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folks- Glad to see all this movement on the US Chamber. This past summer, Catholics United wrote a letter to the Tom Donohue, president of the chamber and fellow Catholic. The letter has some pretty good signatures on it. We got a response from the US Chamber's chief counsel rebutting our claims. I haven't been able to figure out how to use this for any earned media. If you have ideas on how and whether to use this, can we find a time to talk? One thing to remember is that Donohue is acting in direct opposition to the Pope's latest encyclical on global economic justice. Sincerely, Js Text of letter to Chamber below and attached. Response from Chamber also attached. James Salt Organizing Director, Catholics United [email protected] 305-978-1056 cell 202-429-9685 desk skype: james_salt Dear Mr. Donohue, As Catholic leaders committed to promoting values of truth, human dignity, and the common good, we urge you to put an end to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's deceptive advertising campaign against the Employee Free Choice Act. As a fellow Catholic, you are surely aware of our Church's unequivocal support for workers' rights and the dignity of labor. In his 1891 Encyclical Rerum Novarum - the inaugural document of Catholic Social Teaching - Pope Leo XIII affirmed the Church's support for labor unions and the central role they can play in ensuring human dignity in the workplace. In his recent encyclical Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to honor labor "today even more than in the past, as a prompt and far-sighted response to the urgent need for new forms of cooperation at the international level, as well as the local level." Catholics may disagree in good conscience about whether the Employee Free Choice Act is the best way to realize Church teaching on workers' rights and labor unions. However, this does not excuse the Chamber's use of scare tactics and deception in order to turn the American public against the legislation and demonize those who support it. Here are some of the distortions to which we object: * The Employee Free Choice Act does not, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims, take away a worker's right to a secret ballot election. It does take away the employer's right to require a secret ballot election when a majority of workers have signed union cards. Elections are still required when less than a majority have signed cards or when workers choose to have an election. * The Chamber purports to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act's binding arbitration provisions on the grounds that outside arbitrators should not resolve contract disputes. However, the Chamber fails to mention that it strongly supports the use of binding arbitration in resolving consumer disputes. Many of your members - such as credit card companies - require customers to waive their right to legal recourse and submit to binding arbitration even before conflicts arise. * The Chamber claims that instituting harsher penalties for employers who violate workers' rights will place an undue burden on U.S. businesses. In reality, these penalties will correct a system that presently encourages such violations. The best way for employers to avoid penalties is to follow the law and respect the rights of their workers. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the Chamber's advertising campaign is its lack of recognition of the injustices the Employee Free Choice Act is intended to remedy. Each year, tens of thousands of U.S. workers are subjected to harassment and intimidation in the workplace because they exercised their legal and moral right to form a union, and many of the perpetrators of these injustices are members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This situation is untenable by any reasonable Catholic or American standard. In light of Pope Benedict's renewal of the Church's commitment to organized labor, we respectfully ask that you discontinue any anti-Employee Free Choice Act advertising that is currently underway, refrain from future deceptive messaging on the legislation, and correct the misleading information that is currently posted on the Chamber's Web site. Sincerely, Sr. Louise Akers, SC Coordinator of the Cincinnati Office of Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation, Cincinnati, OH Fr. Andy Alexander, SJ Vice-President for University Ministry, Creighton University, Omaha, NE Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS Executive Director, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, Washington, DC Chuck Collins Author, The Moral Measure of the Economy, Boston, MA Sr. Joy Connealy, ND Treasurer, Notre Dame Sisters, Omaha, NE Fr. John Dear, SJ Author, Cerrillos, NM Fr. Raymond Decker Independent Scholar Dr. Robert DeFina Professor, Villanova University, Villanova, PA Sr. Diane Donoghue, SSS Director of Development for the Sisters of Social Service, Encino, CA Fr. Norman F. Hunke St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Gretna, NE Dr. Joe Fahey Chair of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, Westchester, NY Fr. Don Fisher Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Sr. Maris Stella Korb, PBVM Director of Fargo Presentation Peace & Justice Center, Fargo, ND Chris Korzen Executive Director, Catholics United, Portland, ME Fr. George F. Lundy, SJ Director Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Catholic Student Center, Baton Rouge, LA Fr. Thomas Massaro, SJ Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Boston, MA Sr. Sharon McGuire, OP Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI Fr. Donald McIlvaine Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Sr. Amata Miller, IHM Director, Myser Initiative on Catholic Identity, St. Paul, MN Fr. John J. O'Brien, CP Burlington, MA Fr. Jack O'Malley Labor Chaplain Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Pittsburgh PA Sr. Mary Priniski, OP Adrian Dominican Sisters Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Atlanta GA Fr. John S. Rausch, Glenmary Director, Catholic Committee of Appalachia, Stanton, KY (Organizational affiliations for identification purposes only.) Fr. Anthony Rigoli, OMI Pastor, International Shrine of St. Jude, New Orleans, LA Dave Robinson Executive Director, Pax Christi USA, Erie, PA Fr. Rege Ryan Executive Director, Focus on Renewal, McKees Rocks, PA Fr. George Schultze, SJ Spiritual Director, St. Patrick's Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA Martin Sheen Actor, Los Angeles, CA Dr. John Trumpbour Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA "We firmly oppose organized efforts... to break existing unions and prevent workers from organizing." - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Support the Employee Free Choice Act. Join the campaign at www.CatholicsForWorkingFamilies.org. _____ From: Adam Jentleson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:54 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [big campaign] 88% Of Chamber Board $ Goes to GOP and Corporations Importance: High In light of the Chamber's unflattering <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/15/AR200911150 3159.html> close-up this morning, I wanted to make sure you saw this new breakdown of political contributions from its board members from ThinkProgress -- which shows that fully 88% of their political contributions go to either Republicans or big corporation. More data and charts at the link. -Adam <http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/14/chamber-of-gop/> The Board Of The 'Voice Of Business' Is A Republican Money Machine http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/14/chamber-of-gop/ The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which purports to be "the voice of business <http://uschamber.com/about/default.htm> ," is run by a Republican money machine. As the nation's largest lobbying shop, the Chamber is spending millions of dollars from its corporate members against President Obama's progressive agenda of health <http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/65477-us-chamber-employers -oppose-house-healthcare-bill> care, energy <http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/08/25/chamber-scopes-climate-trial/> , and financial <http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/09/08/chamber-ads/> reform. The Chamber claims that the "board's membership is as diverse as <http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/default> the nation's business community itself," but this is false. A ThinkProgress analysis of federal election contribution data compiled <http://blog.littlesis.org/2009/11/12/following-the-chamber-money-trail-part -1/> by the LittleSis project has found that the Chamber's 116-member board of <http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/all.htm> directorshas given more than six times as much money to Republican candidates and committees ($4,741,747) as it has to Democrats ($778,282), with $1,074,697 flowing to corporate political action committees: The top beneficiary of this outpouring of conservative cash is the Republican National Committee, which has received over ten times as much money from the Chamber's board as the Democratic National Committee - $1,257,201 versus $102,950. Contributions went 4.5 to 1 for John McCain ($373,150) versus Barack Obama ($82,150). Of the board's 116 members, 96 have made major political contributions. Sixty-eight directly contributed to the campaigns of George W. Bush or John McCain. In contrast, only 27 gave to the campaigns of Al Gore, John Kerry, or Barack Obama. Forty-seven board members, including Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue <http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/26/donohue-climate-change/> , have contributed more than 90 percent to Republicans, averaging $74,634 in GOP contributions. Only seven members have contributed more than 90 percent to Democrats, averaging $3,529 to Democrats. The political giving is dominated by leading <http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/07/29/newt-aswf-billionaires/> Republican billionaire George Argyros, the Bush pioneer who served a disastrous term as the U.S. ambassador to Spain. Argyros is also one of the top backers of Newt Gingrich's right-wing American Solutions for Winning the Future. The following visualization <http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/COC_contributi ons2.png> of Chamber of Commerce board member contributions is a sea of red surrounding a few small islands of blue. The size of each box is proportional to amount of total contributions per person, with the shading indicating percentage of Republican versus Democratic contributions: ----- Adam Jentleson Communications Director, Progressive Media Center for American Progress Action Fund [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ajentleson (AIM) 202-247-8614 (cell) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. To post to this group, send to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] E-mail [email protected] with questions or concerns This is a list of individuals. It is not affiliated with any group or organization. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.67/2506 - Release Date: 11/16/09 07:43:00 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. 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