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.
Name:
Organization:
Address:
City, Country
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e-mail back to svtc@igc.apc.org
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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