To all who use Workings Assets (WALD) as their long distance phone company. As you know WALD has program funding nonprofit organisations working for progressive causes. However, they are yet to provide funding to any organization defending workers' rights in this country. To my knowledge, they have been funding mainly organizations that save whales, plant trees for peace and kindred hippe causes. I am by no means suggestiong that these causes are not important, all I am saying that workers' right in this cauntry are an endangered species that can become extinct even before the spotted owl. Any WALD customer has a right to nominate a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit to their funding program. I recently exercised that right by nominating Jobs with Justice. I urge any WALD custemore to do the same -- write them a letter demanding that they fund an organization that is explictly devoted to protecting labour rights and economic democracy at home. A copy of my letter to WALD follows. Donations Manager Working Assets 701 Montgomery St. 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Dear Sir or Madam, I hereby nominate Jobs with Justice for your funding program. Jobs with Justice is a nation-wide, 501 (c) (3) organization working in the area of workers' rights and economic justice. Its national office is located at 501 3rd St. NW, Washington, DC 20001. I am forwarding a copy of this letter to JwJ's national office with a request to send the required documentation to you. In all likelihood, that documentation will not reach your office before the May 31 deadline. Nonetheless, I strongly urge you to consider Jobs with Justice for possible inclusion in your funding program. To my knowledge, Working Assets has not yet supported any organization specifically devoted to defending workers' rights and economic democracy in the US. Given the dismal state of workers' rights in this country that are further eroded by concerted corporate efforts, this omission is simply unacceptable. Sincerely, S. Wojciech Sokolowski wojtek sokolowski institute for policy studies johns hopkins university baltimore, md 21218 [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (410) 516-4056 fax: (410) 516-8233
