Help is here, if discriminated at work

Been discriminated at work? Justice denied? 31% of AsAm workers surveyed by EEOC earlier this year said YES! Help is here for the 31%.

A Supreme Court Decision made it easier for workers to show they were victims of retaliation after they've accused their employers of discrimination. See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23scotus.html.

Why is the Supreme court decision so important to AsAms?

Answer: AsAms have the highest % in perceived discrimination at work according to the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) survey but the lowest % in filing complaints with EEOC. The reasons for this shocking contradiction are probably

a) owing to cultural reasons AsAms don't want to get involved in lawsuits. That is, they don't think they can win, and

b) as new immigrants they feel powerless to protect themselves against employer retaliation. That is, they think things could only get worse if they complain.

With the recent Supreme Court decision, discriminated AsAm workers get helped in two ways

1. Employers will be less likely to retaliate, and

2. If they still do, it is easier for you to win the lawsuit against "retaliation by your employer" regardless of whether you win the original discrimination lawsuit.

It's time to overcome our cultural inhibition and fear. Justice denied? File a complaint with the EEOC against your employer.

80-20 has worked hard to increase EEOC's sensitivity towards complaints filed by Asian American workers. 80-20 can help. But YOU must make your voice heard!.

  Join 80-20. Don't let us fight alone. Using a credit card, visit
  http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html(easy to use) or
  http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
       Jing-Li Yu   Director of Projects
      P.O. Box 527340   Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

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80-20 looking for a full-time Special Assistant:
Want to work for a unique APA political organization? ONLY THE BEST, THE BRIGHTEST AND THE MOST DEDICATED NEED APPLY. Unless you really want to serve the Asian American community, you will not like this job. It'll be too demanding a job for you. For a job description, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/job.html. Everything else being equal, 80-20 members are preferred according to the seniority of the membership.

Hoist a Flag on 4th/ Hiring a Staff/ 2006 Intern

###### ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. 80-20 looking for a full-time Special Assistant
Want to work for a unique APA political organization?
ONLY THE BEST, THE BRIGHTEST AND THE MOST DEDICATED NEED APPLY. Unless you really want to serve the Asian American community, you will not like this job. It'll be too demanding a job for you. For a job description, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/job.html. Everything else being equal, 80- 20 members are preferred according to the seniority of the membership.

2. Lydia Yu, a junior at Dartmouth University, was appointed a full-time Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien Summer Intern.

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July 4th is only two weeks away. Let's all hoist a flag to celebrate. Why? THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY that we enjoy as American citizens are magnificent. To name a few:

• We can practice any religion we want, including being a Buddhist or a muslim or an atheist.
• We can take any political position including criticizing Pres. Bush WITHOUT repercussion. For example, 80-20 has criticized Pres. Bush often for his non-enforcement of Executive Order 11246 for AsAms.
• You can make money any way you want, and spend it any way you want, providing that both are legal.
• You can choose to stay in or leave the USA anytime you want.

There are also pragmatic reasons to celebrate July 4th. A large % of our compatriots believe that we are more loyal to our old countries than our chosen country. That is, we have an image problem which makes the winning of equal opportunity and justice very difficult. It takes images to fix an image problem. Hence, if you live in Little Saigon, or Chinatown, or Little Tokyo or Little Calcutta, organize "Seas of Flags" to celebrate and do us and your children a favor.

For benefits to our community brought by 80-20's flags project, see positive publicity from the mainstream media and more: http://www.80-20initiative.net/flagproject.html.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is planning a big write-up about how new immigrants celebrate July 4th. 80-20 is one of organizations it has contacted. So if you are doing something big, let me know. A WSJ reporter may come on the scene.

Join 80-20. It works on projects that individuals cannot work on and other AsAm orgs are not paying attention to. Any US citizen or P.R. may join. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html(easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:

Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects

P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

80-20 Shall Endorse in CA Election to Empower AsAms

On June 6, Asian Americans registered in California as Democrats or
Declines (Independents) will be the kingmakers in deciding who will
win in the gubernatorial Democratic primary election. This will greatly
politically empower those AsAms residing in CA.

That race is very tight. Hence 80-20 has decided to seize the
opportunity and do an endorsement of either Mr. Angelides or Mr.
Westly. The candidate with the best program to provide AsAms with
equal opportunity in the state government and state-supported
enterprises will win the endorsement. The endorsed candidate will
most likely win the June 6 (Tuesday) election. 80-20 has a track record
of having delivered bloc votes in the last two consecutive presidential
elections. See http://www.80-20initiative.net under "Evidence of Bloc
Votes."

Elections are the best times for voters to seek relief for their grievances!

80-20 will contact the two candidates for their issue positions
regarding equal opportunity in workplaces. Info. will be posted on 80-
20's website. 80-20 members residing in CA will vote
electronically to decide which candidate to endorse around May 28.
[NOTE: To be eligible to vote in that electronic convention, you must
join before May 25 and live in CA. To join, see the end of this
email.]

Once the endorsed candidate is known, 80-20 shall provide the
resources to drive out the votes. Of course YOU can help. You have a
lot to vote for -- politically empowering yourselves. The endorsement is
valid for the primary election only.

Much more information will be provided to AsAm voters in the next
14 days through emails and media ads. Some info, such as who may
vote; how to obtain absentee ballot (since there is still time); how to
find out your polling places, .., etc. are already available on 80-20's
website. http://www.80-20initiative.net/cademprimary.html .

In CA, about 75% of Asian Americans are registered as Democrats
and Declines or Independents. Hence, in this primary where both
Democrats and Declines can vote, Asian Americans will be 10 to
12% of the voters, if not larger, given 80-20's ability to drive out the
votes.

PASS THE WORD: Ask your friends and relatives not to cast their
absentee ballots yet. 80-20 will announce whom to endorse around
May 28 (Sunday).

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80-20 has decided to endorse after polling 1050 current and past
members and donors. Primaries are normally decided by activists.
Hence we poll the activists. The support was unexpectedly strong.
93% of the respondents will either vote for 80-20's endorsed candidate
or give "very serious consideration" to him. To know more about the
poll: http://www.80-20initiative.net/cademprimary.html .
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To join: Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

Powerful Info. In Favor of AsAms

Every Asian Am. who wants equal opportunity at work must visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/chartfaq.html. It contains powerful answers to doubts of reasonable individuals about whether AsAms have been discriminated against in the workplace. The FAQ page has 8 questions. Estimated reading time for Q&A: 8 minutes.

1. Could the lack of seniority in the AsAm workforce be the cause of the apparent discrimination?

2. The "Average AsAm Income" is higher than that of all races & groups except for Whites. Is that a strong counter proof?

3. The average AsAm HOUSHOLD income is indeed the highest of the nation. So is that a strong counter proof?

4. Asian Americans are praised as the "Model Minority." Why would anyone want to discriminate against us?

5. How about the cultural gap apparent in so many AsAms? AsAms may just not have sufficient managerial ambition and/or ability, language skills, sense of humor, ..., etc.

6. OK, studies have shown that we are being discriminated against at work. Are there recent empirical data that will back them up?

7. Surely the next generation will not face the same problem as we do! So why not just be patient and wait?

8. Still, why do American institutions ever want to be in cahoots with our government to discriminate against us?

The FAQ page also highlights these shocking facts:



Note that AsAms have the highest average educational attainment
but lowest chance to be promoted to managers.

At this rate of improvement, we'll reach equal opportunity in about 3 generations!

Join 80-20. 80-20 is leading a struggle that requires massive community
support and a lot of money. Seize the moment. Please do your share.

Using a credit card, visit

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html (Paypal)

PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Operations
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Student membership is $15, Basic membership is $35, Family
(2 voters for 2 names) is $50, and Life Membership is $1,000.

Great News that Makes You Sad

"Irrefutable evidence," said 80-20 of the chart below. Is it true? Yes. EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in a series of meetings and communications with 80-20 EF between 12/13/05 and 4/12/06 has just verified its validity. This chart can now be presented as evidence before Congressional hearings and in court proceedings, by 80-20 or by any AsAm individual filing a discrimination suit.

Getting that verification is a giant step forward in winning equal opportunity at work for AsAms. Hence, GREAT NEWS! EEOC reports directly to the President.

The chart shows that AsAms face the WORST glass ceiling to enter the managerial class in "private industries," "universities " and "Federal government," where 2.1 million of us work !

In that sense, it is also such SAD NEWS! What has caused it?

Is it because some of us are timid, or are uncaring about our children's future or have a "slave mentality" that we sat backand did nothing?

NO! It's only because we didn't have hard facts to act upon. Now that 80-20 has gotten such powerful facts verified, let's unite and ACT TO WIN our equal opportunity.

Please do your share.

1) Forward this email to as many AsAms as possible. We must create a community-wide awareness first, and then unite, and
2) Join 80-20 and recruit others to join 80-20. 80-20 needs money to fight the next few battles to win it for you. Does $35 or $50 mean that much to you? If yes, then just do step 1).

Take another look at the chart above. See how other groups'"Group Political Clout" makes a difference. 80-20 is your only hope to establish AsAm political clout. If you need further explanation or detail about the chart, see:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/attachmentA.html.

Any US citizen or permanent resident can be a member TODAY, using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html

PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Two Kinds of Tears

TWO KINDS OF TEARS

Author: Amy Wong Mok, 80-20 Board Member; Founder & CEO of the Asian American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas.

A few days ago, one of my staff, Mr. Chan (not his real name) went to a car dealer intending to buy a car for his wife. My staff is an Asian immigrant and is not fluent in English. The salesman persuaded him to put down $2,500 as the down payment for the car and asked him to sign the papers for the transaction. Mr. Chan looked at the bottom of the paper and saw 16.95% interest rate when he signed the paper. The salesman asked him to come back the next day to pick up the car after the loan was processed. He came back to the office and talked to me about the interest rate.

Like others, we at the Asian American Cultural Center have received advertisements in the past from different banks and credit unions regarding their loans at different interest rates. I have never heard of a 16.95% interest rate for a car loan and I was very skeptical, and so I advised Mr. Chan to withdraw his loan application and to look somewhere else for a car. My intuition told me that this just did not feel like an honest deal. On behalf of Mr. Chan, I called the salesman and questioned him about the high interest rate, and I informed him that Mr. Chan was on his way to pick up his down payment check. The salesman did not protest.

Mr. Chan came back from picking up his check with such a grave look On his face. I asked him if they had given him back his check. What he was about to tell me has shocked me to the core of my entire being. Mr. Chan said that when he asked for his check back, the salesman looked at him, crumbled something and threw it on the floor. Mr. Chan thought that what the salesman had thrown on the floor was trash and did not pick it up. The salesman waited a while, picked up the crumbled check and handed it over to Mr. Chan. It was only until Mr. Chan opened up the crumbled piece of paper when he realized that it was his check that was crumbled and thrown to the ground. The humiliation was so overwhelming that Mr. Chan was choked up with tears and he had to run out of the salesman's office. I could only imagine the indignation that he felt at that moment. I was choked up and filled with anger, and so were all my staff at the Center. We all understood. Mr. Chan was targeted for such gross mistreatment simply because he looked and spoke like an immigrant from Asia.

I called up the car dealer and asked to speak to their general manager, a Mr. Smith (not his real name). I told Mr. Smith about the incident. He sounded shocked. I continued to ask for his company policy in regard to mistreatment of customer. He told me he would talk to that particular salesman. I asked him if he had made his expectations clear to his sales staff in regard to customer service and I asked him how he trained his sales staff. What he told me was, I must say, equally unexpected. To his credit, Mr. Smith said, "It is my responsibility and have failed my staff. I did not train them well. I will talk to them. Please apologize to Mr. Chan for me". It was my turn to be choked up.

I was touched by the integrity of this gentleman. His straightforward answer had me choked up with tears. He took the responsibility and he took the blame. I trusted that he would correct the wrong that was done to Mr. Chan.

I share this story with you because I truly believe that when we do not speak up and question any mistreatment, we give permission for injustice to continue and it could happen to someone we love. To bring to the attention of the policy makers mistreatment and inequity is our way to right a wrong and to fulfill our responsibility to create a better world or our future generation, our children. To take action is to make a difference. Please speak up for those who could not speak for themselves. We invite you to join us to work towards a just and fair society for all Asian Americans. Please visit our website at
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html

A Noteworthy Comment from Y.C. Larry Ho, Harvard Chaired Professor; one of the six 80-20 Founders

"Great article, Amy. Almost half century ago, I had a similar experience at work. I consulted a mentor and he advised me to speak up. The result was also a happy outcome from a responsible boss. It was a great lesson I learned early on."

27 Senators responded to AsAm Needs

Remember 80-20's "Call to Action"? Hundreds of you responded.
"TOGETHER, we shall overcome" is not a slogan. It works! As we
each do our own share, we'll ALL make progress.

Twenty-seven Senators (25 Ds and 2 Rs) responded in
opposing Dept. of Labor's proposed "rule change to eliminate the
Equal Opportunity Survey." Data from such survey may be the
evidence of discrimination again Asian Americans and other
minorities. We need the survey and the data.

US Senator Tom Carper of Delaware, who cares about Asian
Americans enjoying equal opportunity, helped greatly. His good
office to Senator Edward Kennedy was most helpful. Sen. Kennedy's
office drafted a letter and circulated it for Democratic senators to sign
on. Want to to see the signatures of Senators like Hillary Clinton,
Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Barak Obama, Olympia Snowe
and many others? Visit:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/SenEOletter.html.

The first two paragraphs of the letter, which mentions Exec Order
11246 explicitly, are shown below

"We are writing to express our concerns over the proposal
by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to
eliminate the Equal Opportunity Survey. The elimination of
the Survey would undermine the enforcement of the
nation's civil rights law and jeopardize the Department's
effort to make equal pay a reality for all workers. We
strongly urge the Department to retain the Survey....

Our nation's commitment to civil rights requires strong
laws, and also strong leadership by the federal government....
Executive Order 11246 demonstrates this commitment
by prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors and
requiring all contractors to take affirmative steps to
guarantee equal opportunity in their employment
practices."

We urge the Republican Party to be more supportive of Asian
Americans' needs to win equal opportunity at work.

AsianAms. Progress is being made. To speed the progress,
80-20 needs YOUR commitment of support. Please join 80-20
and become a member TODAY! Using a credit card, visit

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.
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Many supporters are helping soooo greatly. Since Jan 25, 2006
the following generous contributions have come in:

FAMILY LIFE MEMBERS ($1500):
1)Albert and Yung Shen Huang
2)Chau-Chyun and Li-Li Chen &
3) Maxwell Yung and Connie Wong

Professional Family ($150):
1) Darrell Davis and Lily Chien-Davis
2) William Eng, 3) Peter and Sunny Hsu and
4) Christopher and Delia Tam, 5) Cecilia Yu

PROFESSIONALS: ($75):
1) Ademan T. Angeles 2) Virginia K. Sung
3) Jasper Wu 4) Delia Tam and 5) Jackson Chia

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS:
1) Yueh-Ting and Fang Wei Lee ($400)
2) Alec Y. Chang ($250),
3) Ying Yang and Haibo Huang ($200)
4) Wen-Hsuan and Ernestine Chang ($100)
5) Mark T. and Elizabeth Y. Chen ($100)
6) Dan E. and Kazue Matsumoto ($100)
7) David and Ann Chen ($100)
8) Yung Hsiang and Lichau Huang ($100)
9) Sam Gao ($100)
10) Fu-Pen Chiang ($100)

Are We Too Timid To Speak Up?

Only the timid, would be silent when discriminated against.

Only the short-sighted, would give their children a first rate
education but not fight for their equal chance to achieve their full
potential in the workplace.

Only those with the "slave mentality," would say that "I am
living comfortably and I am content to be a second class citizen."

We know that YOU ARE NOT among them.

That is why we want you to be aware of the facts, show you that
they are accurate, and trust YOU will join us to ACT. Unite!

[A] Here Are The Facts:

This chart shows that AsAms have respectively 55%, 41% and
30% chance to be promoted to the manager level in private industries,
universities and the Federal government.

[B] Answers To Frequently Asked Questions:

1) Where do the numbers for the above chart come from?

All the raw figures come from the Federal government. They are
easily accessible on the WEB:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0334.pdf ,
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/2002/us.html,
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt227.asp , and
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt228.asp .

2) How reliable is your chart?

Very! We've shown these data to DOL Sec. Elaine Chao since
May 2005 and EEOC Chairwoman Cari Dominguez since Dec. 2005.
We made explicit requests for them to check on the accuracy of our
data. To date, no one has told us that we were wrong.

3) How many Asian Ams. are employed in the above 3 areas
where there are such evidence of discrimination against us?

2.1 million.

4) Is there correlating evidence that Asian Americans are
the most discriminated in the workplace?

Yes. A Gallup poll sponsored by EEOC reported 3 months ago that
Asian Americans workers have the highest % of people who perceived
discrimination at work. See EEOC press release:
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-8-05.html .

5) May I see in detail how 80-20 got those numbers?

Yes. 80-20 has the highest respect for individuals like YOU, who
care but want to be certain of the facts. Go
http://www.80-20initiative.net/attachmentA.html .

NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE FACTS, UNITE, SPEAK OUT
and ACT OUT to stop discrimination against us!

Join 80-20. 80-20 will soon place full-page ads in ethnic
and non-ethnic papers and lead a nationwide movement to
stop such discrimination against us. Any US citizen or permanent
resident can be a member, using a credit card, visit

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html

PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life
Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15.

SECOND CALL TO ACTION!

Second Call To Action!

Independent and irrefutable data show that WE are more
discriminated against at work than any other minorities and women.
See below:

For sources of information and how the calculations are done, visit:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/attachmentA.jpg .

These data have been shown to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao
and EEOC Chairwoman Cari Dominguez. To date, neither has
disputed their accuracy. These data cover about one in every
three AsAms who work in the mainstream society.

Is it humiliating to know the above facts? NO! It is only
humiliating if we don't fight to stop such discrimination against
us now that we know. This is why you must respond to this
CALL TO ACTION.

The DOL is proposing to stop collecting data on: applicants,
hires, promotions, terminations and full-time workers by race, sex,
and ethnicity and compensation by minority or non-minority and
by women or men. The public is given till 3/21 to comment on the
proposed "rule change." 80-20 views the proposal with alarm.

We deem such data as necessary to fight discrimination against
us and to get the DOL to be more aware of its accountability to
enforce Exec. Order 11246. Please copy in
jingliyu@earthlink.net. When DOL sees a lot of emails from you,
they'll know that 80-20 has AsAms' support.

Please voice opposition to the rule change and get DOL to be
aware of its accountability to enforce EO 11246 on behalf of
AsAms as well.

Whether you use email or Fax, you must have RIN number
1215-AB53 in the subject line. E-mail address:
OFCCP-Public@dol.gov
Fax no.: (202) 693-1304

Please use you own words. Here is the main idea:

"I am opposed to your proposed rule change,
eliminating the EO survey. Such data are useful in
guarding me to decide whether I've been
discriminated against at work. I also hope OFCCP
will do an Asian specific analysis of the collected data
to understand the strongly perceived and statistically
proven discrimination against Asian American at work,
especially at the glass ceiling. Enforce EO 11246 for
Asian Americans!

Thank you.

Name:
Title:
Home Address:"

SEND your message now. We are great in sending our kids to
good schools. We must be equally great in fighting KNOWN
discrimination against our kids in the workplaces after they get
their degrees.

Join 80-20. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use)
or http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html

PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .

Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the
BACK of the check. Basic membership is $35; Family
(2 voters) is $50, Life Membership is $1,000. Student
membership is $15.

CALL TO ACTION!

CALL TO ACTION! Call To Action! Independent and irrefutable data show that WE are more discriminated against at work than any other minorities and women. See below: These data have been shown to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and EEOC Chairwoman Cari Dominguez. To date, neither has disputed their accuracy. These data cover about one in every three AsAms who work in the mainstream society. Is it humiliating to know the above facts? NO! It is only humiliating if we don't fight to stop such discrimination against us now that we know. This is why you must respond to this CALL TO ACTION. The DOL is proposing to stop collecting data on: applicants, hires, promotions, terminations and full-time workers by race, sex, and ethnicity and compensation by minority or non-minority and by women or men. The public is given till 3/21 to comment on the proposed "rule change." 80-20 views the proposal with alarm. We deem such data as necessary to fight discrimination against us and to get the DOL to be more aware of its accountability to enforce Exec. Order 11246. Please copy in jingliyu@earthlink.net. When DOL sees a lot of emails from you, they'll know that 80-20 has AsAms' support. Please voice opposition to the rule change and get DOL to be aware of its accountability to enforce EO 11246 on behalf of AsAms as well. Whether you use email or Fax, you must have RIN number 1215-AB53 in the subject line. E-mail address: OFCCP-Public@dol.gov Fax no.: (202) 693-1304 Please use you own words. Here is the main idea: "I am opposed to your proposed rule change, eliminating the EO survey. Such data are useful in guarding me to decide whether I've been discriminated against at work. I also hope OFCCP will do an Asian specific analysis of the collected data to understand the strongly perceived and statistically proven discrimination against Asian American at work, especially at the glass ceiling. Enforce EO 11246 for Asian Americans! Thank you. Name: Title: Home Address:" SEND your message now. We are great in sending our kids to good schools. We must be equally great in fighting KNOWN discrimination against our kids in the workplaces after they get their degrees. Join 80-20. Using a credit card, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to: Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 . Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check. Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15

How to Fight Effectively in Politics

When compared with other Americans in same positions, Asian
American have only 17% of the chance to be appointed a federal
judge; 55% or less of the chance to be promoted to the management
level in industries, universities and the federal government.

How must we fight to become equal citizens in America?

(A) Change our reward system regarding politicians

Do NOT reward politicians for their ethnicity. AsAm politicians
don't necessarily care more for AsAms. Some have exploited us
instead.

Do NOT reward politicians for their big titles. What good is a big
title, if the politician is not doing anything for you?

Do NOT give money or vote for politicians because they are likely to
win. What good is an elected official if he/she doesn't share your
concerns or only verbally share your concerns but never do DEEDS
for us?

Do NOT help politicians to get personal advantage. Place your
offspring's ability to enjoy equal opportunity first.

Reward politicians who share our community's concerns
and do DEEDS for us. Apply such a REWARD system for a few
years, soon ALL politicians, regardless of their party affiliation &/or
ethnicity, will perform DEEDS for our rightful concerns.

(B) Have the guts to fight our own battles. That is, establish
OUR OWN GROUP political clout!

Don't expect the others to fight for us. The others are not that dumb.

GROUP political clout means unity. Unity is power. Power is
required in politics.

The leaders of our OWN GROUP political clout are responsible to us.
If they don't serve our interest, they can be easily voted out since all
voters are AsAms. Can we do that with our congressman, senators,
and the president? Not likely.

Politics needs leverage. Applying the right leverage is not easy. As
individuals we cannot win equal citizenship. As a GROUP, voting and
giving money as a bloc, and with the right leaders we can. We need
our own political leaders with power and skill but who are responsible
to us. That is why we need our own GROUP political clout.

Don't tolerate second class citizenship. Our kids will know, whether
they say it or not, if we are persons of courage who have done our
share to win equal opportunity and justice for them. Use your own
method to fight for our GROUP interest if you have a better way. If
not, join 80-20. We need NEW members. Using a credit card, visit

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

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### SALUTE to California Assemblymen Ted Lieu ###

California Assemblyman Ted Lieu, working with AsAm orgs and
individuals, got CBS to apologize regarding talk show host Adam
Carolla's racist comments. Ted wrote a thoughtful letter to CBS
Radio CEO & got his colleagues in the Legislature to sign it showing
bi-partisan support including all nine of the Asian Pacific
Islander Caucus members. Within 15 days, CBS Radio's CEO
apologized & replied to Ted and copied it to all members of the
Caucus. That was an effective exercise in politics. 80-20 salutes
Ted Lieu.

80-20 “MAD AS HELL” but wrong?

When 80-20 said, "When compared with other
Americans in the legal profession, an AsAm has 1/6 the chance to
be appointed a Federal judge," even some 80-20 supporters
couldn't believe it!

"A 6 to 1 disparity? I don't believe it ," some reacted. Here are
two such emails. They questioned:

"But is that because we are being unfairly treated
or because Asians do not choose the legal profession as
much as other professions such as engineering and medicine?"
W. Cheng

"I find this very curious … How do Asian Americans compare to
other Americans and other races when equalizing for law school
graduates or for lower court judges? ... " xxx Kagawa

The truth is that AsAms are treated even worse, when the above
mentioned factors are taken into consideration.

Here are the detailed accounts of these statistics,
and their sources. The info. was provided by Federal
District Judge Denny Chin of New York:

"Mr. Woo: I wanted to share some information with you. You may
know most of this, but you probably don't have the details.

There currently are only six active Asian-American Article III
federal judges in the country. All are trial judges, and there are
no active Asian-American judges in the federal appellate courts.
(Judge Tashima in the Ninth Circuit is on senior status.) Unless
there are new appointments, when Judge Ron Lew takes senior status
later this year, we will be down to five Asian-American Article III
judges. When I was appointed in 1994, I was the only Asian-American
Article III judge outside the Ninth Circuit. Today, eleven years
later, I am still the only one outside the Ninth Circuit.

Other minority groups fair much better. The most recent available
statistics show that, as of September 30, 2004, for Article III
federal judges, 0.7% were Asian (6), 10.7% were African-American
(88), and 6.5% were Hispanic (54). These numbers are for active
judges and do not include judges on senior status. (See Adm. Office
of U.S. Courts, Judiciary Fair Employment Practices, Annual Report
10/1/03-9/30/04, at 35).

Hence there are some 15 times as many African-American federal
judges and almost 10 times as many Hispanic federal judges as there
are Asian-American federal judges.

In contrast, there are more Asian-American "legal professionals" at
law firms of 100 or more employees, as of 2002, than there are
African-American or Hispanic professionals. This is drawn from a
2003 EEOC report :
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/diversitylaw/index.html. The
numbers are: 5.3% Asian-American, 4.4% African American, and 2.9%
Hispanic. In this context, "legal professionals" are predominantly
lawyers but include other professional employees, such as non-
lawyer accountants.

In addition, the 2000 Census shows that for lawyers, 2.3% were
Asians, 3.9% were African-American, and 3.3% were Hispanic. See
http://www.abanet.org/minorities/links/2000census.html .
Of course, these numbers are now five years old, and I would guess
that there are even more Asian lawyers today, on a percentage
basis.

The numbers are appalling -- there are a grossly disproportion-
ately low number of Asian-American Article III federal judges.

So the efforts of you and your group in this respect are most
welcome.

DC (DC stands for Denny Chin)"

Are you mad as hell? Are you convinced that AsAms
must build our own GROUP political clout?

Join 80-80. Using a credit card,

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

Exciting/Maddening/Fighting News

(A) Good & Maddening News:

4 of the only 6 Asian Am. Federal Judges in the nation attended
80-20's "Gathering of AsAm Legal Eagles" Luncheon in Los
Angeles. See a great photo of the jurists, each holding an eagle
plaque via http://www.80-20initiative.net/legaleagles.html .

The remaining two Federal judges wrote to express strong support
of 80-20's effort to increase AsAm representation at all levels of
the Federal courts, including the Supreme Court. Anthony Ching*
and Dale Minami** respectively attended and wrote to show strong
support for 80-20's effort.

Maddening News: There are about 260 million Americans for which
there are 875 Federal judges i.e. 3 federal judges for every million
Americans. For the AsAms? 6 judges for 13 million AsAms or half
a judge for every 1 million.

In other words, when compared with other Americans in the legal
profession, an AsAm has 1/6 the chance to be appointed a Federal
judge. We are mad as hell. Are you?

Why send your child to great law schools, if they don't have the
same chance to serve in the Federal judicial system, unless you also
join 80-20 to FIGHT for their equal opportunity?

(B) Ready To Fight News:

80-20's Board met and made the following fighting decisions.

(1) 80-20 will, for the first time, endorse candidates in
congressional races in 2006 in order to help the party that cares
most about Asian Ams win the leadership position in the House &
Senate. 80-20 will spend resources to organize bloc votes where
there are a lot of Asam voters or where there is a tight race. We
want equal opportunity in Federal judicial appointments & in
other workplaces.

(2) Beginning this year, 80-20 will spend resources to take strong
actions to press for the enforcement of Exec. Order 11246.
A very detailed and bold battle plan has been drawn.

80-20 can't fight without resources. In addition, 80-20 is only as
strong as you are. Join 80-20. Does $50 or even $1,000 mean that
much to some of you? Any US citizen or permanent resident can
be a member TODAY using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

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*Ching is the first ever Solicitor General of AZ who argued & won two
cases before the Supreme Court.
**Minami is the famous civil right lawyer who led the successful
effort to overturn Fred Korematsu's conviction for
resisting internment.

Three AsAm Legal Eagles Spoke Out

Three of the 11 invited Asian American Legal Eagles wanted to come
to 80-20's "The Gathering of AsAm Legal Eagles" Luncheon but
could not. So they expressed their support:

1. Dale Minami, who led the successful effort to overturn Fred
Korematsu's conviction for resisting internment, and fought in many
other civil rights cases:

"I'm sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. I have been
desperately trying to change a commitment I have on that day so I
could attend the luncheon but have been unsuccessful and therefore
must respectfully decline your kind invitation. I very much
appreciate what you are doing to influence the selection of Federal
Judges as we are terribly underrepresented and your efforts are
really critical to educating both our own community and the larger
American community about this disparity.

I was most honored by my inclusion on your list and although I
Cannot attend your event, please let people know that I am very
supportive of your efforts to diversify the courts!! Best of luck to
you and Happy New Year!! "

2. Federal District Judge George King, Central District of California

"I am sorry I was out for most of last week, and am just respond-
ing to your emails. First, this is my correct email address, & you can
feel free to contact me at this address. Second, thank you very much
for inviting me to the lunch on February 11, 2006. Unfortunately, I
will not be able to attend because I have already committed to
attending another event on that date. However, I want to let you know
how important I think the work of 80-20 is and that it is wonderful
that dedicated individuals like you are moving ahead to ensure fair
representation by Asian Americans in all segments of our government.
I hope you will stay in touch. "

3. Federal District Judge Denny Chin, Southern District of New
York. We deeply appreciate Judge Chin's providing us with some eye-
opening information, shown below

"I do want to thank you for your initiative on Asian-American
judges. I wanted to share some information with you. You may know
most of this, but you probably don't have the details.

There currently are only six active Asian-American Article III
federal judges in the country. All are trial judges, and there are no
active Asian-Am judges in the federal appellate courts. (Judge Tashima
in the Ninth Circuit is on senior status.) Unless there are new
appointments, when Judge Ron Lew takes senior status later this year,
we will be down to five Asian-American Article III judges. When I was
appointed in 1994, I was the only Asian-American Article III judge
outside the Ninth Circuit. Today, eleven years later, I am still the
only one outside the Ninth Circuit.

Other minority groups fare much better. The most recent available
statistics show that, as of Sept. 30, 2004, for Article III federal
judges, 0.7% were Asian (6), 10.7% were African-American (88),
and 6.5% were Hispanic (54). These numbers are for active judges and
do not include judges on senior status. (See Adm. Office of U.S.
Courts, Judiciary Fair Employment Practices, Annual Report
10/1/03-9/30/04, at 35).

Hence there are some 15 times as many African-American federal
judges and almost 10 times as many Hispanic federal judges as there
are Asian-Am federal judges.

In contrast, there are more Asian-American "legal professionals"
at law firms of 100 or more employees, as of 2002, than there are
African-Am. or Hispanic professionals. This is drawn from a 2003 EEOC
report http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/diversitylaw/index.html ."

Please forward this email to your friends and relatives. Tell them
about 80-20's effort to fight for all AsAms. Here is the information
on our "Gathering Of Asian American Legal Eagle" event, where
5 of the remaining AsAm legal eagles will speak in person.

Date & Time: Feb. 11, Saturday. From noon to 2 p.m.
Place: Catalina Room, Four Points Sheraton LAX Hotel, 9750
Airport Blvd. LA, California.

Kindly CONSIDER Joining 80-20

#### If already a member, ignore this email. If NOT,
kindly please give us 1 minute to read. ####

Here is why you may want to join!

The following TERRIBLE conditions apply to YOU today:

1) An Asian Am. has LESS THAN HALF the chance of an average
American in the same work position to be promoted a
manager. That is true whether YOU work in private industries,
universities or the Federal government.

"Not a Chinaman's chance" still applies to all of us!

2) There are more AsAms in legal professions than either African
Ams or Hispanics. However, when it come to the number of
Federal Judges, AsAms have less than 1/15 and 1/10 of those
who are African Ams and Hispanics respectively. See how much
GROUP political clout makes a difference?

Our population is 4.4%. However, we have only 0.7% of the
active Federal judges.

What is the use of YOUR kids going to Ivy Leagues schools, if they
don't have equal chance to live to the maximum of their ability
and ambition? Does it hurt to know that you may be apparently
comfortable or even rich, but only a second class citizen?

### Do you know of another organization FIGHTING FOR YOU &
YOUR CHILDREN on these BIG issues? ###

JOIN 80-20. The dues you pay are returned to you many times
more worthwhile.

Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15. THANK YOU.

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo
President for the LAST TIME (ending 12/31/06), 80-20 PAC

###########

We welcome
Family Life Members ($1,500): Christine Mei and Paul Tung,
William and Bernadette Shih.
Life Members ($1,000): Benjamin Han, Amy Wong Mok,
Soo Tang Tan, David Wang, Po-Zen Wong
Professional Family ($150): James and Constance Chen,
Larry Z. Shen & Sally L. Wu, Diyang Wang & Zhengtian Lu,
  H. Vernon Wong,Pai-Ling & Chih-An Yin,
Professional ($75): Fel Anthony Amistad, William C. Hsiao,
Steven C. Lee

We Gratefully Acknowledge Contributions From:
James Y. M. Wu, $1,000;
Jack Qian, $285; David and Audrey Chai, $200;
Yi-Hsin Chen and Daniel Brand, $100; Heng Lao, $100;
William L. and Marion W. Pak, $100; Linda Yu, $100.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

What Can You Do about So Few AsAm Judges?

According to government data, as of September 30,
2004, Asian Americans (AsAms) are only 0.7% of all active Federal
judges (technically they are referred to as the Title III judges),
while they are 5.3% of all legal professionals. By contrast, African
Americans are 10.7% and Hispanics are 6.5% of all Federal judges,
while they are 4.4% and 2.9% of all legal professionals, respectively.*

In short, while there are more AsAms in legal professionals
than either African Ams or Hispanics, AsAms have less than 1/15
those of African Am Federal judges and 1/10 those of Hispanic
judges. See how much GROUP political clout makes a difference?

What can you do? what can 80-20 do about it?

80-20 aims to greatly increase Asian Am.
representation at all levels of Federal Courts, including the
Supreme Court. How? Here is the first step.

80-20 is holding a historic event, the "Gathering of
AsAm Legal Eagles," in Los Angeles where the
Board of 80-20 will meet over the same weekend.

Four of the ONLY six active AsAm Federal District Court
judges and a legal pioneer Anthony Ching will be there. It is
also a gathering of the "FIRSTS."

Anthony Ching, the FIRST ever Solicitor General of Arizona,
having argued 2 cases before the Supreme Court;

Federal District Court Judge Susan Oki Mollway, the FIRST Asian
Am. woman District judge,

Federal District Judge Ronald S. W. Lew, the FIRST Chinese Am.
District judge in the Continental U.S., and

Federal District Judge Dana Sabraw, the FIRST Asian Am.
judge in the Southern District of CA,

Federal District Court Judge Anthony W. Ishii, the FIRST Asian
Am. District judge in the Eastern District of CA,

Each of the honored guests will tell the audience
something about themselves, and how they think the Asian Am.
community could work to increase Asian Am. representation at all
levels of Federal courts, including the Supreme Court.

In addition, 80-20 will announce during the luncheon,
where the press will be present, a very aggressive program
through the Congressional election of 2006 and the presidential
election to induce the appointment of more AsAm judges.

Aren't you outraged by the statistics cited in the first
two paragraphs? We trust that you are!

Please convert you outrage to positive action. Join 80-20. 80-20
is the ONLY AsAm organization that advocates the creation and growth
of AsAm political clout. That is the ONLY SOLUTION. To join
using a credit card, visit

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15. Thank you.

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* Sent to us by a Federal District Court Judge,
who unfortunately has a schedule conflict and couldn't attend the
"Gathering of Legal Eagles. "

Senator Carper Follows Up With DOL

Happy New Year! This will be the BIG year for Asian Ams. to

begin winning EQUAL opportunity at work.

US Senator of Delaware Tom Carper was astounded by the statistical
data provided by 80-20 President, S. B. Woo, to Labor Sec. Elaine
Chao, which indicated strong discrimination against AsAms in
workplaces. In addition, a Gallup poll regarding discrimination at
work commissioned by EEOC and released on 12/08/05 was completely
consistent with 80-20's findings below.

"When compared with the chance enjoyed by an average
Am. worker in the same positions i.e. the national average,
Asian Americans have only 55% of the chance to rise to
management ranks in the private Industries (1.9 million AsAm
workers), 41% of the chance in the universities (70,000
AsAm workers), and 30% the chance in the Federal
government (86,000 AsAm workers.)"

Although the letter has been in Sec. Chao's office for more than 6
months, she has not replied. Sen. Carper made numerous inquiries on
Asian Americans' behalf regarding a reply or a meeting during that
period. Finally, on 12/15 /05 Sen. Carper and his staff met with Dep.
Sec. Steve Law and 2 DOL staff's to discuss this matter. Law is the
second highest official in DOL.

Six days after the meeting, despsite the fact that the Senate was
rushing to begin its Christmas recess, Sen. Carper wrote to Dep. Sec.
Law to press for concrete written answers discussed in their meeting.
He asked

1) Are the statistics gather by 80-20 showing that AsAms are
the most discriminated in workplaces in America correct?

2) IF the statistics are not correct, what is wrong with them?

3) IF the statistics are right, how does the DOL plan to help
AsAms?

For now we'll waiting for a reply. We feel that if Sen. Carper can
show such deep concern for fair treatment of Asian Ams, Sec. Chao, an
Asian American, will certainly feel the same way.

However, if the "not-so-benign neglect" continues, 80-20 has no
choice but to begin a full court press to win our equal opportunity
for AsAms. This is America. America believes in EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
FOR ALL.

80-20 will inform you what those steps of full court press are
in our next mass email. If and when the press begins, be a part of
that movement. Stand up for your rights. This will be something
that you'll be proud to tell your grandchildren.

Join 80-20. Make that a part of your New Year resolutions.
Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu Director of Projects
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50; Basic
Membership is $35; Student membership is $15.

80-20 EF Spoke Up For AsAm Workers

S. B. Woo, President of 80-20 Educational Foundation, EF, wrote
EEOC Chairwoman Cari M. Dominguez. Woo applauded her desire
to "outreach" in order to decrease workplace discrimination and
offered to work with her. He also said, "AsAms not only perceive
discrimination at work but also suffer real discrimination."
Woo cited those statistics that he had sent earlier to
Labor Sec. Chao.

Domingues had puzzled publicly over why 31% of AsAm workers
perceived discrimination at work and yet filed very few complaints
with EEOC. Woo wrote to explain that

there are cultural and social reasons for the scarcity of
complaints to the EEOC from AsAms. A complaint to EEOC is
equivalent to initiating litigation in the minds of AsAms.
Many AsAms fear litigation for the following reasons.

A) Cultural Inhibitions Against Litigation

First generation Asian immigrants have strong cultural inhibition
to litigation. Many of us feel that being involving in a law suit
at least partially reflects on us, since in our view a truly good
&successful person can solve all problems without going to court.
We distrust lawyers much more than average Americans. We
believe lawyers can be bought by money and power as
commonly happened in our respective old countries in the
past -- a belief that is likely inaccurate in US. So going to
court is like gambling, not being in complete control of
one's own destiny and therefore a shame.

B) Cultural Inhibition Against Admitting Being Discriminated

Many of us hate to admit that we have been discriminated against.
Confucian training influences us to believe that a good and strong
person would win respect instead of suffer discrimination. Again
we believe being discriminated against partially reflects on us.
So when asked by a pollster and knowing that their names will
not be tied to the admission of having being discriminated, many
will admit. But the same persons probably have not mentioned
the discrimination to EVEN their own family members. I'll further
conjecture that not all Asian will owe up to being discriminated
even to a pollster. In other words, the real percentage may be
even higher than 31%.

C) Assessment of the Political Reality in America

Asian Ams are well aware that many of our compatriots consider us
"foreigners." We are further aware that should the same
discrimination statistics have applied to African Americans, the
NAACP, Urban League, the Black Congressional Caucus, Jesse
Jackson's Rainbow Coalition will have together long demanded a
Congressional investigation and gotten it. EEOC & the Civil Rights
Commission will be investigating the matter vigorously. Ethnic
publications like Ebony will be focusing on such statistics issue
after issues. The mainstream media will be carrying it week after
weeks. Nothing close to the above described had happened in the
Asian Am community. The AsAm politicians are on the whole less
powerful. So average AsAm workers don't feel their complaints
will be dealt with justly.

Many AsAms have observed how reluctant their employers are
to fire a Black or female colleague. We are NOT suggesting to fire
the others with ease, but to point out the political plight of a
small minority without the GROUP political clout.

How Asian American Must Adjust

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do." AsAms must ADJUST the
above cultural views when discriminated against. If we don't,
we'll forever be discriminated against.

Lacking GROUP political clout is something that individual AsAms
can't do much about. That was why 80-20 was born! However, 80-20
can't by itself create GROUP political clout, unless you pitch in.
Your offspring will thank you.

Hot News

This afternoon, US Senator Tom Carper of Delaware and DOL
Sec. Elaine Chao will meet in Sen. Carper's office. The topic will
be 80-20's letter to Sec. Chao of May 17, 2005. Senator Carper
will be accompanied by his Chief of Staff and Legislative Asst.
Paige Jennings who is a labor expert.

80-20 has worked with Senator Carper's office for the last 8
months regarding the issue of glass ceiling on Asian Americans
and Executive Order 11246 which was enacted to assure that ALL
Americans will enjoy equal opportunity in workplaces.

The central point of 80-20's letter to Sec. Chao is:

"When compared with average Am. workers in the same
positions, Asian Americans have only 55% of their
chance to rise to the top rank in the private Industries (1.9
million AsAm workers), 41% of their chance in the universities
(70,000 AsAm workers), and 30% their chance in the Federal
government (86,000 AsAm workers)."

80-20 requested Sec. Chao to enforce E.O. 11246 on hehalf of
Asian Americans so that the glass ceiling over them will be
removed within a reasonable time period.

The history of how this meeting came about is stated below:

80-20 President S. B. Woo requested help from Sen. Tom Carper
to get the Senate Labor Comm. to hold a hearing on the glass ceiling
on Asian Americans. Sen. Carper suggested an informal & friendlier
method first. He proposed to act as the host to get Sec. Chao and
S. B. Woo to meet in Carper's office with Carper being the third person.
The topic will be 80-20's letter to Sec. Chao of May 17, 2005.

Sec. Chao refused the meeting on the ground that she'd not meet
with the head of a PAC, political action committee. It so happens that
Sec. Chao's husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell of KY and at least half of the
US Congressional Delegation are also heads of PACs. However, to
accommodate Sec. Chao's wish, 80-20 proposed that Prof. Larry Ho,
a Harvard professor and Nat'l Academician and Gareth Chang, a
C-100 member, would meet with her. She refused to meet with them, as
well. So it was good of Sen. Carper to insist on meeting with her to
talk about the same issue.

80-20 shall keep you posted on the outcome of the meeting.

If we have a problem then WE must work hard to solve it
OURSELVES. Recall that the recent Gallup poll found AsAms to have
the highest % of workers who have perceived discrimination at work
when compared with other races or gender groups. WE need to each
do our share to build up our political clout painstakingly. We must be
willing to give time and money to achieve such goals. We must unite.

Join 80-20 to help achieve those goals. Using a credit card, go
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life
Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15.

Gallup Poll: AsAms the most discriminated at work

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) hired the Gallup
Poll org. to find out workers' perception of discrimination. Its
finding 100% backs up 80-20's contention that AsAms are the most
discriminated in workplaces.

The Gallup poll finds that 31% of Asian workers say they were
discriminated at work, followed by 26% for African Am. workers, and
22% for female workers. Most major papers covered the news. The
World Journal reported it as the front-page top headline article.
For EEOC press release, go http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-8-05.html
For Washington Post, go http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/12/08/AR2005120802037.html
For the World Journal, go http://www.80-20initiative.net/gallupwj.html

Fellow Asian Americans, a convergence of opportunities has
emerged. The 4 great forces working for you are:

(1) 80-20 has dug up irrefutable statistics, using employment
data supplied by the government and broken down to races, to show
that Asian Americans are the most discriminated in workplaces. See
80-20's last mass email.

(2) The above finding was the spark. It is spreading like the prairie
fire among AsAm workers and orgs. See 80-20's last mass email.

(3) The recent Gallup poll shows that 31% of Asian Americans, the
largest % of all Americans, have experienced discrimination in their
workplaces.

(4) 80-20 has reserved time and money to begin an all-front push to
eliminate the gross inequity for Asian Ams., if Labor Sec. Elaine
Chao refuses to enforce Exec. Order 11246 on behalf of AsAm by
the end of 2005.

The prospect for victory is good. Please put your shoulder to the
wheel and push! How?

Organize fellow AsAms in your workplace and ask your management
for the employee data broken down to ranks and races. 80-20 is 98%
certain that you can document glass ceiling in your own backyard and
win your management's support to accelerate its acceptance of
diversity. It could be the most rewarding task that you've ever spent
time on.

Do it for your children. You saved and saved to send your
children to first rate universities. What is the use of a good
education, if your children don't have equal opportunity to live
to the maximum of their potentials?

Ask 80-20 to help you in your endeavor to get employee data.
80-20 needs your help as well. Join 80-20. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
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80-20 has created a Members' News webpage. Submission is
welcome. Click on http://www.80-20initiative.net/membernews.html and
see Dr. Kuan-Teh Jeang, who is a model for AsAms. He stepped forth to
fight for equal opportunity for AsAms in NIH. Did you get punished
by the management? No, he was instead rewarded as the NIH Asian
American Scientist of 2005. Hurrah.