Morning | Everett, WA: Tour of Boeing President Hu will tour the Boeing Co.'s assembly plant in Everett, WA, accompanied by Boeing President Alan Mulally. Send a letter to Alan Mulally urging him not to allow Boeing's trade deals with China to undermine human rights! Use HRIC's suggested letter, or edit the text below to write a letter of your choice. Fill in your full name and e-mail address, and click the send button! The letter: Dear Mr. Mulally: I am writing to you regarding your meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao during his first visit to the United States since becoming President. President Hu's high-level visit provides an important opportunity to raise human rights issues and concerns with him, and to send a strong message on your commitment to human rights. Human rights defenders in China, including journalists, lawyers, petitioners, religious practitioners, health activists and workers continue to face serious challenges, including detentions simply for exercising their human right to free expression. I urge you to raise these serious human rights concerns with President Hu, particularly in light of negotiations underway between the Chinese government and Boeing for the purchase of Boeing 737 jetliners. These essential human rights issues deeply concern me, and I sincerely hope you will exercise your leverage as one of China's important trading partners to ensure that fundamental human rights are not undermined. Yours respectfully, Your information: Full name: E-mail address:  Sign me up for HRIC's mailing list!	Trade deals with China President Hu's visit was preceded by a 200 member strong trade delegation from China. By April 6, U.S. and Chinese companies had signed more than $4 billion in deals. On April 3, Beijing and China signed a general purchase agreement for 80 Next Generation 737s, in addition to an order of 70 airplanes booked in late 2005 and early 2006. Boeing shareholder proposals Numerous shareholder proposals have been filed in attempts to bring accountability to Boeing's corporate practices in China. All have failed to pass. From 1996 to 1999, shareholder proposals were introduced asking that basic human rights be adopted as a criteria for business operations with the PRC. Most recently in 2006, shareholders called upon Boeing to develop, implement and report on a comprehensive human rights policy that adhered to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The proposal won over 20% of votes. Additional Resources 2006 Proxy Statement with human rights proposal 1999 Proxy Statement with business in China proposal 1998 Proxy Statement with business in China proposal 1997 Proxy Statement with business in China proposal
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