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December 10th is the worldwide anniversary
of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. During
the week of Dec. 4-10, UE members and working people all across the United
States will raise their voices in support of our fundamental rights —
including the right to organize and join a union and bargain a union
contract! |
Freedoms Denied
in the U.S. |
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More than 15,000 workers have been fired — so far this year — by employers trying to smash union organizing efforts. A worker is fired or disciplined for organizing every 23 minutes! |
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Millions of public sector workers in the South, including thousands of UE members in North Carolina and Virginia, have no collective bargaining or labor rights whatsoever! |
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92% of employers hold
“captive-Audience” sessions to intimidate workers who are organizing! |
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Bosses refuse to sign first
union contracts 50% of the time when workers win NLRB elections. |
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Toothless laws that
“protect” our rights are ignored by bosses and our government
alike! |
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Union-busting has become a
secret, unregulated, multi-billion dollar growth industry! |
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This is why UE members are taking part in Human Rights
Week from now until December 10th ...
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HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK Human Rights Week
activities are planned in many UE cities. In Raleigh, North Carolina,
UE and its allies will go to the governor’s mansion to announce the filing
of a petition with the International Labor Organization, an agency of
the United Nations, charging that state officials are violating the
human rights of public employees by denying them the right to collective
bargaining. |
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Across the U.S. our rights to organize, bargain and strike have been
derailed by a combination of employers who break the law and
politicians who ignore the wholesale violation of workers’ rights. This labor rights emergency has real
consequences for all working people. |
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Our wages, working conditions, benefit levels, and living standards are eroding because bosses get away with using ferocious and illegal tactics to stop workers from exercising their right to
organize |
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Recent polls show more than 40 million American workers want a union today, but can’t get one
because of employer interference. |
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UE members from Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina assembled in Richmond, Va.
on International Human Rights Day, 2003, to demand that the basic human right to organize be fully recognized in the United States.
This year, the state of North Carolina being formally charged as a human
rights violator. |
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What can you do to
help restore your rights?
- Between December 4th and 10th UE members will join or sponsor
activities in Massachusetts, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin and other states. Find an action
and join in!
- Visit the AFL-CIO's Human Rights Day Calendar or contact
a UE leader or organizer to find an Human Rights Day event in
your area
- Help your UE sisters and brothers in North Carolina by sending a
message to their governor. Tell Gov. Easley to take swift action to
provide full collective bargaining rights to public sector workers in
his state. E-mail your messages to governor.office@ncmail.net.
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Actions to Take:
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Call your members of Congress
at (202)224-3121 and demand that they co-sponsor the Employee Free
Choice Act (S.842/H.R.1696) to restore our right to unionize! Send
an email from the American Rights at Work Website. |
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Read about the Employee Free Choice Act. |
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Get into the fight for workers’ rights by supporting UE organizing campaigns. Together, we can
reclaim our rights.
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Keep up the Fight!
Demand the Right to
Organize, Bargain & Strike!
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