The single-minded focus on immigration enforcement without regard to violations of workplace laws has enabled employers with rampant labor and employment violations to profit by employing workers who are terrified to complain," said the authors of the report by the AFL-CIO, National Employment Law Project and American Rights at Work Education Fund.
But she was also the only member of Congress to serve on the board of directors of American Rights at Work, a pro-labor lobbying group that is a strong proponent of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would eliminate secret-ballot elections in union organizations in favor of a card-check system.
Organizations in the study were: American Rights at Work, Amnesty international, Autism Society of America, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, CARE, EarthJustice, Easter Seals, Environmental Defense Fund, Habitat For Humanity, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights First, Humane Society of the United States, IFAW, League of Conservative Voters, Oxfam American, pre[k]now, Save Darfur, and SaveOurEnvironment.
com/movie * Friends with Low Wages: Using Garth Brooks' exclusive deal with Wal-Mart, American Rights at Work produced a parody of his hit song "Friends in Low Places" to raise public awareness of Wal-Mart's union-busting tactics.
Coalition members include: AFL-CIO, Change to Win, Sierra Club, Campaign for America's Future, National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, National Consumers League, AFSCME, American Rights at Work, Communications Workers of America, Interfaith Worker Justice, LIUNA, National Labor Coordinating Committee, Service Employees International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Auto Workers, United Farmer Workers and United Steel Workers.
