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Remarks by Ralph Nader on the Passing of Helen Thomas July 20, 2013 There will never be another Helen Thomas. She shattered forever one anti-woman journalistic barrier after another in the Washington press corps and rose to the top of her profession’s organizations. Helen Thomas asked the toughest questions of Presidents and White House press…
July 17, 2013 Mayor Vincent Gray 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 316 Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Mayor Gray: As you gather the relevant information for your decision on the Large Retailer Accountability Act (passed by the D.C. Council which would require big box stores pay a $12.50 (minus benefits) minimum wage) please consider one reply…
Do you know anybody with a hernia problem who wants to repair it and have a vacation at the same time? Well, if you do, send them to Shouldice Hospital, right outside of Toronto, Canada, situated on 23 beautifully landscaped acres with greenhouses, walking paths, stables, a tennis court and putting greens. Over four days…
If Walmart Used Money It Has Set Aside for Stock Buyback on Workers, Each Walmart Employee in the U.S. Could Receive a $7,000 Annual Raise and Bring Home At Least $10.50 Per Hour July 15, 2013 On Monday, Ralph Nader sent a letter to Walmart President and CEO, Mike Duke, urging him to reconsider the…
“The former Winsted Savings Bank building on 654 Main Street, Winsted, Connecticut will be the new home of the nation’s first law museum – the American Museum of Tort Law,” Ralph Nader announced today. The law of torts, invoked by plaintiffs when there is wrongful injury to persons and property, traces back centuries to the…
July 9, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: Ever since your ringing announcement that you favor lifting the federal minimum wage from its frozen $7.25 per hour to $9.00 in your State of the Union Address on February 12, 2013, there has been little…
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Clinton: Think back to 1968. Did you expect that there would be thirty million American workers making less in 2013, inflation adjusted, then workers made in 1968? Would you have thought that this decline in real income would occur when in the intervening years, you, William Jefferson Clinton, were a two-term…
Nelson Mandela’s exceptional and exemplary life has and will produce worldwide celebrations of his extremely unique blend of character, personality and resolve for broad-gauged justice. To truly memorialize his contributions, however, requires grand actions. Taking immediate recognition of the deep wellsprings of respect, affection and sorrow over the loss of his leadership to the people…
Labor unions are far more inclined to publically express their patriotic commitment to the Pledge of Allegiance than U.S. chartered large corporations. In a survey by the Center for Study of Responsive Law, twenty of the largest unions and twenty of the largest U.S. Chartered corporations were asked on three separate occasions: Do you think…
“I am sorry that it has come to this.” Thus began the searing suicide note by 30-year-old Iraq War veteran, Daniel Somers on June 10, 2013 to his wife and family. On the other side of the violent divide are video messages from the suicide bombers – the oft-described “weapon of the weak” against U.S.…