Sign the Petition for Decent Pay in the Gulf Coast

I thought you might be interested in this Working Families e-Activist Network petition to protect workers wages in the Gulf Coast region.

In his first act after the storm, Bush issued an executive order taking wage protections away from construction workers who will rebuild the Gulf Coast.

The Bush administration also is using the disaster to attack federal standards by lifting many affirmative action rules for reconstruction contracts and suspending regulations limiting the number of hours truckers can drive when transporting fuel.

In addition, Bush has weakened restrictions giving contracting preferences to small and minority-owned businesses and has suspended the Jones Act, which requires transport of petroleum, gasoline and other petroleum products on U.S.-flagged ships while operating in U.S. coastal waters.

Please sign the petition calling for President Bush and Congress to restore workers wages in the Gulf Coast region.

If you go to the URL below, you can check out what is at stake and send your own message directly to President Bush, your member of Congress and senators. Sign the petition and make your voice heard with this action alert from Working Families e-Activist Network at:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/protect_workers?rk=h7SCqOS1Hug5W