U.S. Troops Don’t Belong

On the Backs of Our Workers

Payless Shoe Source is trying to use the U.S. Military to interfere

with civil negotiations between dockworkers and big shipping companies.

Payless Shoes has formed an alliance with other giant corporations called the “West Coast Waterfront Coalition” to protect billions in corporate profits made from imported products. That “coalition” has gotten the federal government to threaten sending federal troops to force management’s takeaways on West Coast dockworkers, members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU).

Military Interference Makes No Sense

ILWU union members have been negotiating with their employers since 1934. Their last strike was in 1971. If the Bush administration will let the workers and their employers negotiate, both sides can come to a fair agreement again. But Payless Shoe Source and the other big retailers have used their corporate clout to interfere with private negotiations. They want the government to serve big business, instead of letting both sides negotiate equally.

Tell Payless Shoes: No Military Interference in Our Backyard!

·   Stop Pushing the Federal Government To Interfere With Civil Negotiations!

·   Get Out of the West Coast Waterfront Coalition!

·  Let Workers And Employers Negotiate Fairly!

Payless Shoesource Customer Service 1-877-474-6379

And write: www.payless.com or 3231 SE Sixth Street; Topeka, KS 66607

And most of all, tell Payless Shoe Source:

AS LONG AS PAYLESS SHOES WANTS OUR MILITARY INTERFERING IN

OUR WORKER NEGOTIATIONS,

WE WON’T SHOP HERE!