Does Their Greed Ever End?

Send a fax to Enron and corporate creditors Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of New York. Tell them to support full severance packages for laid-off Enron workers.

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: Pay Full Severance to Laid-Off Workers

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

As a concerned consumer I am outraged that Enron and corporate creditors asked the bankruptcy court for an additional $130 million in new bonuses for executives and other "valued employees," while Enron and key creditors who serve on the Creditors Committee stand in the way of fair severance packages for laid-off workers.

Thousands of Enron workers lost their jobs without receiving the severance payments they were owed in the wake of the bankruptcy filing by the company. Most of these workers also lost thousands of dollars--their life savings--in their 401(k) plans. These workers are desperate for money needed to pay for medicine, rent, mortgages and other basic necessities. At the same time, executives and "valued" employees received more than $110 million in bonuses right before bankruptcy. In past years, Enron executives netted hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation. Now Enron?s top brass is seeking millions more in bonuses while workers wait.

Enron workers have asked the bankruptcy court to act to allow them to receive fair severance packages. Workers are trying to negotiate with Enron and the Creditors Committee. Now is the time for Enron and its creditors to stop standing in the way of the full severance laid-off Enron workers deserve and desperately need. I demand that you do your part to make this happen

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
April 03, 2002


Background Information

They did it again. Enron and their big corporate creditors asked the bankruptcy court to approve up to $130 million in new bonuses and incentives for executives and "key employees." Worse still, key creditors who serve on an official Creditors Committee--which approved these enormous bonuses--have decided to oppose any additional severance payments to thousands of Enron workers who lost their jobs, their pensions and their health care in the Enron collapse. Are they as greedy as Enron's former executives who drove the company into the ground?

Take one minute right now to tell Enron and corporate creditors, like Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and the Bank of New York, that you are outraged by their actions and that you demand they support full severance pay for laid-off workers.