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WHY UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
SHOULD SIGN
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES:
A corporate code of conduct
for American companies
doing business in the Holy Land
JUNE 2015
Holy Land Principles, Inc.
PO Box 15128 • Capitol Hill • Washington, DC 20003-0849
Tel.: 202-488-0107 • Fax: 202-488-7537
www.HolyLandPrinciples.org • [email protected]
INTRODUCTION
This pamphlet is a moral appeal to all United Parcel Service (UPS) investors, shareholders and
stakeholders.
Please use your influence—your conscience and your American sense of fair play—to get UPS
to sign the Holy Land Principles: Amended 2014, so that American principles follow American
investment. See page 4.
This pamphlet is being sent to all 545 American companies doing business in The Holy Land – to
both the CEOs and the IRCs (Investor Relations Contacts). All these companies, and not just UPS,
are urged to sign the Holy Land Principles. Every Member of Congress, House and Senate, will
also receive this pamphlet.
The second part of this pamphlet consists of a Special Report that Holy Land Principles, Inc. commissioned “United Parcel Service and Human Rights” by Sustainable Investments Institute.
The Holy Land Principles do not call for quotas, reverse discrimination, disinvestment, divestment
or boycott — only American fairness. The Principles are modeled on the Mac Bride Principles,
universally regarded as the most effective campaign ever against anti-Catholic discrimination in
Northern Ireland. The Principles are pro-Jewish, pro-Palestinian and pro-company.
We will be filing a Resolution with UPS to sign the Holy Land Principles (page 11). We especially
urge all Shareholders to vote for this Resolution.
This Resolution should be totally acceptable to UPS, granting its declared policy on Human Rights.
HUMAN RIGHTS
UPS states: “UPS supports the protection of basic human rights throughout its worldwide operations. As a global company, UPS recognizes that it plays a role in acknowledging basic human
rights in accordance with our high standards for the treatment of people. Basic human rights address areas such as equality among people, employee well-being and security, personal freedom
from persecution, and economic, social, and cultural freedom.”
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
The Holy Land Principles came into being when Americans of conscience and fair play had studied and analyzed the effectiveness of the Mac Bride Principles for Northern Ireland.
They approached Fr. Sean Mc Manus, President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus,
which initiated and launched the Mac Bride Principles on November 5, 1984. They sought his
advice on the feasibility of a similar campaign regarding American companies doing business in
the Holy Land.
Fr. Mc Manus not only thought it was feasible, but he also agreed to lead the Holy Land Principles campaign, saying: “If Catholics in Northern Ireland deserve these Principles, who can claim
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that Palestinian Christians and Palestinian Muslims do not.”
Fr. Mc Manus visited the Holy Land in October 2012, as part of a delegation sponsored by the
Washington-based INTERFAITH PEACE–BUILDERS. And on International Human Rights
Day, December 10, 2012, he launched the Holy Land Principles, along with an updated edition
of his widely praised Memoirs: My American Struggle For Justice in Northern Ireland … And
The Holy Land.
MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES ELUCIDATES HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
The secret of the Mac Bride Principles is their moderation and reasonableness. For example, the
Principles did not try to contend with England’s partition of Ireland or the denial of Ireland’s right
to national sovereignty and self-determination. Nor did the Principles attempt to address the torture
of political prisoners and the wholesale violations of human rights in the undemocratically and
artificially created State of Northern Ireland. Although acutely conscious that Northern Ireland
was set up to be a sectarian and anti-Catholic State, the Principles did not attempt to resolve such
institutionalized injustice. None of this is the proper business of American companies—or so companies might try to conveniently argue—but fair employment most assuredly is their business.
In the same way, the Holy Land Principles do not try to address the political problems in Israel–
Palestine. They take no position on a One-State, Two-State solution, or any solution.
Supporters of the Holy Land Principles, naturally, support nonviolence, security for Israel, and full
human and political rights for Palestinians. However, the Principles do not attempt to address the
fundamental, just demands of the Palestinians: Ending the post–1976 Occupation; full equality for
all Arab citizens of Israel; and the Right to Return of all refugees, as mandated by UN Resolution
194.
We also recognize that all American companies must be aware that Settlements are a violation of
International law, and that, therefore, Settlement goods are tainted. Not only that, but all American
Administrations have opposed Settlements. Therefore, many Americans feel it is legally and morally wrong to deal with Settlement goods.
But the Holy Land Principles cannot incorporate any of these elements. Not because they are not
important—they supremely are—but because they are not the function of Principles. Just as the
freedom and re-unification of Ireland is the supreme objective of the Irish National Caucus, nonetheless, the Mac Bride Principles campaign was not about that … Other campaigns of ours surely
were, but not the Mac Bride Principles campaign. Yet no Irish-American campaign ever was more
effective in exposing injustice in Northern Ireland and raising the Irish issue to the highest level.
The basic strategy of the Holy Land Principles campaign is to persuade all the 545 U.S. companies
in the Holy Land to sign the Principles. They sign by agreeing in writing ‘to make all lawful efforts to implement the Fair Employment Practices embodied in the Holy Land Principles in their
operations in The Holy Land’—the very same language used by companies signing the Mac Bride
Principles.
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he campaign is being conducted through Shareholders’ Resolutions and through public
education.
2. This book with a personalized letter has been sent to the CEOs of all 546 companies, plus
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their Investor Relations Contact.
3. T
his book with a personalized letter has been sent to all Members of Congress, House and
Senate, and all key media personnel.
4. A
n extensive Direct Mail campaign is being conducted to prospective supporters—IrishAmericans, Arab-Americans and the faith and social-justice communities.
To date 113 companies have responded.
Significantly, whereas it took five years for the first company to sign the Mac Bride Principles,
one company—Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. (now named Tenax Therapeutics)—signed the
Holy Land Principles almost immediately.
As anticipated, the others—just as with the Mac Bride Principles—mostly said there was no need
to sign up as they were already following codes of conduct.
Fr. Mc Manus has replied to these companies, stating: “We did, of course, already know that your
Company would have certain fair employment principles in place—just as we knew before we
launched the Mac Bride Principles on November 5, 1984, that those Companies doing business
in Northern Ireland would have fair employment principles in place.
However—as the historical record has abundantly established—it was not until those Companies signed the Mac Bride Principles that real progress was made in combatting anti-Catholic
discrimination.
Similarly, until your Company signs the Holy Land Principles, it will not be clear that it is doing
enough to combat discrimination the Holy Land (Palestine–Israel).
Companies cannot pretend that Northern Ireland and The Holy Land are not unusual, or that they
do not require special attention. History adequately proves otherwise.
Therefore, we have no option but to persist in our campaign to get your Company and all American Companies doing business in Palestine-Israel to sign the Holy Land Principles. We know
from our experience with the Mac Bride Principles that Companies tend to resist signing, but we
also know that sooner or later—as the moral pressure mounts and as Americans of conscience
speak out—that Companies will sign … We urge your Company to sign sooner rather than later.
It’s the right thing to do. Refusing to sign sends out the wrong signal, which is neither good for
fair employment nor business.”
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
American principles following American investment
A Corporate Code of Conduct for U.S. Companies in The Holy Land
American companies have a responsibility to maximize the profits of their shareholders. And
shareholders have the right and responsibility to insist that their profits are earned through ethical
corporate practices—that they avoid discrimination based on racial, national, ethnic or religious
identity.
Moreover, ethical investment not only benefits society but also creates stronger and more sustainable profits for their shareholders.
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In the tradition of the Sullivan Principles (South Africa) and the Mac Bride Principles
(Northern Ireland), the Holy Land Principles seek to ensure that American dollars do not support
discrimination, human rights abuses, or violations of international law in The Holy Land (Israel/
Palestine, The West Bank, The Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem). The Principles do not call for
disinvestment, divestment, quotas or reverse discrimination.
Responsible corporate conduct is especially urgent today because of the deprivations and sufferings caused by the conflict.
By implementing the Holy Land Principles, corporations will enhance America’s security as
people in the Middle East see that American companies support equality and fairness for all.
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
Amended 2014
to equal and fair employment practices in hiring, compensation, training, pro1) Adhere
fessional education, advancement and governance without discrimination based on national, racial, ethnic or religious identity.
underrepresented employee groups and initiate active recruitment efforts to
2) Identify
increase the number of underrepresented employees.
training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority
3) Develop
employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees.
a work environment that is respectful of all national, racial, ethnic and reli4) Maintain
gious groups.
that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular national,
5) Ensure
racial, ethnic or religious group.
make military service a precondition or qualification for employment for any posi6) Not
tion, other than those positions that specifically require such experience, for the fulfillment of an employee’s particular responsibilities.
accept subsidies, tax incentives or other benefits that lead to the direct advantage of
7) Not
one national, racial, ethnic or religious group over another.
staff to monitor, oversee, set timetables, and publicly report on their progress
8) Appoint
in implementing the Holy Land Principles.
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TWO LANDS DIVIDED BY ENGLAND
– UNITED BY AMERICAN PRINCIPLES –
“But nowhere in its [British] Empire did Albion demonstrate such
perfidious behavior.” – Renowned Jewish historian, Ilan Pappe.
(Albion is, of course, the ancient Roman name for England,
which for centuries has been nicknamed Perfidious Albion.)
The olive tree, a universal symbol of peace, has become another casualty of war.
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LIST OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO DATE
3M
Abbott
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Photonix
AES Corp
Ambient
Allergan
AMD
American Airlines
AMR
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Applied Materials
Analog Devices
Arotec
Arrow
Avon
Brooks Automation
CA Technologies
Catalyst Global
CBRE
Cisco
CitiGroup
Coca Cola
Columbia Sportswear
Corning
Deere & Co.
Delatree
Dell
Dominos
Dothill
Dupont
Edwards Life Sciences
EMC Corp
Entegris
Fed Ex
FEI
FSI
FXCM
General Dynamics
General Mills
General Motors
Global-Energy
Goldman Sachs Group
Henry Schein
HP
IBM
Illumina
Ingram Micro
Intel Corp
International Paper
Intersil
ITT
Juniper Networks
KCC
Krotos Defense
Kulicke & Sofia
Lakes Entertainment
Liberty Media
Lilly
Mako Surgical Corp
Manpower
Mattson Technology
Marriott
Maxim Intergrates
McDonald’s
Merck
Microsoft
MMC
Monolithic Power
Morgan Stanley
Nike
NY Times Co
Orbitz
Oclaro, Inc.
Ormat Tech
Oxygen Biotherapeutics
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Pepsico
Perrigo
P&G
Pfizer
Pitney Bowes
PTC
Qualcomm
Raytheon
Riverbed
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Collins
Rovi Corp
Sealed Air
Sem Tech
Sequenom
Sigma Aldrich
Skechers
Solera Holdings
Sotheby
Starwood
Steelcase
Stryker
TE Conductivity
Techdata
Terex
Texas Instruments
Thompson Reuters
Time-Warner
Tyco International
US Air
Vonage
Vmware, Inc.
Waters Corp.
Wave Systems
Wyndham
Yum! Brands
Z-Trim Holdings
Sean Mac Bride with Fr. Sean Mc Manus. 1976.
THE MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES
Initiated, proposed, and launched by the Irish National Caucus November 5, 1984
(Amplifications issued by Sean Mac Bride in 1986 appear in plain text)
(1)Increasing the representation of individuals, from underrepresented religious groups in
the workforce, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical
jobs.
A workforce that is severely unbalanced may indicate prima facie that full equality of opportunity is not being afforded all segments of the community in Northern Ireland. Each signatory to the MacBride Principles must make every reasonable lawful effort to increase the
representation of underrepresented religious groups at all levels of its operations in Northern
Ireland.
(2)Adequate security for the protection of minority employees at the workplace.
While total security can be guaranteed nowhere today in Northern Ireland, each signatory to
the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to protect workers against
intimidation and physical abuse at the workplace. Signatories must also make reasonable
good faith efforts to ensure that applicants are not deterred from seeking employment because of fear for their personal safety at the workplace.
(3)Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems from the workplace.
Each signatory to the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to prevent the display of provocative sectarian emblems at their plants in Northern Ireland.
(4)Providing that all job openings be advertised publicly and providing that special recruitment efforts be made to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.
Signatories to the Mac Bride Principles must exert special efforts to attract employment applications from the sectarian community that is substantially underrepresented in the workforce. This should not be construed to imply a diminution of opportunity for other applicants.
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(5)Providing that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular religious group.
Each signatory to the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to
ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not penalize religious groups disproportionately. Layoff and termination practices that involve seniority solely can result in
discrimination against a particular religious group if the bulk of employees with greatest
seniority are disproportionately from another religious group.
(6) A
bolishing job reservations, apprenticeships restrictions and differential employment
criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion.
Signatories to the MacBride Principles must make reasonable good faith efforts to abolish
all differential employment criteria whose effect is discrimination on the basis of religion.
For example, job reservations and apprenticeship regulations that favor relatives of current
of former employees can, in practice, promote religious discrimination if the company’s
workforce has historically been disproportionately drawn from another religious group.
(7) P
roviding for the development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the skills of
minority employees.
This does not imply that such programs should not be open to all members of the workforce equally.
(8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify and actively recruit minority employees with
the potential for further advancement.
This section does not imply that such procedures should not apply to all employees equally.
(9) P
roviding for the appointment of a senior management staff member to be responsible
for the employment efforts of the entity and, within a reasonable period of time, the
implementation of the principles described above.
In addition to the above, each signatory to the MacBride Principles is required to report
annually to an independent monitoring agency on its progress in the implementation of
these Principles.
The Mac Bride Principles have been signed by 116 America companies.
The Mac Bride Principles have been signed into law in 18 States, numerous cities and
towns.
The Mac Bride Principles were passed twice by the Republican Congress and signed
into law by Democratic President Clinton in October 1998. The great Jewish-American
Congressman Ben Gilman (R–NY), Chairman of the House International Committee took
to the floor of the House of Representatives and declared: “I want to make a special note
regarding Fr. Sean Mc Manus. No one has fought harder against discrimination in Northern Ireland. Fr. Sean singlehandedly brought the Mac Bride fair employment principles
to … enactment.”
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U.S. COMPANIES THAT SIGNED MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES
NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER’S REPORT 2010
Currently in Northern Ireland (73 firms)
3M
Abbott Laboratories
AES
Allen Systems Group
Allstate
American International Group
Ametek
Aon Corp.
Aramark
Anixter International
Art Tecnologies Group
AVX
Baker Hughes
Bemis
Black Box Corp.
Blackstone Group
Blockbuster
Borland Software
Caterpillar
CBS
Chesapeake
Chevron
Citigroup
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings
Coca-Cola Co.
Computer Sciences
ConocoPhillips
Crawford & Co.
Danaher
Disney (Walt)
DuPont (E.I.) Nemours
Emerson Electric
Gap
General Electric
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell International
IAC/Interactive
Interface
International Business Machines
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Kraft Foods Inc.
Lauder (Estee)
Lockton Inc.
Marsh & McLennan
McDonald’s
Merck
Microsoft
Nacco Industries
NTL
Office Depot
Open wave Systems
Oxford Industries
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Pitney Bowes
Procter & Gamble
Seagate Technology
Sonoco Products
Starbucks Corp.
Tech International
TeleTech Holdings
Terex
TJX
United Technologies
Virgin Media
Visteon
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Warner Chilcott
Watson Pharmaceuticals
Xerox
Welch Allyn
SIGNED MAC BRIDE BUT NO LONGER
IN NORTHERN IRELAND
AM International
AT&T
American Home Products
Analog Devices
Avery Dennison
Bell Atlantic
Bershire Hathaway
Cendant
Dana
EMC (was Data General)
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
ExxonMobil
Federal Express
Ford Motor
Fort James
Fruit of the Loom
GATX Corp.
General Motors
Household International
KeySpan
King Pharmaceuticals
Lockheed Martin
Marriott International
Nynex
Omnicom Group
Oneida
PetsMart
Sara Lee
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Shaw Industries
Solectron
Sun Healtcare
Teleflex
TriVirix Intl.
Toys ‘R’ Us
Unisys
UPS
Viacom
VF Corp.
Warnaco Group
Waste Management
Westinghouse Electric
Wombat Financial Software Inc.
SEÁN MAC BRIDE
(1904-1988)
The Irish National Caucus named the Mac Bride Principles after the
late Seán Mac Bride.
Seán Mac Bride, by any criterion, was one of Ireland’s most eminent
sons. He certainly was its most revered, internationally respected
‘Elder Statesman.’
He is the only man in history to win the three major Peace Prizes:
the Nobel Peace Prize (1974), the Lenin Peace Prize (1977) and the
American Medal of Justice (1978).
Seán Mac Bride was born in 1904. His parents—Major John Mac
Bride and Maud Gonne—were both illustrious Irish patriots. Maud
Gonne was the inspiration for a number of WB Yeats famous love poems. Major Mac Bride
was executed by the British in 1916. Mac Bride’s imprisonment by the British as a boy of fourteen, no doubt, explains his life-long commitment to the right of political prisoners. He played
an active and key role in the Irish War of Independence. He was Chief of Staff of the IRA in
1936, and Irish Foreign Minister from 1948-1951.
As Foreign Minister, Mac Bride became one of the primary movers behind the creation of the
European Human Rights Convention. Mac Bride also was instrumental in bringing about the
United Nations’ Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
Perhaps Mac Bride is best known for co-founding Amnesty International in 1961. He also
helped to establish the Organization of African Unity. In 1973, the General Assembly of the
United Nations unanimously elected him to serve as Commissioner for Namibia.
From 1963 to 1971, Mac Bride served as the Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists. He also went on to become Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations,
Chairman of the Congress of World Peace Forces, President of the World Federation of the
United Nations Association and President of the International Peace Bureau.
Over and above all this, he pursued a distinguished legal career, making him widely regarded
as one of the great lawyers of the 20th Century.
Seán Mac Bride served as the Irish National Caucus Liaison in Ireland from 1979 until his
death in 1988.
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HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, UPS has operations in Palestine-Israel;
WHEREAS, achieving a lasting peace in the Holy Land—with security for Israel and justice for
Palestinians—encourages us to promote a means for establishing justice and equality;
WHEREAS, fair employment should be the hallmark of any American company at home or
abroad and is a requisite for any just society;
WHEREAS, Holy Land Principles Inc., a non-profit organization, has proposed a set of equal
opportunity employment principles to serve as guidelines for corporations in Palestine-Israel.
These are:
1. Adhere to equal and fair employment practices in hiring, compensation, training, professional
education, advancement and governance without discrimination based on national, racial,
ethnic or religious identity.
2. I dentify underrepresented employee groups and initiate active recruitment efforts to increase
the number of underrepresented employees.
3.Develop training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority
employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation
of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees.
4.Maintain a work environment that is respectful of all national, racial, ethnic and religious
groups.
5. Ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular national,
racial, ethnic or religious group.
6.Not make military service a precondition or qualification for employment for any position,
other than those positions that specifically require such experience, for the fulfillment of an
employee’s particular responsibilities.
7.Not accept subsidies, tax incentives or other benefits that lead to the direct advantage of one
national, racial, ethnic or religious group over another.
8.Appoint staff to monitor, oversee, set timetables, and publicly report on their progress in
implementing the Holy Land Principles.
RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors to: Make all possible lawful efforts to
implement and/or increase activity on each of the eight Holy Land Principles.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
The proponent believes that United Parcel Service benefits by hiring from the widest available
talent pool. An employee’s ability to do the job should be the primary consideration in hiring and
promotion decisions.
Implementation of the Holy Land Principles­—which are both pro-Jewish and pro-Palestinian
—will demonstrate concern for human rights and equality of opportunity in its international
operations.
Please vote your proxy FOR these concerns.
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FR. SEAN MC MANUS
Fr. Sean Mc Manus, founder-president of the Capitol
Hill-based Irish National Caucus—and the Holy Land
Principles, Inc.—was born in 1944 in County Fermanagh, one of the Six Counties in Northern Ireland—in
a parish, significantly, divided by the British imposed
Border.
In 1972, Church and State exiled him to the U.S. because he refused to be silent about injustice in Northern
Ireland.
In 1974, he founded the Irish National Caucus: “Thus
Mc Manus became Britain’s nemesis in America, the
driving force that would eventually erode Britain’s influence within the U.S. Government.”
(American Policy and Northern Ireland. Professor Joseph E. Thompson).
Fr. Mc Manus has an unequaled and unprecedented record of working on Capitol Hill on the
Irish issue. He has built up huge goodwill for the Irish cause, and is highly respected for the nonpartisan way he has pursued his mission. He has based his mission solidly on the teaching of the
Catholic Church: “Action on behalf of Justice [is] a constitutive dimension of the preaching of
the Gospel.” (Justice in the World. 1972).
In 2011, Fr. Mc Manus was chosen to serve on the World Peace Prize Awarding Council
(WPPAC). The South Korea-based Council consists of twelve international and interfaith members. In 2013 Fr. Mc Manus was selected to be the Chief Judge of WPPAC.
To further promote the Holy Land Principles, Fr. Mc Manus has brought out a new edition of his
Memoirs: My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland … and The Holy Land. In the
book, which now has 424 pages, he draws a close parallel between how the British Government
partitioned both Ireland and Palestine. The prime promoter of the book is Barbara Flaherty, Executive Vice President of both the INC and the Holy Land Principles, Inc.
The book is available on the INC Website: Irishnationalcaucus.org, HolyLandPrinciples.org and
Amazon.com.
Fr. Mc Manus
wearing
yarmulke at
Wailing Wall.
Fr. Mc Manus,
standing on
right, with
Delegation at
Dome of the
Rock.
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BARBARA J. FLAHERTY
Executive Vice President
Barbara Flaherty, a teacher and educator, has also spent many
years working in the non-profit sector. She has a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Secondary Education from The University of
Maryland, College Park, and holds a Master of Science Degree
in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Maryland College,
graduating with a 4.0 average.
Barbara has spent two decades teaching history in the Prince
George’s County, Maryland system. She said, “I love teaching,
and I have worked with the best trained educators in the country.”
In 2005, Barbara received the Outstanding Educator Award.
She is now the Executive Vice President of the Irish National
Caucus, and the Holy Land Principles.
She says, “It is a privilege to be working with both the Irish National Caucus and the Holy Land
Principles on very important, human rights issues.”
Her late husband, Martin, a Galway native, first introduced her to the Irish cause at the age of 18,
and since then she has been continually involved.
In 2011, the World Peace Prize Awarding Council appointed Barbara Roving Ambassador of
Peace, and in 2013, Barbara was selected to also serve as a Judge and Corporate Manager of
WPPAC. The South Korea-based Council consists of twelve international and interfaith members.
Barbara is the prime promoter of Fr. Mc Manus’s Memoirs, My American Struggle for Justice in
Northern Ireland ... And The Holy Land, and his novels, Mac Ireland: Fight For Irish Freedom
and Mac Ireland: Irish Struggle Continues.
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HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
THE HOLY LAND AND IRELAND
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES AND MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES
A vacuum crying out to be filled
A Role Waiting For You
Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY)
Chairman, House International
Relations Committee
FR. SEAN MC MANUS
MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN
FR. SEAN
MC MANUS NORTHERN IRELAND ... AND THE HOLY LAND
The Holy Land and Ireland are joined in this Third Edition of Fr. Mc Manus’
Memoirs. Having struggled for over forty years to get America to stand up for justice
and peace in Ireland, Fr. Mc Manus turns his attention to The Holy Land, dear
to the heart of all Irish people the world over. The Irish are deeply conscious
that the British Government partitioned both Palestine and Ireland
in England’s imperial and colonial interest.
When concerned Americans asked Fr. Mc Manus’ help in exploring if a
Mac Bride Principles-type campaign could be applied to The Holy Land,
he responded, “How could I say no since I have spent decades pleading that
these principles be applied to Northern Ireland? I believe American principles
should follow American investment – no exceptions!”
This new Edition recounts Fr. Mc Manus’ visit to The Holy Land,
and his new struggle for The Holy Land Principles.
This book has already been declared a classic, and the most significant
memoir in the historiography of Irish-American nationalism
since John Devoy’s Recollections of an Irish Rebel (1929).
For over forty years, Fermanagh native Fr. Sean Mc Manus has been at the
heart of the Irish-American campaign against injustice in Northern Ireland.
This is his personal account of how he mainstreamed Northern Ireland on Capitol
Hill after Church and State exiled him from Britain in 1972 to silence him on the
issue. He founded the Irish National Caucus in 1974, “the driving force that would
diminish Britain’s influence with the U.S. government.”
He forced through Congressional action to stop the sale of U.S. weapons to the
RUC and made the Mac Bride Principles on fair employment a powerful force.
And all this time, he was opposed not only by the London and Dublin
governments but also – and ironically and inexplicably – by elements in
the Irish Republican Movement in Ireland.
“But nowhere in its [British] Empire did Albion demonstrate
such perfidious behavior.” – Renowned Jewish historian, Ilan Pappe.
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. (Albion is, of course, the ancient Roman name
for England, which for centuries has been nicknamed Perfidious Albion.)
MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE
FOR JUSTICE IN
NORTHERN IRELAND
... AND THE HOLY LAND
“No one has done more than
Fr. Mc Manus to
keep the U.S.
Congress on track
regarding
justice in Ireland.”
The Mac Bride Principles has been the most important campaign ever against anti-Catholic
discrimination in Northern Ireland. The Holy Land Principles—also launched by Fr. Sean Mc
Manus—can do for Palestinian Muslims and Palestinian Christians what the Mac Bride Principles
did for Catholics in Northern Ireland.
England—NOT GOD—sowed the seeds of partition in both lands: the Balfour Declaration for
Palestine (1917) and the Government of Ireland Act (1920).
Until Fr. Sean Mc Manus—President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus—launched
the Mac Bride Principles on November 5, 1984, the American companies doing business in Northern Ireland were never confronted with their complicity in anti-Catholic discrimination. Incredibly,
that obvious domestic and foreign policy nexus, with its powerful economic leverage for good, was
missed. Same, too, with the American companies (apart from a few with obvious military-security
aspects) doing business in Palestine-Israel ... A vacuum crying out to be filled—and filled by the
Holy Land Principles, launched on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2012.
The Holy Land Principles are a corporate code of conduct for the 546 American companies doing business in Israel-Palestine. The 8-point set of Principles does not call for quotas, reverse discrimination, divestment, disinvestment or boycotts—only American fairness in American companies. The Holy Land Principles are pro-Jewish, pro-Palestinian and pro-company. The Holy Land
Principles do not take a position on any particular solution—One State, Two State, etc., etc. The
Principles do not try to tell the Palestinians or the Israelis what to do—they only call on American
companies in the Holy Land to proudly declare and implement their American values by signing
the Holy Land Principles.
One hundred sixteen American companies doing business in Northern Ireland have signed the
Mac Bride Principles. Can American companies now say: “Catholics in Northern Ireland deserve
these principles but Palestinian Muslims and Palestinian Christians do not?” And can fair-minded
Americans—companies, consumers, investors and other stakeholders—go along with that?
President
Father Seán Mc Manus
Executive Vice President
Barbara J. Flaherty
Congressional Friends
MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE
FOR JUSTICE IN
NORTHERN IRELAND
... AND THE HOLY LAND
“No one has done more
than Fr. Mc Manus to
keep the U.S. Congress
on track regarding
justice in Ireland.”
Congressman
Ben Gilman (R-NY)
Chairman, House
International
Relations
Committee
®
Irish National
Caucus
Publications
Washington, D.C.
FR. SEAN MC MANUS
(112th Congress, 2011-2013)
Sen. Mark Begich ( D-AK)
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Sen.. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)
Rep. William L. Clay (D-MO)
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
Rep. Jerry F. Costello (D-IL)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD)
Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
Names continued, over.
CAMPAIGN TO DATE
1. Holy Land Principles campaign was launched by mailing
Fr. Mc Manus’ Memoirs, My
American Struggle for Justice
in Northern Ireland ... And The
Holy Land to all the 550 CEOs
and 550 IRCs, to all Members
of Congress, House and Senate, and to thousands of media.
2. Monthly mailings and emails
to all the CEOs and IRCs.
3. Our Pamphlet publications to
date are: Why Cisco Should
Sign The Holy Land Principles, Why Intel Should Sign
Holy Land Principles, Why
GE Should Sign the Holy Land
Principles, and Why Corning
Should Sign Holy Land Principles.
These pamphlets contain a Special Report, we commissioned, by
the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2): “The first reports of
this kind published by Si2 or any
other organization.” WE TOLD
YOU THERE WAS A VACUUM
CRYING OUT TO BE FILLED.
4. Shareholder Resolutions: Filed
with Intel, GE, and Corning.
With many more to come, like
Coca Cola, FedEx, General
Motors, Cisco, and so forth.
P.O. Box 15128 • Washington, D.C. 20003-0849 Tel: (202) 544-0568 Fax: (202) 488-7537
E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.irishnationalcaucus.org
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SHAREHOLDER RESOLUTIONS
Shareholder resolutions are proposals submitted by shareholders for a vote at the company’s
annual general meeting. To date, Holy land Principles, Inc. has presented three resolutions this
year (GE, Corning and Intel) and will present one at the Cisco annual meeting in November.
We need your help to get a good vote (at least 3%, which entitles us to introduce it again
next year).
Please urge investors you may know who own shares in Cisco to vote for the Resolution
filed by Holy Land Principles, Inc.
Also, please email Penny Bruce ([email protected]) who is Cisco’s Investor Relations
Contact (IRC), the person who deals with the issue for the company, urging Cisco to sign the
Holy Land Principles.
WHAT MORE YOU CAN DO
Go to HolyLandPrinciples.org—to “Contact Companies,” to the list of companies. See
email address list of the Investor Relations (ICRs)—the individuals who deal with the issue for
the Companies. Please follow directions and email all the IRCs urging their Company to sign
the Holy Land Principles.
Holy Land Principles, Inc. • Capitol Hill • P.O. Box 15128, Washington, D.C. 20003-0849 • Tel: (202) 488-0107
Fax: (202) 488-7537 • Email: [email protected] • [email protected]
Website: www.HolyLandPrinciples.org
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THE HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES:
A powerful tool for justice and peace
outlined in the Holy Land Principles - which are nearly
identical to the MacBride Principles - will be adopted by all
546 American companies doing business in the Holy Land.
On his way to celebrate Mass in Bethlehem, Pope Fran"American investment dollars should not subsidize
cis suddenly got out of his popemobile and walked toward
anti-Palestinian discrimination in the Holy Land. Amerithe towering concrete Israeli-built barrier that divides Israel
can principles must follow American investment – everyfrom the Israeli occupied territory of the West Bank.
where," said Fr. McManus.
In a highly symbolic scene, with Israeli soldiers in a
The eight Holy Land Principles in summary call on U.S.
tower above him, Pope Francis touched the separation wall,
companies operating in Israel and Palestine to adhere to
and prayed with head bowed at precisely the spot where
equal and fair employment practices in all areas without
spray-painted messages cry out, "Pope we need some 1 to
discrimination, to actively recruit underrepresented emspeak about Justice Bethlehem look like Warsaw ghetto"
ployee groups, and to work with governmental and comand "Free Palestine." Then he touched his forehead to the
munity authorities to eliminate ethnic, racial and religious
wall.
disparities in government
"This wall is a sign of
spending on education, traindivision, that something is
ing, access to health care and
not functioning right," said
housing.
Vatican spokesman Father
Fr. McManus is asking
Federico Lombardi. And
us to email Ms. Teri Treille
Pope Francis' prayer there,
([email protected]), investor
"signifies for me his derelations contact person for
sire for peace, for a world
Cisco Systems, with the rewithout walls."
quest that Cisco sign the Holy
The Sustainable InvestLand Principles.
ments Institute states that
If Cisco – a large American
barriers – including the sepanetworking company that has
ration wall and border crossa major presence in Israel and
ings, lack of access to proper
the Palestinian West Bank –
government permits, and
can be persuaded to sign the
discrimination – make the
During his recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the pope of
Holy Land Principles, Fr.
prospects grim even for Palsurprises gave the world an unexpected powerful message. McManus feels confident that
estinians able to obtain gainPope Francis [at Separation Wall] prays for unity between
many other U.S. companies
ful employment in Israel.
Christians and Palestinians during his visit to the Holy Land. will find it advantageous to
According to The Legal
sign on as well.
Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, even Palestinian
But in order for Cisco to be persuaded, Cisco will need
citizens of Israel often face discrimination in work opporto hear from many of us.
tunities, pay and conditions.
During his pilgrimage to the Holy Land Pope Francis
To help correct the discriminatory challenges faced by
said, "There is a need to intensify efforts and initiatives
Palestinians, Irish-born American Father Sean McManus
aimed at creating the conditions for a stable peace based on
has put forth the Holy Land Principles (www.holylandprinjustice, on the recognition of the rights of every individual,
ciples.org).
and on mutual security."
In the tradition of the Sullivan Principles, which were
The adoption of the Holy Land Principles will help do
developed to counter racial workplace discrimination in
just that.
South Africa during the apartheid years, Fr. McManus
launched in 1984 the MacBride Principles – a corporate
Tony Magliano is an internationally syndicated social
code of conduct for American companies doing business in
justice and peace columnist. He is available to speak at
Northern Ireland.
diocesan or parish gatherings about Catholic social teachFr. McManus explained to me that the MacBride Princiing. His keynote address, "Advancing the Kingdom of God
ples campaign is widely considered the most effective tool
in the 21st Century," has been well received by diocesan
against anti-Catholic discrimination in Northern Ireland.
gatherings from Salt Lake City to Baltimore. Tony can be
He said he is hoping that the fair employment practices
reached at: [email protected]
By Tony Magliano. Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
June 4, 2014
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IRISH NATIONAL CAUCUS
Ireland, too, has the right to be One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
THE IRISH LOBBY
The Irish National Caucus (INC) is the Irish lobby on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. It is a human rights
organization dedicated to getting the United States to stand up for justice and peace in Ireland.
NONPROFIT
The Irish National Caucus is a nonprofit organization (registered in Washington, D.C., 1978). It is 501(c)
(4). The INC’s sister organization, the Irish Peace Foundation, is recognized by the I.R.S. as being eligible to
receive tax-deductible contributions under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).
NONVIOLENT
The Irish National Caucus is nonviolent, nonpartisan and nonsectarian. It has no foreign principal and does not
support, morally or financially, any group or party in any part of Ireland. It does not send money to Ireland. All
its funds are raised and spent in the United States.
HISTORIC VISION
The Irish National Caucus was the first organization in history to open and maintain headquarters on Capitol Hill
to lobby for justice and peace in Ireland. That fact alone tells you a lot about the vision and purpose of the Irish
National Caucus—not to mention its determination and ability. And so began a historic development “Thus Mc
Manus became Britain’s nemesis in America, the driving force that would eventually erode Britain’s influence
within the U.S. Government.” (American Policy and Northern Ireland. Professor Joseph E. Thompson).
“Neither Democrat nor Republican … But Dedicated to Getting
Both Parties to Stand Up for Justice and Peace in Ireland.”
WHAT THE PRESS AND CONGRESS SAY
“...The Irish National Caucus ... has been influential in getting Congress to see Northern Ireland as a human
rights issue.” ~The Washington Post
“Perhaps the Caucus’ boldest success has been its efforts to create—The Congressional Committee for Irish
Affairs.” ~The New York Times
“The Mac Bride campaign, directed by the Irish National Caucus won the support of the AFL-CIO and of
several religious institutional shareholders including several Catholic orders and several major Protestant
denominations.” ~The Wall Street Journal
“We did not take him [INC President, Fr. Sean Mc Manus] very seriously at first, but the MacBride Principles
have caused serious problems and cost millions to try to counteract.” ~A Senior British Official in Northern
Ireland—Sunday Life (Belfast)
“Fr. Mc Manus, from his Capitol Hill office, has been a prominent and influential figure in the quest for
progress and peace with justice in Northern Ireland... His has been a unique role. Long may it continue.” ~Ray
O’Hanlon, Editor, Irish Echo. New York.
“Father Sean McManus is a man to be reckoned with when it comes to advocating causes. His espousal of the
MacBride Principles back in the 1980s caused fits for the British government.” ~Niall O’Dowd, Editor, Irish
Voice. New York.
“It all started with Father McManus. When he came over here we were all sympathetic to him.” ~House
Speaker Tip O’Neill (Irish America).
“No one has done more than Father McManus to keep the U.S. Congress on track regarding justice and peace
in Ireland... He singlehandedly brought the Mac Bride Principles to enactment...” ~Congressman Ben Gilman
(R-NY), Former Chairman of the House International Relations Committee.”
Capitol Hill • P.O. Box 15128, Washington, D.C. 20003-0849 • Tel: (202) 544-0568 • Fax: (202) 488-7537
E-mail: support @irishnationalcaucus.org • Web Site: www.irishnationalcaucus.org
HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
Amended 2014
American principles following American investments
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8)
Adhere to equal and fair employment practices in hiring, compensation, training,
professional education, advancement and governance without discrimination
based on national, racial, ethnic or religious identity.
Identify underrepresented employee groups and initiate active recruitment efforts
to increase the number of underrepresented employees.
Develop training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current
minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs
and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of
minority employees.
Maintain a work environment that is respectful of all national, racial, ethnic and
religious groups.
Ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular
national, racial, ethnic or religious group.
Not make military service a precondition or qualification for employment for any
position, other than those positions that specifically require such experience, for
the fulfillment of an employee’s particular responsibilities.
Not accept subsidies, tax incentives or other benefits that lead to the direct
advantage of one national, racial, ethnic or religious group over another.
Appoint staff to monitor, oversee, set timetables, and publicly report on their
progress in implementing the Holy Land Principles.