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!

We've spent months researching Chao's deplorable conduct, and we're unleashing a major campaign to turn up the public pressure. Why now? Because the policies she could try to push through as she leaves would take years to undo - even in a new administration.

Elaine has already:

• Impeded the investigation of mine safety failures the investigation of mine safety failures after the deadly Crandall Mine cave-in;
• Allowed companies to avoid buying safety gear companies to avoid buying safety gear - contributing to 400,000 workers injured and 50 dead;
• Fast-tracked anti-union lawyers, executives, and shady lobbyists to positions of power anti-union lawyers, executives, and shady lobbyists to positions of power, including one who wrote a report titled "How to close down the Department of Labor;" and
• Used taxpayers' dollars taxpayers' dollars to order fake gold souvenir coins with her face on them.