[From Robert Weissman & Russell Mokhiber] An easy way to help workers. ian > > > A few weeks ago, the Focus on the Corporation column was titled "A Law and > Order Regulation for Corporations." The subject was a proposal to prevent > the U.S. government from entering into contracts with companies that are > chronic or serious violators of labor, environmental, tax, antitrust or > employment laws. This note is a follow up to that column. > > For more details, see the Essential Action web page, > http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw. > > The federal government is now accepting comments on the proposed > regulation. Business groups are weighing in heavily against it; and so if > the proposal is to be enacted, it is vital that citizens and public > interest groups submit comments in support of the regulation. > > It is easy to submit comments -- even a comment that says nothing more > than, "I support the principle that the federal government should not > contract with companies that seriously transgress the law" is valuable, > and comments can be submitted by e-mail (as well as regular mail). > > For background on the proposed regulation, and tips on what to say in > comments, see the Essential Action web page, > http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw. You can e-mail comments > directly to the agency from this page. > > If you are so eager to send comments that you don't even want to check the > page, you can send them by e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by regular > mail to: > > General Services Administration > FAR Secretariat (MVR) > 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035 ATTN: Laurie Duarte > Washington, D.C. 20045 > > Be sure to mention in all written comments that you are commenting in > reference to FAR case 99-010. > > ** Please pass this note on to friends, colleagues and relevant > listserves. ** > > > >