Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has certainly disgraced her office.  But what's her worst deed? Is it pushing to cut 8 million workers' overtime pay?  Failing to issue fines for more than 4,000 mine safety violations?  Actively campaigning against bipartisan legislation that restores the rights of workers to freely and fairly form unions?  

You tell us.  Read the full list of nominees and then cast your vote.  Once we've narrowed our list down to the three "worst of the worst," we'll release it to the media and bloggers and expose just how much damage Elaine has done.

Voting ends Friday, March 14, so click here to see the list and vote now.

Workers at Atria Senior Living are being threatened and intimidated for trying to form a union.

Caring for our nation's elderly is an important job, and workers at Atria deserve a living wage, affordable healthcare, and the training and support they need to do their jobs well. They also have the right to a free and fair process to decide on forming a union.

Workers at Atria barely make ends meet, yet the highly successful senior living chain is affiliated with a big Wall Street firm called Lazard that has the means to support them. 

It's time to give these Wall Street execs an earful!  Tell the Wall Street execs at Atria and Lazard to stop unionbusting and play fair.

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President Bush has appointed some real scoundrels over the years, but Elaine Chao has to be one of the worst. 

As Secretary of Labor, she's done horrible damage to workers' rights - everything from slashing worker safety programs to jeopardizing overtime pay for 8 million workers. 

With 11 months left in office, the worst could be yet to come. That's why we need YOU to let Elaine know you're watching her and tell her to clean up her act. 

To make sure Elaine knows America is watching, we want to collect 20,000 letters and we'll personally hand-deliver them to her office.

Tell Elaine Chao that she needs to start protecting workers!

Many of us watched in horror last summer as miners lost their lives in the Crandall Canyon mine collapse in Utah, and before that, the disasters at Sago, Darby and Aracoma mines. After multiple debacles, you’d think the government would make mine safety a top priority.  Think again.  Recent reports uncovered a huge failure at the federal agency in charge of mine safety.  

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) failed to fine more than 4,000 safety & health violations over the last six years for mines that broke regulations.

Richard Stickler, the man responsible for mine safety in this country, needs some help. We put together some ideas for how Mr. Stickler can actually do his job.

» Can you send a note to MSHA Administrator Richard Stickler?

One penny per pound. Florida farmworkers have been fighting for an increase of just one penny more for every pound of tomatoes they pick for the fast food industry. 

You already helped convince McDonald’s to pay this extra penny – last April, McDonald’s followed the lead of Yum! Brands (owner of Taco Bell and other national food chains) in increasing wages and improving working conditions for these workers.  

But Burger King is a different story.  Not only is Burger King refusing to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to improve labor standards, it’s also trying to undermine the agreements already in place with other fast food chains. 

Stand up for farmworkers by demanding that Burger King play fair and treat workers with respect. Activists working for farmworker justice will deliver your signature, along with thousands of others, to Burger King in February.

» Sign our petition asking Burger King to play fair!