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URGENT SIGN-ON LETTER TO NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CEO

Community and Labor Leaders from more than 20 Countries have signed this letter blasting National Semiconductor's Health Record. Add your name to the list!

Brian Halla, CEO
National Semiconductor
2900 Semiconductor Way
PO Box 58090
Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090

Dear Mr. Halla:

I am deeply disturbed that National Semiconductor has ignored the health hazards for the workers at its plant in Scotland. Instead, your company has paid for a half-page ad in the local Greenock newspaper to deny that health hazards exist, following a recent BBC Frontline special which featured women working at National Semiconductor in Greenock who are suffering from illnesses such as breast, uterine and stomach cancer and leukemia.

I endorse the campaign of the International Campaign for Responsible Technology and call on National Semiconductor to commit to abide by:

  • the covenants of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights, especially article 23 which addresses the rights of people to favorable conditions of work and
  • the conventions of the International Labor Organizations, especially the convention on Occupational Safety and Health (1981) which requires that employers ensure that the chemical substances under their control are without risk to health and that workers have a need for, and right to, information about the chemicals they use at work;
  • and the Chemicals Convention (1990) which requires employers to assess, monitor and record the exposure of workers to hazardous chemicals to safeguard their safety and health.
  • Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

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    Name, Organization (for identification purposes only), Country

    Lee Rhiannon, Aid/Watch. Australia
    Carol Webb, Finance Sector Union, Australia
    Jennifer Morrison, Ripple Graphics, Australia
    Tafazzul Hussaing, Bangladesh Jatio Sramik Federation,, Bangladesh
    Saleha Sattar, Ganatanik Mahila Shangha, Bangladesh
    Roger Daenekindt, Sister\Brotherhood of Philippine Labor-KPP. Belgium
    Ruben Born, Vitae Civilis Institute, Brazil
    Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute, Canada
    Caspar Davis, Canada
    Ed and Marta Deak, Coyote Valley Organic Farms, Canada
    Wendell Fields, Hamilton Against Poverty, Canada
    Thomas Lunde, Ontario Government Employee, Canada
    J. Lydiard, Canada
    Dr. Ray Morris, York University, Canada
    PK Murphy, Freelance Editor, Canada
    Tom Patterson, Canada
    Jan Slakov, Enviro-Clare, Canada
    Laurana Tucker, Enviro-Clare, Canada
    Lorna Wilson, Canada
    Julio C. Rojas, National University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
    Carlos A. Quesada, CIEDES-UCR, Costa Rica
    Emily J. Yozell, Justicia Para Natural, Costa Rica
    Jakub Patocka, Friends of the Earth, Czech Republic
    Nicholas Hildyard, Cornerhouse England
    Mi-A Son, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, England
    Rory O'Neill, Workers Health Intl Newsletter, England
    Gary Palmer, University of Nottingham, England
    Ralph A. Ryder, Communities Against Toxics, England
    Sally Theobald, University of East Anglia, England
    Beverly Thorpe, Clean Production Action, England
    Gordon Watson, University of East London, England
    Chris Whitehouse, London Hazards Centre, England
    Mick Williams, Keighley Work Safe Project, England
    Richard Naylor, University of Newcastle, England
    Joel Delhom, France
    Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute, Germany
    John Acquay, Friends of the Earth, Ghana
    Bong G Angeles, Asia Monitor Resource Center, Hong Kong
    Ka Wai Chan, Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. Hong Kong
    Ms. Rukmini Bagchee, Society for Participatory Research In Asia, India
    Debi Goenka, Bombay Environmental Action Group, India
    Ravi Agarwal, Toxic Link, India
    Subhash Sule, Sachetan, India
    Maria Pakpahan, Tjoet Nyak Dien Women Foundation, Indonesia
    Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel
    Ju Young-su, Research Center for Occupational Medicine, Korea
    Choi Soon Rhie, Korea Women Workers Association, Korea
    Martin Khor, Third World Network, Malaysia
    Rosli Omar, University of Malaya, Malaysia
    Sivarasa Rasiah, M/s Daim & Gamany, Malaysia
    Fernando Bejerano Gonzalez, Pesticide Action Network, Mexico
    Alejandro Villamar, Mexico Action Network on Free Trade Mexico
    Binda Pandey, General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions, Nepal
    Pieter van Broekhuizen, Consultancy & Research Centre on Chemistry, Work and the Environment, Netherlands
    Eva Charkiewicz, Tools for Transition, Netherlands
    Esther de Haan, Clean Clothes Campaign,Netherlands
    Olivier Hoedman, Corporate Europe Observatory, Netherlands
    Mr. M. Wilders, Trade Union Confederation, Netherlands
    Uche Onyeagucha, Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria
    Robert Reid, Asia-Pacific Worker Solidarity Links, New Zealand
    Glyn Dwr, Llandwrog Uchaf, Caernarfon, North Wales
    Simy Gulzar, Working Women Organization, Pakistan
    Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines
    Jim McCourt, Inverclyde Advice & Employment Rights Centre, Scotland
    Marion Hersh, Scotland
    Jim Swan, Scottish Hazards Campaign Group, Scotland
    Alan Clayton, SNP Strachur Branch, Scotland
    David Reid, Scotland
    Cathy Olsen, Edinburgh University, Scotland
    Dr. John Hinshaw, Inst for Advanced Social Research, South Africa
    Colin Nicholas, Center for Orang Asli Concerns, Subang Jaya
    Don Huisingh, Lund University, Sweden
    Collin Hines, UK
    Helena Norberg-Hodge, SEC, UK
    Ted Smith, Campaign for Responsible Technology, USA
    Leslie Byster, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, USA
    Frank Emspak, School for Workers, USA
    Fred Millar, Ph.D, Chemical Accident Prevention Campaign, USA
    Peter Cervante-Gautschi, Communities United for People, USA
    Karen Campbell-Nelson, Center for International Education, USA
    Michael Stanley-Jones, Santa Clara Co. Green Party, USA
    Barby & Vic Ulmer, our developing world, USA
    Joshua Karliner, Transnational Resource & Action Center, USA
    Elizabeth O’Nan, Protecting All Children's Environment, USA
    David Korten, PCD Forum, USA
    David Matusow, USA
    Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange, USA
    Elaine El-Askari, Labor Occupational Health Program, USA
    Robert Ginsburg, Ph.D, Midwest Center for Labor Research, USA
    Jack Dunn, USA
    Ina Clausen, University of California Press, USA
    Frank Borgers, University of Massachusetts, USA
    Steven B. Kurtz, Gaia Preservation Coalition, USA
    Charles H. Laskonis, IBEW Local 364, USA
    Trim Bissell, Campaign for Labor Rights, USA
    Mike Belliveau, Just Economics for Environmental Health, USA
    Charlie Cray, Greenpeace, USA
    Ralph Estes, Stakeholder Alliance, USA
    Darrell Geist, Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers, USA
    Debbie Ortman, Regional Environmental Action League, USA
    Marie Bloom, Women’s Anti-Violence Education, USA
    Madeleine Scammell, The Loka Institute, USA
    Steve Orel, Birmingham Reconstruction Rank & File Project, USA
    Neil J. Carman, Ph.D., Lone Star Chapter--Sierra Club, USA
    Jeanne Trombly, USA
    Alexandra Spieldoch, Global Women's Project, USA
    Jack Doyle, Corporate Sources, USA
    Charles Griffith/Tracy Easthope, Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, USA
    James Tramel, TN Citizen Action, USA
    Pam Tau Lee, Asian-Pacific Environmental Network, USA
    Julia May, Communities for a Better Environment, USA
    Bill Somplatsky-Jarman, Presbyterian Church-USA, USA
    Charlotte Brody, Center for Health, Environment & Justice, USA
    Orrin Williams, West Side All. for a Safe Toxics Free Environ, USA
    Lisa Kleven, Data Center, USA
    Catherine Johnson, independent filmakerUSA
    Donna M. Ghoul, DDS, West Valley Citizens Air Watch, USA
    Gina M. Solomon, M.D., Dept. of Medicine, UCSF, USA
    Dana McCullough, Alan Keenan, Lecturer, Harvard University, USA
    Alan Keenan, Lecturer, Harvard University, USA
    Stephen Viederman, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, USA
    James Lamb, USA
    Halloway Rendon, USA
    Penny Newman, Center for Comm Action and Env. Justice, USA>
    David Bacon, USA
    Dr. Joseph LaDou, Director, Intl Center for Occ. Medicine, UCSF, USA
    Joel Tickner, Work Environment Program, U-Mass, USA
    Josephine Ding, West Valley Citizens Air Watch, USA
    Debrorah Berman-Santana, Ethnic Studies Dept., Mills College, USA
    Leslie Leslie, Resource Renewal Institute. USA
    Diane de Lara, Breast Cancer Action, USA
    Barbara J. Nolley, BJ Consulting, USA
    Fred Goff, President, Datacenter, USA
    David Harrington, WORKSAFE, USA
    Eric Mar, No. CA Coal. for Immigrant Rights, USA
    Rick Crawford, Lecturer, Computer Ethics, UC-Davis, USA
    Martin Krasney, Commonweal, USA
    Karen Hossfeld, Sociology Dept, San Francisco State Univ, USA
    Saralee Hamilton, American Friends Service Committee, USA
    Alice Slater, Global Resource Actiion Center for the Env., USA
    Pharis J. Harvey, Intl Labor Rights Fund, USA
    Anuradha Mittal, Inst. for Food and Development Policy, USA
    Janice Brodman, EDC, USA
    Richard Jordan, Committee on Sustainable Development, USA
    Robert Gold, Alliance for True Prosperity, USA
    Cha Smith, Hawai'i Pesticide Project, USA
    Lois Robin, USA
    Elaine Phillips, Social Services, USA
    Julie Mikalson, National Progressive Television Network USA
    Michael McPhail, USA
    Melanie Okamoto, Political Ecology Group, USA
    Dr. John Schweitzer, Michigan State University, USA
    Laura Marron, Work Eniv. Dept., Univ--MA, Lowell, USA
    Thompson E. Potter, AFSCME-Local 3650, USA
    Michelle Schlief, NIH, USA
    Karl Meyers, USA
    Michael Eisenscher, Project for Labor Renewal, USA
    Mike Marshall, University of Illinois, USA
    Terry Green, JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies, USA
    Shipra Bansal, Communities for a Better Environment, USA
    Yang-Shang Tzeng, MIT, USA
    tova gd stabin, USA
    Frances Stanley-Jones, ETAK, Inc., USA
    Adele Kushner, Action for a Clean Environment, USA
    Michael D. James, Center for Ethics & Economic Policy, USA
    Kristin Sullivan, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, USA
    Mark Sullivan, Coastal Watershed Council, USA
    David Walworth, MD, Environmental Council of Santa Cruz County, USA
    Louie Rocha, Communication Workers of America, Local 9423, USA
    Bill Monning, Regional Alliance for Progressive Policy. USA
    Tom Rankin, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, USA
    Peter Olney, Intl Longshoremen Workers Union, USA
    Christiaan Roselund, USA
    George Kohl, Communication Workers of America, USA
    Tom Stephens, National Lawyers Guild, USA
    Mary O’Brien, Citizens for Public Accountability, USA
    Art Pulaski, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, USA
    Carolyn S Kelley, Ohio Network for the Chemically Injured, USA
    Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, USA
    Victor Menotti, International Forum on Globalization, USA
    William Snape, USA
    Debi Barker, International Forum on Globalization, USA
    Claire Greensfelder, Plutonium Free Future, USA
    Mikhail Davis, The Brower Fund, USA
    Maria Gilardim, TUC Radio, USA
    Randall Hayes, Rainforest Action Network, USA
    Andrew McLaughlin, Sterling Forest Partnership, USA
    Jim Jontz, American Lands, USA
    Hillary French, Worldwatch Institute, USA
    Carl Anthony, Urban Habitat, USA
    Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, USA
    Ellen Hickey, PAN-North America USA
    Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, USA
    Jerry Mander, Public Media Center, USA
    Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, USA
    Samuel Giordano, Williamstown, NJ

     
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