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President Bush cut pay for workers already in economic distress by issuing an executive order that removed Davis-Bacon Act community wage standards from construction workers who will rebuild the Gulf Coast.

And now, Republican extremists in Congress have introduced legislation to automatically suspend these wage protections for a year in future disaster sites.

These community wage standards were modest to begin with, averaging about $9.50 an hour—less than $20,000 a year—in the hurricane-stricken Gulf states.

People everywhere are outraged by this pay cut for workers who are desperately trying to rebuild their communities and their lives. It's time to turn our outrage into action by getting hundreds of thousands of signatures on our Petition for Decent Pay in the Gulf Coast.

Please sign the petition below, then urge friends, relatives and others to sign it as well. President Bush and your members of Congress will receive messages telling them you have signed the petition.