Special Features

Labor Day Letter to President Obama

Dear President Obama: Labor Day 2012 is approaching. Besides your usual Labor Day message, you should consider making this a major event dedicated to America’s workers. The meaning of Labor Day has been overtaken by the commercialists who see it as a day for shopping and sales. With your bully pulpit there are strong leadership…

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Open Letter to Plaintiff Trial Lawyers

Dear Plaintiff Trial Lawyers of America: The common law of torts, which came from England to the Thirteen Colonies, has been elaborated in tens of thousands of judicial decisions with one basic message – if a person suffers a wrongful injury or harm, he or she can seek redress in court with a trial by…

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Nader to Costco CEO Craig Jelinek

W. Craig Jelinek July 9, 2012 President and CEO, Costco Wholesale Corporate Office 999 Lake Drive Issaquah, WA 98027 Dear Mr. Jelinek, We are writing you today to urge Costco to publicly support raising the minimum wage. In early June, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. proposed legislation, the “Catching Up to 1968 Act of 2012” (H.R.…

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Ralph Nader: Walmart Support a Minimum Wage Raise

Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Calls on Walmart to Support Raising the Minimum Wage, Help Jumpstart Economy and Increase Consumer Spending In 2005, Walmart first expressed its support of increasing the minimum wage. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader sent a letter to Walmart CEO, Mike Duke today calling on the corporation to again support raising the minimum wage…

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DC Statehood Limited General Strike News Conference

News Advisory: What: Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and citizen leaders hold news conference to announce a limited general strike to support D.C. Statehood When: Monday, July 2, 2012, 10:30 a.m. Where: Public Citizen headquarters –1600 20th St. N.W., Washington DC Contact: Ralph Nader 202-387-8030 (Washington, D.C.) – Ralph Nader and nine D.C. area-based national and…

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Statement of Ralph Nader on Supreme Court Pro-Corporate Decision

Ralph Nader June 25, 2012 In reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of Montana [1] that found corporate independent expenditures in elections to be corrupting, the usual “gang of five” majority on the Supreme Court continued its judicial drive to change the meaning of the preamble to our Constitution from “we the people” to “we…

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Corporate Pledge of Allegiance Letter

Letter on Corporate Pledge of Allegiance Please click the link above to view the letter written by Ralph Nader to the CEOs of the 20 largest U.S. corporations. ExxonMobil Wal-Mart Stores Chevron Conoco Phillips General Motors General Electric Cardinal Health Fannie Mae Ford Motor Hewlett-Packard AT&T Valero Energy Bank of America Corp. McKesson Verizon Communications…

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Upholding and Defending the Constitution

Honorable Patrick Leahy Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Honorable Lamar Smith Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Upholding and Defending the Constitution Dear Chairman Leahy…

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In Open Letter to Yankees Brass, Nader Decries In-Game Ads on Radio Broadcasts

Randy Levine, President Brian Cashman General Manager New York Yankees Yankee Stadium East 161st Street River Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 Gentlemen: When I was growing up in Connecticut, I’d listen with pleasure to Mel Allen’s radio broadcasts of the New York Yankee games. The commercials were reserved for the commercial breaks – between half innings.…

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Letter to Obama on the Take Back the American Dream Conference

Dear President Obama: Can you imagine President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney refusing year after year to go a few blocks from the White House and address the largest congregation of supporters, Republicans, conservatives, corporatists – call them what you will – and getting away with it? Well, that is what you…

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