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Support Our Agenda for Change
Sign this petition and notify:
Your Congressperson and your Senators...
It is time we promote economic policies in this country that actually support job creation at home instead of government giving incentives to those exporting our jobs and high-tech industry. As a first step you should begin implementing the following program:
1. Pass the "Defend American Dream Act," H.R. 4378, which would reform the H-1B visa program so it no longer allows the tech industry to directly replace U.S. workers and unfairly treat guest workers. This bill would reduce the cap to its former levels of 65,000 and build real worker protections and labor standards into the program. Sponsored by Rep. Pascrell (D-NJ)
2. Pass Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) reform so that service sector workers who lose their job due to foreign trade would receive TAA benefits, as do manufacturing workers.. The bill is H.R. 4156 in the House and S.1309 in the Senate. Sponosored by Rep. Smith (D-WA) and Sen. Cantwell (D-WA).
3. Tax dollars should be spent on creating jobs at home, not outsourcing jobs abroad. For example 48 out of 50 states have their welfare call centers located in foreign countries. The Call Center Consumer Right to Know Act would give consumers the option of choosing to be connected to a call center employee based in the US. It would also require call center employees to disclose the city, state and country where they are operating. The Bill numbers are H.R. 4932 and S. 2553, sponsored by Rep. Strickland (D-OH) and Sen. Kerry (D-MA).
4. Create international trade agreements that support job creation in the U.S. instead of the current agreements that favor multinational corporations, regardless of the effect on workers, their familes, and their communities?and even our national economic and technical interests.
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Subject: Support Our Agenda for Change
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
It is time we promote economic policies in this country that actually support job creation at home instead of government giving incentives to those exporting our jobs and high-tech industry. As a first step you should begin implementing the following program:
1. Pass the "Defend American Dream Act," H.R. 4378, which would reform the H-1B visa program so it no longer allows the tech industry to directly replace U.S. workers and unfairly treat guest workers. This bill would reduce the cap to its former levels of 65,000 and build real worker protections and labor standards into the program. Sponsored by Rep. Pascrell (D-NJ)
2. Pass Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) reform so that service sector workers who lose their job due to foreign trade would receive TAA benefits, as do manufacturing workers.. The bill is H.R. 4156 in the House and S.1309 in the Senate. Sponosored by Rep. Smith (D-WA) and Sen. Cantwell (D-WA).
3. Tax dollars should be spent on creating jobs at home, not outsourcing jobs abroad. For example 48 out of 50 states have their welfare call centers located in foreign countries. The Call Center Consumer Right to Know Act would give consumers the option of choosing to be connected to a call center employee based in the US. It would also require call center employees to disclose the city, state and country where they are operating. The Bill numbers are H.R. 4932 and S. 2553, sponsored by Rep. Strickland (D-OH) and Sen. Kerry (D-MA).
4. Create international trade agreements that support job creation in the U.S. instead of the current agreements that favor multinational corporations, regardless of the effect on workers, their familes, and their communities?and even our national economic and technical interests.
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Campaign Launched:
June 16, 2006
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