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Tell Congress to Strengthen Our Labor Laws
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    Taylor Leake
    Philadelphia, PA
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

The International Trade Union Confederation just released a report prepared for the WTO detailing the state of labor standards in the United States. It found a broken system of labor laws that in effect allowed companies to hire union busters, prevent workers from exercising their right to organize, fire and harass workers, and more.

Tell Congress it is time to enact serious change to our labor law system including:

-real penalties for illegally firing a worker for union activity.

-a way to ensure companies bargain in good faith when workers choose to be represented by a union.

-an unequivocal right to collective bargaining and strike, regardless of sector or industry.

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Strengthen Our Labor Laws

Greetings,

The International Trade Union Confederation just released a report prepared for the WTO detailing the state of labor standards in the United States. (Please read it here: http://www.ituc-csi.org/report-for-the-wto-general-council,7686.html.) It found a broken system of labor laws that in effect allowed companies to hire union busters, prevent workers from exercising their right to organize, fire and harass workers, and more.

We need a much stronger set of labor laws that actually protect our work force, not corporations. They must ensure that there is legislation that will:

-provide effective penalties against acts of anti-union discrimination and firing by employers.

-prevent companies from refusing to bargain with workers once they have chosen to be represented by a union.

-allow all workers, including government employees at all levels, agricultural workers, supervisors, independent contractors and domestic workers, to collectively bargain and strike.

Without these essential changes in our labor law, our workers will continue to be exploited and our companies will continue to break our ineffective and weak laws.

Thank you,

[Your name]

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