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TVI Employees Federation
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Nov. 3, 2004
Although working families’
presidential candidate did not win,
we made our voices heard.
The 55 million Americans who voted
for good jobs, health care,
retirement security, workers’ freedom
to form unions and real homeland
security cannot be ignored.
Most important, as we worked so hard
together over the past months—phone
banking, knocking on doors, educating
voters and more—we formed a mighty
force for change.
Our battle continues, and we will go
on to build a stronger America for
our working families.
Our job will be harder than it would
have been if we had John Kerry and
John Edwards in the White House. But
as long as we don’t give up or give
in, we will get that job done.
In the coming weeks, we will outline
plans for union members and other
working family activists to continue
our fight under what we know will be
tough conditions. We’ll make sure you
know how to be part of a large,
strong and growing movement for
change.
Thank you for all the hard work you
have done to make the voices of
working families heard in this
presidential election and for all the
work ahead.
In solidarity,
Working Families Network
Nov. 3, 2004
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Thursday, July 08, 2004
Subject:
Help Stop Bush's Overtime Pay
Take-Away
The U.S. House and Senate are meeting
during July for the last
three-week session before the Bush
overtime pay take-away goes
into effect Aug. 23. Action is
urgently needed right now even if
you've acted before.
After more than a year of lobbying
with letters, faxes, e-mails
and phone calls it comes down to
this: will we be able to put
enough pressure on senators and
members of Congress to make them
block the overtime pay take-away? The
answer is up to us. If we
act together we could make a
difference.
Please take one minute right now to
send a free fax to your
member of Congress and senators by
clicking on the link below.
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Tell them to act to block Bush's
overtime pay take-away.
Potentially millions of America's
workers--earning as little as
$23,600 a year--will lose much-needed
income they use to take
care of such everyday needs as health
care, housing costs and
even food.
The final regulation that would take
away overtime pay from
millions of America's workers was
issued by the Bush
administration in April. Effective
Aug. 23, employers may begin
to reclassify their employees as
exempt--denying them the right
to overtime pay. That is why action
right now is so important.
Click below now or keep reading for
more information.
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Even if you have acted before, we
need your help right now.
After you send your fax to your
senators and members of
Congress, please forward this e-mail
to your friends, family and
co-workers or click below to spread
the word.
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Here is a timeline of the upcoming
fight to save overtime pay.
July 6-23: The U.S. House and Senate
will meet to deliberate on
several issues. During these
deliberations there will be votes
on the Bush overtime pay take-away.
Please stay alert for the
exact dates.
Mid-July: The Economic Policy
Institute will release final
analysis of new overtime pay
regulations--predicting how many
workers will lose their right to
overtime pay effective Aug. 23.
July 23: U.S. House and Senate recess
until September.
Aug. 23: Bush overtime pay take-away
goes into effect. Employers
may begin reclassifying employees as
exempt.
Please fax your senators and
representatives today by clicking
below.
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Don't forget: please forward this
alert to your friends, family
and co-workers.
Thanks for all you do.
In Solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network,
AFL-CIO
July 8, 2004
P.S. For more information on the Bush
overtime pay take-away
click on the link below.
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From: Working Families e-Activist
Network
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004
Subject: Act for Corporate Reform
Before June 30
After the Enron collapse, Ken Lay,
ex-CEO of the pillaged energy
giant, explained to Congress the
biggest accounting loophole
used by companies today: not
expensing stock options. While
regulators have proposed to fix this
problem, rich Silicon
Valley executives are fighting to
keep their stock options off
the books.
Under current rules, companies don't
have to deduct the cost of
stock options from reported profits.
That's bad news for the
retirement savings of America's
working families who depend on
companies having honest accounting.
Please click below to take
action to end this practice or keep
reading for more
information.
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/expenseoptions
How much do these execs take home in
stock options? Check out
this list of CEO stock options at
some major corporations.
Agilent
Technologies
Edward W. Barnholt
$6,256,709
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Autodesk Inc.
Carol A. Bartz
$13,911,205
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Cisco Systems
John T. Chambers
$214,088,550
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Dell Computer
Michael S. Dell
$94,589,992
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Genentech Inc.
Arthur D. Levinson
$156,160,901
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Intel Corp.
Craig Barrett
$78,552,300
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Qualcomm Inc.
Irwin Mark Jacobs
$199,344,974
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Sun Microsystems
Scott G. McNealy
$30,983,520
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Valero Energy
William E. Greehey
$68,166,865
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Xilinx Inc
Willem P. Roelandts
$54,732,771
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These stock option numbers are
outrageous. Failure to expense
stock options has widened the pay gap
between CEOs and workers.
Last year, the average CEO made 301
times the average worker's
pay, up from 42 times in 1980.
Executives disproportionately
benefit from stock options and this
cost has been kept off the
books. Worse, the failure to expense
stock options has
artificially boosted profit
reports-making some under performing
CEOs and companies look robust.
Click to act:
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/expenseoptions
Stock options make up the biggest
part of a typical CEO's
paycheck, and this cost has been
hidden for too long. The
problem with not expensing stock
options is that companies have
treated them like free money when it
comes time to pay the CEO.
Help fix this problem by urging the
regulators to make stock
option expensing mandatory. No more
Enrons!
Thanks for all you do.
In solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network,
AFL-CIO
June 25, 2004
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Visit the web address below to tell
your friends, family and
co-workers about this.
http://www.unionvoice.org/join-forward.html?domain=wfean&r=1d1oazn1GpJU
If you received this message from a
friend, you can sign up for
Working Families e-Activist Network
at:
http://www.unionvoice.org/wfean/join.html?r=1d1oazn1GpJUE
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Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:34 PM
Subject: "I don't cross picket
lines. I never have."
"I don't cross picket lines. I never
have." With these eight
words, this past weekend Sen. John
Kerry illustrated the stark
difference between himself and George
W. Bush on workers'
rights, including workers' freedom to
form and join unions.
Sen. Kerry cancelled a speech at a
major meeting of U.S. mayors
rather than cross a picket line of
firefighters and police who
have been working in Boston without a
contract--some as long as
two years.
Unlike President Bush, Sen. Kerry
strongly supports workers'
freedom to form unions. Take action
on these differences at the
link below or keep reading.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/S11oazn1X7ZS/
Where do the presidential candidates
stand? Sen. Kerry is a
co-sponsor of the Employee Free
Choice Act--the most important
piece of workers' rights legislation
in decades--which would
help stop the employer harassment and
intimidation workers face
when forming a union. President Bush
hasn't taken a public stand
on the legislation--but his
administration is actively working
to undermine workers' unions and
stack the National Labor
Relations Board with anti-worker
appointees who have indicated
their intention to roll back workers'
rights.
Please take one minute right now to
thank Sen. Kerry for his
support of workers' rights--and urge
President Bush to change
his mind about workers' freedom to
choose a union by clicking on
the link below.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/S11oazn1X7ZS/
Find out more about where Sen. Kerry
and President Bush stand by
downloading this leaflet comparing
their positions on workers'
freedom to choose a union (file,
400KB).
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Sd1oazn1X7ZL/
Please share this leaflet and this
e-mail with your friends,
family and co-workers.
You won't be acting alone. This week,
during the Voice@Work
National Workplace Week of Action
June 28-July 4, thousands of
people will reclaim Independence Day
and demand that we restore
workers' freedom to form unions and
bargain collectively in
America.
Today, workers have lost this right
in America's workplaces. In
fact, workers who attempt to form
unions in the private sector
are illegally fired in 25 percent of
union election campaigns.
The Employee Free Choice Act would
remove many of the obstacles
workers currently face.
Please stand in solidarity on this
important issue and take
action right now at the link below.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/S11oazn1X7ZS/
Everyone suffers when workers lose
the freedom to form unions.
The Employee Free Choice Act would
allow workers to form a union
through a majority verification
process, allow employees to seek
mediation and arbitration in securing
a first contract and
increase penalties against employers
that violate the law.
Thanks for all you do.
In solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network,
AFL-CIO
June 29, 2004
P.S. Don't forget to download a
leaflet showing the differences
between Sen. Kerry and President Bush
on workers' freedom to
choose a union by clicking on the
link below (file, 400 KB).
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Sd1oazn1X7ZL/
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From:
Working Families e-Activist Network
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:50
PM
Bush Team Moves Against Right to
a Union
Dear Working Families e-Activist:
Last week Bush administration
appointees at the National Labor
Relations Board took some alarming
steps toward undermining
voluntary union recognition--an
important way workers form and
join unions.
This action is a clear sign the Bush
administration plans to
continue eroding workers' freedom to
form unions. This is a
tragic step backward--but one we can
fight together.
This month, thousands of volunteers
are going door to door in
battleground states, talking with
union voters about America's
priorities, George W. Bush's failed
record and John Kerry's plan
to create good jobs and make health
care affordable for all.
Please take one minute right now to
volunteer in your community
by clicking on the link below.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/1p1oazn1NpZW/
Compare where President Bush and Sen.
Kerry stand on workers'
freedom to choose a union. Bush
repeatedly has taken away
federal workers' union rights. Sen.
Kerry strongly supports
workers' right to form and join
unions and is fighting for
needed labor law reform. This is
another reason we must work
together and volunteer.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/1p1oazn1NpZW/
All of the hard work going on during
this June's mobilization
leads up to a Voice@Work National
Workplace Week of Action June
28 through July 4. Thousands of
workers and their allies will
take action to support the Employee
Free Choice Act (EFCA). Look
for more on the week of action and
the EFCA soon. Right now you
can download a leaflet showing the
differences between Bush and
Kerry on the freedom to choose a
union by clicking on the link
below (file, 400 KB).
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/171oazn1NpZO/
We'll update you on what can be done
to stop the Bush
administration's move against
workers' freedom to form unions
after expert analysis has been
completed.
Thanks for all you do.
In solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network,
AFL-CIO
June 16, 2004
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From:
Working Families e-Activist Network
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:41 PM
Sign
Up for the June Mobilization for
Working Families
Dear Working Families e-Activist:
Today, you can make a big difference.
There are only 159 days until the
November election and your
action is urgently needed. President
Bush has spent more than
$120 million of his campaign war
chest trying to mislead
America about his record and attack
the credentials of Sen. John
Kerry, a war hero and a leader for
working families' priorities.
We're going to beat Bush's money by
hitting the streets and
telling the truth. Sign up for our
June mobilization by clicking
on the link below or keep reading.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/I71oazn1Z1Fx/
This June, the union movement is
inviting people to go door to
door in key battleground states where
the election will be
closest--talking to union voters
about America's priorities,
President Bush's failed record and
John Kerry's plans to create
good jobs and make health care
affordable for all.
Tens of thousands of volunteers are
needed in the 16
battleground states: Arizona,
Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington,
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Please take one minute right now to
sign up for this important
work by clicking on the link below. A
volunteer coordinator will
contact you personally with more
details about volunteer options
in your community.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/I71oazn1Z1Fx/
The BEST way to protect overtime pay,
win good jobs and
guarantee affordable health care for
all is to replace George W.
Bush and elect Sen. John Kerry.
Without a change in the White
House, we won't get the leadership we
need for America's
priorities.
Here is what we urge you to do:
1. Please sign up to volunteer by
clicking on the link below.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/I71oazn1Z1Fx/
2. After you sign up, help us build
the movement that will stop
Bush's agenda: E-mail your friends,
family and co-workers. Ask
them to volunteer with you.
3. Download a printable sign-up sheet
and ask other people to
volunteer with you during June. Click
here to download the
sign-up sheet.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Id1oazn1Z1Fs/
4. Finally, and most important,
please show up for the volunteer
event you have signed up for in your
community.
Volunteer events will be scheduled
for different weekends in
June. A local volunteer coordinator
will contact you personally
with more information, including the
dates and times of
volunteer opportunities.
We know that taking a few hours out
of your busy week to
volunteer can be hard. Family and
work responsibilities are very
demanding. But the outcome of this
election will determine the
quality of life that you and your
family enjoy. Volunteering now
is the best way to protect overtime
pay and fight for good jobs,
quality health care, great schools
and everything else we care
about. The future of America depends
on it--we need leadership
for America's priorities.
Please click below to volunteer now.
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/I71oazn1Z1Fx/
Thanks for all you do.
In solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network,
AFL-CIO
May 26, 2004
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Sent:
Tuesday, March 09,
2004 3:24 PM
Subject: Efforts to Protect Overtime
Pay Under Attack
Dear Working Families e-Activist:
Last week we reported to you that the
Bush overtime pay take-away is likely
to be finalized by President Bush and
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao before
the end of March. An announcement
could come as soon as this Friday.
Now, President Bush's top political
allies are attacking efforts to
protect overtime pay. They're
pressuring television stations not to
run TV ads paid for by the MoveOn.org
Voter Fund that are critical of
Bush's overtime pay take-away. They
don't want you to hear what's about
to happen to the paychecks of
millions of America's workers.
It's more important than ever that
you reach out to your friends, family
and co-workers to let them know about
the Bush overtime pay take-away.
Please ask them to sign the Petition
to Save Overtime Pay at the link
below.
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Overtime pay is critical to the
well-being of millions of working
families--and the Bush
administration's paycheck heist must
be exposed. You have done a great job
of keeping this issue alive. Senators
and representatives in Congress
have voted right on this issue under
pressure from you. Now, the goal is
to get the word out to people who
haven't signed the petition or
haven't heard about what is going on.
That is how we'll win.
Please send an e-mail to your
friends, family and co-workers.
Ask them to sign the Petition to Save
Overtime Pay at the link below.
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We also suggest you send a short note
to other e-mail lists you are on. For
example, there may be an e-mail list
in your community that allows you to
post messages. Think about e-mail
lists you are on through a sports
team, a hobby club--any way you have
access to groups of people who need
the opportunity to protect workers'
paychecks. These lists are
opportunities for you to spread the
word. Please forward a note with a
link to the petition website.
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You can also download a printable
petition form to circulate in
your workplace, neighborhood or
community. Please get as many
signatures as you can.
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The petition has been a huge success.
Since last week's update,
more than 50,000 new people have
signed the Petition to Save
Overtime Pay. That only happened
because of the outreach you did
to protect good jobs and good
paychecks. Let's keep it going!
Thanks for all you do. Look for
another update soon.
In Solidarity,
Working Families e-Activist Network,
AFL-CIO
March 9, 2004
P.S. Here is a news story about the
Republican National
Committee's attack on MoveOn's
overtime pay TV ads.
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You can check out the full MoveOn
Voter Fund TV ad at the link
below (RealPlayer required).
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/zd1oazn1c7ox/
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