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  • Message ID: #17
  • Subject: Letter to Labor Secretary Solis (03/09/2009)
  • Date: 2009-03-13
  • This message is referenced by #18, 
    Is there anything that we can do to raise the inequality issue in the workplace?  I've worked at IBM and Microsoft.  Even though both are good companies, the opportunities for Asians in management have been limited.  Anyone else see this in other companies?
    
 
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               Letter to Labor Secretary Solis

     

       I just reported to you that our stars seemed aligned just right

     to win equal opportunity in workplaces soon for the 14 million Asian Ams. 

    80-20 is not relaxing, however.  Lots of activities are going on.

       See below for a letter sent a week ago to Labor Secretary Hilda

    Solis.  She is authorized to enforce equal opportunity for all Americans.

    through Exec. Order 11246.  If you live in or close to her Congressional

    District which includes Monterey Park, CA, you have probably donated

    and voted for her.  Judy Chu is now running for her vacant seat. 

       Here are the key points of 80-20 Educational Foundation's  (EF) letter

    to Sec. Solis:


    "Dear Madame Secretary:


      . . . I am requesting a meeting with you concerning a written commitment


    by President Obama to the Asian American community to provide equal


    opportunity in workplaces for Asian Americans, when  he became the


    President.  His unequivocal commitment is attached below.   . . . . . .


       Then Sen. Obama was deeply moved by the information presented to


    him by EF which included the following:


        "Asian Americans have the least opportunity to enter management


         when compared with blacks, Hispanics and women; the slowest


         rate of progress toward equal employment opportunity, despite


         having the highest educational attainment."


       To see the validity of the above statement, please click on


    

http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/projects/equalopp_washingtonpost_wpad.asp

 


    and see Tables 1 and 2 and related statements in a full page ad in the


    Washington Post on 9/6/06.  The data and conclusion have been verified,


    in writing, by EEOC's Chief Statistician Ronald Edwards.  If you


    are interested, I can provide you with a copy of his letter.  This ad had


    also been entered into the Congressional Record  by Sen. Tom


    Carper of Delaware on 9/21/06.  . . . . . .


       Not a day should be lost in the delivery of equal opportunity to all


    Americans.  Not a day should be lost to help make America "a more


    perfect Union."


       I look forward to hearing from you soon.  It will be an honor and a


    privilege to meet with you and answer your questions.


    Sincerely,


    S. B. Woo, (title) , . . . "


       The above is just to keep you posted.  You need not take any action.  If


    you happened to correspond or see Sec. Solis, you are naturally welcome


    to express our yearning for equal opportunity in workplaces ASAP.


       See Table 1 to understand how badly we have been discriminated


    against.  See also how firmly President Obama believes in equal


    opportunity for all Americans in his reply to 80-20's questionnaire.


       For feedback to this email, leave your comments for all to read at

    
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/posterboard.html  .


    I'd love to correspond with you.  Thank you.


    Respectfully yours,


    S. B. Woo


    President, 80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc.

    

    PS  If you like what 80-20 is doing, don't forget to help back.  Visit

    
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org and pull down "Donations" and

    click on "Donate." Donations are tax deductible.