is clear workers in America
don't have freedom to protect their own interests.
The freedom to form a union to bargain for a better life is an
internationally recognized human right, yet workers in America
are denied that right each and every day.
Click here to tell your senators to fight to restore these
rights and pass the Employee Free Choice Act:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/9d1k1qM1dq9t/
As a nation, we're not keeping our end of the bargain to
workers--not by anyone's standards.
Human Rights Watch, an internationally recognized watchdog
organization, studied what happens to workers in the United
States who try to form unions. The group found we've got a
fundamental human rights issue on our hands.
And the International Labor Organization has said the United
States is out of compliance with internationally recognized
workers' rights standards.
This week, hundreds of the world's labor leaders are gathering
in Washington, D.C., at the first-ever global organizing forum
addressing this very issue--how to uphold workers' rights to
form unions worldwide, including right here in the United
States.
Our system has to be changed to give all working people the
freedom to make their own choice about whether to have a union
and bargain for better wages and benefits.
The Employee Free Choice Act would do just that:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/9d1k1qM1dq9t/
This year, we have seen amazing progress on the bill. In March,
it sailed through the U.S. House; in May, it garnered majority
support in the U.S. Senate.
Our elected leadership is starting to get it. No single piece of
legislation will do more to lift the middle class and create the
America that everyone deserves.
The campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act won't end
until we have restored to U.S. workers the freedom to form
unions and bargain collectively for a better life. The fight is
on, and we will keep going until we win.
Click here to remind your senators: Working families need the
Employee Free Choice Act:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/9d1k1qM1dq9t/
In solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network
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