Coalition for Sensible Safeguards
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The Coalition for Sensible Safeguards is a network of consumer, small business, labor, scientific, research, good government, faith, community, health, environmental, and public interest groups and concerned individuals that have joined together in the shared belief that the United States' system of regulatory safeguards provides a stable framework that secures citizens' quality of life and paves the way for a sound economy that benefits all citizens. To that end, the coalition provides the information, resources, and strategic capacity to allow citizens to explain, defend, and advocate for the country’s system of public protections.[1]
An information sheet explaining the Coalition states:
Federal regulations dealing with food and consumer products, safe air and drinking water, healthy working conditions, equal opportunity, and reliable financial structures, for example, protect all of us from harm. Failure to provide adequate safeguards diminishes economic well-being, undermines public health and safety, and allows special interests to escape accountability for their actions. Wall Street and big corporations have benefitted from this failure at the expense of average Americans. Both special interests and government must be held accountable to ensure that federal regulations are sensible, effective, and enforced.[2]
Member organizations
The following organizations are members of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards (partial list):
- Ability Production
- AFL-CIO
- Alliance for Justice
- American Association of University Professors
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Lung Association
- American Rivers
- American Values Campaign
- Americans for Financial Reform
- ATTIC, Inc.
- BlueGreen Alliance
- Campaign for Contract Agriculture Reform (CCAR)
- Center for Food Safety
- Center for Independent Living
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Citizens for Sludge-Free Land
- Clean Air Watch
- Clean Water Network
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- Consumer Federation of America
- Consumers Union
- CounterCorp
- Cumberland Countians for Peace & Justice
- Demos
- Economic Policy Institute
- Edmonds Institute
- Free Press
- Friends of the Earth
- Green for All
- Health Care for America Now
- In the Public Interest
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Center for Technology Assessment
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW)
- Jam On! Music Production & Recording
- League of Conservation Voters
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
- National Center for Healthy Housing
- National Consumers League
- National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Employment Law Project
- National Lawyers Guild, Louisville Chapter
- National Women's Health Network
- National Women's Law Center
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Network for Environmental & Economic Responsibility of United Church of Christ
- New Jersey Work Environment Council
- New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)
- OMB Watch
- Oregon PeaceWorks
- People for the American Way
- Protect All Children's Environment
- Public Citizen
- Reproductive Health Technologies Project
- Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.)
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Southern Illinois Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
- The Partnership for Working Families
- Trust For America’s Health
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Union Plus
- United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- United Steelworkers
- U.S. Chamber Watch
- U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group]]
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- Worksafe[3]
Sourcewatch resources
External resources
- Coalition for Sensible Safeguards' YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/SensibleSafeguards
Contact
Contact is through webform or the following phone number: OMB Watch at 202-234-8494
References
- ↑ Coalition for Sensible Safeguards About Us, organizational website, accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Coalition for Sensible Safeguards Description (pdf), description sheet, accessed December 2, 2011
- ↑ Coalition for Sensible Safeguards Members List, updated as of November 10, 2011, accessed December 2, 2011
