Data centers can use more energy than entire cities, and Big Tech’s rapid AI expansion is driving up energy costs for everyone. Utility bills are soaring because tech firms are pushing the cost of powering mega data center operations onto residential customers.  The rampant growth of data centers isn’t just raising our monthly utility bills—it’s draining local energy, robbing communities of natural resources, imposing new health risks for nearby residents, and only helping to make tech billionaires even richer. And too often they pop up without any consent from local communities. American families are struggling to put food on the table and pay rising health care costs as it is. They can’t afford to also foot the bill for Big Tech. It’s time to stop passing the environmental consequences and costs of data centers onto working people.

After ICE left a trail of violence in Minneapolis, opposition to Trump’s lawless immigration force is reaching new heights. The faces of Trump’s immigration enforcement — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Border Patrol officer Gregory Bovino — are facing heat and consequences, and long-term funding for Trump’s deportation machine is on the rocks. It’s crucial progress — but we have to go further. As critical resistance to ICE’s lawlessness grows, we can’t ignore the network of powerful corporations that help make its violence possible. From tech giants like Amazon, AT&T, and Microsoft, to retailers like Home Depot, to controversial data-mining firm Palantir, their lucrative contracts and corporate collaboration allow ICE to carry out its violent, large-scale enforcement campaign across the country. Without the cloud computing, surveillance software, communications infrastructure, and logistical cooperation these corporations provide, ICE couldn’t function. That’s why we need to speak out and ensure that companies know enabling hate and militarism has a cost.

Minnesota families are living in fear. With federal agents menacing our neighborhoods and the horrifying loss of two community members, we need action. The sports team owners who profit on Minnesota’s deep passion for athletics must speak up. Renee Good and Alex Pretti sacrificed their lives to protect our community. The owners of these teams have an obligation to keep their fans safe while representing the values of our community. Minnesotans competing in the Olympics are united with us in this struggle. Team USA curler Rich Ruohonen emphasized, “We have a constitution. What’s happening in Minnesota is unjust.” Vikings legend John Randle passionately voiced his support, stating, “I love Minnesota and stand with my entire community. #iceout.” It’s time for our Minnesota team owners to demonstrate leadership and firmly declare that ICE and federal agents will not be permitted to intimidate fans at games. Additionally, these owners should use their influence with President Trump to convey a clear message: Minnesotans want ICE permanently removed from our state!

Amazon’s union-busting is relentless. The Teamsters said the drivers in Kentucky “quietly organized” for more than a year to avoid Amazon’s anti-labor crackdown.  After thousands of Amazon workers voted to unionize in 2022 in New York City, Amazon unleashed a full court press of labor law violations to block contract negotiations. More than three years later, Amazon executives still won’t recognize the union that warehouse workers at the JFK8 facility in NYC voted for. Delivery drivers at DBK1 said the biggest issues are inconsistent scheduling, unrealistic delivery quotas and salaries that do not meet New York City’s cost-of-living. Workers also said that they are constantly worried about losing their jobs, citing former colleagues who have been fired for minor infractions. Amazon’s overwhelming corporate power has allowed it to get away with exploiting workers. The mega-corporation has spent millions on its union-busting campaigns. But workers have the power to fight back, and they’re showing that from New York to Kentucky and all across the country. We must join them today.   Sign the petition: Tell Amazon to end the union-busting! Recognize and bargain with unionized workers now.

 Amazon’s profit last year was $30,400,000,000. Their CEO was paid $29,200,000 for a single year’s work - at least 730 times the amount the lowest worker took home! But they refuse to take care of Pregnant and Disabled Employees. Amazon is hurting pregnant and disabled workers who need accommodations! I started this petition demanding amazon stop forcing employees to choose between their health and their jobs when they request legally required accommodations. As a Amazonian and disabled worker myself, who was denied accommodations, I know the reality of amazons mistreatment first hand. Please sign and help thousands of workers fighting for basic dignity and rights. 

Why This Is Important: Animal testing and abuse cause pain, fear, and suffering to living beings who cannot protect themselves. Animals feel emotions, form bonds, and experience distress just like humans do, and harming them for non-essential products such as cosmetics and household items is unnecessary and unfair. Today, science provides many cruelty-free alternatives that are safer, more accurate, and more ethical than outdated animal experiments. Protecting animals reflects our values as a society and teaches compassion, responsibility, and respect for all life.

We must not lose any opportunity to build affordable housing!

Amazon accounts for 7.5% of USPS’s sales—its number one customer. Losing this revenue stream of billions of dollars each year while fighting to compete with a growing Amazon network would be devastating for our postal service, which is already struggling and under threat by the Trump administration.  A massive delivery company run by Amazon and competing with USPS means fewer union jobs, less control over the cost of mail, and more uncertainty for Americans living in harder to reach rural communities. USPS plays a critical role in our communities—ensuring that everything from medicine to food to messages from loved ones can get to every single resident. A private Amazon delivery company—motivated by profits—would threaten the infrastructure we need to invest in, expand, and grow USPS as a public good.  Protect our national mail service—sign the petition telling Amazon to renew its contract and stop trying to put USPS out of business. 

Each time mergers happen between large corporations, consumers suffer. Prices go up, quality goes down, and we lose choice. That's why antitrust laws are fundamentally pro-consumer and pro-worker. We shouldn't have to pay even more to watch our favorite shows and movies. These mega-mergers also hurt everyone working in the movie and TV industries. Fewer productions mean fewer jobs for writers, actors, designers, technicians, editors, and all the related fields that support film and television. Movie theaters won't have enough movies to keep their doors open. Creative output will be diminished, fewer voices will be heard, and fewer stories will be shared. Netflix has already raised prices significantly in recent years, and Paramount has followed suit. A monopoly will only make it worse. Media consolidation hurts everyone except billionaire executives. It's no wonder voices from both sides of the aisle are raising concerns. A Netflix or Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. would be disastrous to consumers, creators, the economy, and the industry. Don't let corporate greed destroy American media!

This petition is for CorePower community members who •  believe their instructors and studio cleaners deserve a fair wage • are sick (sometimes literally) of ringworm-infested studios

Starbucks claims a fair contract would hurt customers, but customers overwhelmingly say stores are short staffed and service has suffered. It’s clear that Starbucks is refusing accountability for its massive labor law violations and is willing to use customers and workers as scapegoats for their corporate greed.  Starbucks can easily afford to do right by its workers; a fair contract would cost them less than one day of sales. It’s time for Starbucks to return to the bargaining table and recognize the workers who make its success possible.  What’s happening right now with Starbucks, from mass labor law violations to a Trump-appointed judge stripping away damages owed to a Starbucks organizer, shows exactly how the corporate elite are protected by politicians while the rest of us are left to fight to meet our basic needs. Starbucks workers need your solidarity as they begin their nationwide strike.  Workers make Starbucks’ profits possible, period. Sign the petition now to demand Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol come to the bargaining table and stop union busting! 

Home Depot locations have recently been the site of cruel ICE raids and roundups, targeting day laborers who are just trying to work. In August, Carlos Roberto Montoya, a native of Guatemala, was struck by a vehicle and killed while fleeing an ICE raid at a Home Depot in California. His death was the direct result of Home Depot's allowing ICE to operate on its property. Home Depot has the power and responsibility to stop this now. As a private company, it can deny ICE access to its stores and parking lots unless agents have a warrant. And in an industry built by immigrant workers, Home Depot is in a unique position to take a stand for the people who make its business possible. We’re calling on Home Depot to: • Publicly condemn ICE raids targeting workers and day laborers • Deny ICE agents access to its stores and parking lots without a warrant • Protect all customers and workers from ICE actions Support these demands by adding your name to the petition now!