It's no secret that in the last four years, the Bush administration has eliminated major protections designed to keep Americans safe at home and work.
- George Bush is taking away the right to overtime pay from up to 6 million Americans, including nurses, cooks, clerical workers, and nursery school teachers.
- George Bush allowed dirty power plants to expand without controlling their emissions.
- George Bush endangered pregnant workers when he stopped regulating exposure to the chemicals used in the manufacturing of semiconductors.
- George Bush rolled back mercury regulations and proposed to defer controls on toxic mercury emissions by power plants for at least a decade.
- George Bush reduced protections for mine workers and eliminated rules to protect workers from tuberculosis.
George Bush gutted health and safety protections in response to pressure from top donors and corporate lobbyists. For example, David Lauriski, head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, removed protections for coal workers, that he originally sought when he was serving as an executive of a mining company. Chemical industry executives donated more than $1.5 million to Bush's 2000 campaign and were rewarded with looser regulations that boosted corporate profits but put pregnant workers at greater risk.
We need you to get the word out in your community that George Bush sacrifices public safety in favor of corporate profit.
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper today by visiting:
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The Kerry-Edwards Media Corps is our grassroots rapid-response network and is responsible for pushing countless issues to the forefront. If you aren't able to write a letter to the editor today, but would like to join our team, sign up by visiting:
http://www.johnkerry.com/signup/mediacorps.php
Last week, members of Media Corps wrote close to a thousand letters to the editor about the GOP funded Swift Boat Veterans for Truth smear campaign, stem cell research and the rising costs of prescription drugs; and when it was announced that Bush wouldn't take questions during a rare, hour long interview with Larry King, members of Media Corps responded with half an hour's notice and delivered a thousand emails in protest to CNN.
Please become a part of our grassroots rapid response network today.
Thank you,
Mary Beth Cahill
Campaign Manager
Posted at 09:44 am by blogswarm
