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Urge the Senate to vote no on Judge Samuel Alito's
Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court
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| Call 1-888-355-3588 and
ask the switchboard to put you through to your Senator.
Urge your Senator to vote
against Judge Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Tell them that Judge Alito is far too extreme
to be on the Supreme Court and poses an enormous threat to the rights
and freedoms of working men and women.
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Jan. 12, 2006 -
This week the Senate began hearings on the nomination
of Judge Samuel Alito who President Bush has chosen to replace
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. AFSCME
is strongly opposed to the Alito nomination. Judge Alito’s
15 year record on the bench clearly shows that he lacks respect
for public workers and that he poses a threat to working men
and women in this country.
Here is why we cannot
support Judge Alito:
- While serving on the third circuit, Judge Alito wrote
an opinion in a Pennsylvania case that significantly limited
the application of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
to state employees. Rightfully so, the Supreme Court
ruled in disagreement with Alito, upholding the family care
provision of the FMLA.
- Judge Alito’s record shows a lack of respect
for workers safety rules. In 1977 Judge Alito ruled against
workers of a coal mine after the Mine Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) cited their employer for unsafe practices. Alito’s interpretation,
had it prevailed would have deprived many workers of MSHA’s protections.
In another case Judge Alito sided with a company that
had been cited twice in just two years by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) for safety violations
relating to the improper storage of dangerous chemicals.
- Judge Alito has consistently voted
to make it harder for working people to hold employers
accountable for engaging in discrimination.
- Samuel Alito supports limiting the
power of the federal government to protect individuals
who work for state and local governments.
See Related
No on budget cuts; Call
now to vital public services delivered by state employees
 Join
the online march
against the latest budget cuts that will hurt our most vulnerable
and the large tax breaks for the wealthy.
Download
Now - AFSCME White Paper on the budget cuts released by the Emergency
Campaign for America's Priorities (ECAP). 
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