None of us are safe while Con Edison , which reaped over $ 1 billion in profits in 2013, neglects to repair the infrastructure of gas pipe. We need some guarantee that the landlords , Con Ed,or City who ignore known safety risks that lead to families being forcibly removed from their homes will not be allowed to return around and create unaffordable housing development. We need an independent environmental impact study to address the asthma crisis in East Harlem and explore safer for forms of energy

Gables Residential is a prominent developer of luxury apartments in the Southern United States. We need help exposing how construction workers on numerous Gables projects have reported widespread cases of abuse, including: • Not being paid for their work – over $130,000 in wage theft • Denial of legally mandated rest breaks • Unpaid overtime and unsafe working conditions We need you to help us fight back. Workers Defense Project is asking that Gables becomes a Better Builder by ensuring that construction workers who help build their luxury apartments receive a living wage, have safe working conditions, and are able to earn a rewarding career in the industry. Gables has the opportunity to become an industry leader by investing in the workers who have labored tirelessly to help make Gables Residential profitable. We are asking Gables to take this opportunity to improve the lives of thousands of workers. Workers Defense Project (WDP) is a nationally recognized organization, which fights to improve the poor conditions in the construction industry. We have been acknowledged by The New York Times as “one of the nation’s most creative organizations for immigrant workers” and have recovered over $1 million in stolen wages for workers. WDP has signed landmark agreements with developers, which combine expanded safety protections and living wage requirements to improve working conditions. We are asking Gables to join these other developers in ensuring good, safe jobs for thousands of workers.

On the eve of the anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, one of the worst factory disasters in garment industry history, Jansport is refusing to sign onto the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. The Accord is a legally binding contract that will hold apparel brands accountable for the fire and safety standards in their factories by forcing brands like Jansport to work with unions on the ground. We would hate to see Husky apparel in the rubble of the next great factory collapse. Add your name and pass this along to support the efforts of UW students and Bangladeshi garment workers! For more information check out usas.org or email [email protected].

WalMart, you claim that you are reducing plastic bag waste around the world? http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/environment-sustainability/plastic-bags Why is the USA not included on your own list? Please phase out the use of one time use plastic bags immediately. Set a deadline for eliminating them from your stores and show the world that you really care. You can start start by implementing a small fee on them to discourage their use and offering customers a reusable bag alternative. It has worked around the world with dramatic results, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_lightweight_plastic_bags Plastic bags kill birds, animals and fish, block storm water drains and fill land fills. The parking lots and local areas in the vicinity of your stores are littered with them, yes with your name on them. Be the leader you claim to be.

If Comcast's deal goes through, it will have control of 19 of the country's top 20 markets, with a 30 percent share in cable and a 40 percent share in broadband.

The first step in the path to economic equality is redistributing the wealth wasted by reckless trades. The more traders boost volumes by harming investors, the more our American dream will turn into an American nightmare.

I had booked a vacation which was cancelled by celebrity because their ship broke. I simply want a refund on the $730 plane ticket I bought. They "don't have my money anymore" and refuse to refund me for the ticket I was unable to use due to them canceling the trip. I just simply want my money back.

One of the world's biggest social good foundations is contributing to one of society's biggest ills — the private prison industry. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has invested more than $2 million in GEO Group, one of the largest and most abusive private prison corporations in the United States. GEO makes a business of jailing those with the fewest resources, profiting from their labor, stripping them of their dignity, and leaching precious human capital from already-distressed communities. GEO Group and other private prison companies have a perverse profit motive to drive criminal justice and immigration policy towards more incarceration of citizens and immigrants in prisons, jails, and immigrant detention centers. They spend millions of dollars — dollars provided in part by investors like the Gates Foundation Trust — lobbying local, state, and federal governments to institute longer sentences, to incarcerate more people for minor crimes, and to terrorize immigrant communities. If that weren't bad enough, GEO's prisons are notorious for their awful treatment of prisoners. Accounts of sexual assault, physical abuse, medical neglect, rotten and inadequate food, forced signing of immigration papers, and death have been well-documented at GEO facilities. A federal judge called the inhumane conditions at GEO’s now-closed Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility, "a picture of such horror as should be unrealized anywhere in the civilized world." In light of this evidence, it is shocking that the Gates Foundation Trust would maintain its investment in the GEO group. The Gates Foundation prides itself on the good it does in the world. But this investment fundamentally contradicts the Foundation's stated mission: to "ensure that all people — especially those with the fewest resources — have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life." If enough of us speak out now, we'll be able to create a powerful media narrative that exposes this contradiction and shames the Gates Foundation Trust to withdraw its investment. Join Presente, Enlace, and 25 other organizations in calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust to immediately withdraw its investment in the GEO Group.

This week, the Missouri House may take up Right to Work. Speaker of the Missouri House Tim Jones, in an effort to impress shadowy Washington D.C. groups ahead of a potential run for statewide office, has effectively given control of the State House to Grover Norquist, one of America’s most prominent corporate shills despite strong bi-partisan opposition to the bill. There is a strong bipartisan opposition in the Missouri house to so-called Right to Work. Republicans and Democrats are working together to stop this bill which would be a disaster for Missouri families. We need to remind Speaker Jones that he represents Missourians, not out-of-state power brokers.

Well Jetix was part of everybody's childhood and nobody was gone wrong with it and now they replaced it with Disney XD, which to me gotten really sucked over the years now, and I just see no point in why they switched something everybody liked. So I ask please bring the channel back. It will do you good for sure. Thank you.

w.f cont's to lie and make shit up - presently keeping me 31 months behind ALL THEIR EXCUSES HAVE CAUSED SUCH MISERY TO THE KIDS AND I. To the point we are emotionally and physically ill AND under our drs care! WE CANNOT EAT OR SLEEP PROPERLY DUE TO ALL THE STRESS AND WE ARE ALL WORRIED SICK WE ALL PUT OUR LITERAL BLOOD, SWEAT N TEARS INTO THIS HOME! PLEASE HELP ! I STARTED THIS OTHER PETITION OVER A YEAR AGO- SHOCKINGLY I HAVE ONLY 211 SIGNATURE- YA, SO FAR! NO1 CARES ! DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CEO OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY TAKES HOME 1.3 MILLION IN SALARY WHILE CANCER PATIENTS LOSE EVERYTHING! INCLUDING THEIR HOMES ! DESTROYING FAMILIES! http://www.change.org/petitions/wells-fargo-asc-refuse-2-modify-widow-with-4-kids-fraudulent-criminals

250 UPS drivers being fired employees of the United Parcel Service (UPS) walked off the job for 90 minutes in February to protest the firing of one of their coworkers, Jairo Reyes. Reyes had driven for the company for over 20 years.