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AMAZON SHOULD INVEST IN ITS EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITIES WHERE IT OPERATESAmazon is one of the wealthiest corporations, and it's been attacked and criticized for its miserly employment policies. We will continue to purchase from Amazon only if the Company makes big changes to the way they compensate and care for their workers, and if they invest a portion of their profits to improve the communities where they operate by supporting child care, health care, affordable housing, and transportation.136 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Margherita Pagni
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Hold PG&E Accountable for Their Wildfire NegligenceYour vote to kill such legislation will be a vote for the people in your district. If instead, if you vote in favor of such legislation, you will be voting for PG&E and the other utilities, and against the people in your district. We’re paying attention to who votes for the people and who votes for the corporations. The state agency which objectively investigates wildfires to identify the causes has already said PG&E is responsible for 12 of the disastrous wildfires last year. The October wildfires killed 44 people, destroyed more than 9,000 homes and other structures, and caused damages estimated at nearly $10 billion, as reported by the East Bay Times newspaper. Legislation that allows PG&E to stick its customers with wildfire costs sends the wrong message to PG&E and the other utilities: It tells them that they can divert funds into excessive profits and obscene executive salaries and bonuses, funds which were supposed to be spent on preventing their equipment from causing or adding to wildfires. Killing legislation that allows PG&E to stick its customers with wildfire costs will send the right message to PG&E and the other utilities: Spend the money on safety which is designated for safety. Design procedures to minimize your equipment causing or adding to wildfires before extreme weather conditions happen, not afterward, which is what your expensive ads say you’re doing now, too little and too late. PG&E has generated $67 billion in revenues over the past four years and realized about $5 billion in profits, including $1.7 billion last year. They don’t deserve to have you to bail them out. You can support the families whose homes were destroyed or loved ones were killed by the 2017 wildfires with legislation in which the State of California guarantees bonds issued by the utilities to pay wildfire claims, subject to the utilities repaying the State of California over time, and forbidding the forgiveness of the repayment to the State in any bankruptcy proceeding.662 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Frank Burton
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LYFT: Offer Female Driver Option for Passengers!My dear friend narrowly escaped an assault attempt made by a Berkeley Lyft driver early yesterday morning. As a woman and a person who drives for Lyft, I am hyper aware of the interest and necessity for passengers to be able to request a ride from a female driver. This feature would allow women, children, queer/trans folk, and any one who feels vulnerable to minimize the risk of experiencing violence, which statistics show is significantly more likely to be perpetrated by men.14,702 of 15,000 SignaturesCreated by Amanda Wood
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Force This Destructive Pesticide to RetireTwo years ago, the EPA allowed farmers to spray the dangerous pesticide dicamba on genetically engineered cotton and soybean plants. The hope -- for biochemical companies like Monsanto -- was that this system could replace the line of "Roundup Ready" GMOs that are already creating superweeds resistant to Roundup's herbicide. But the EPA and Monsanto didn't think things through. Dicamba drifted in the air, damaging 3.6 million acres of soybeans in 2017 -- an area larger than Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks combined. This year, more than 1 million acres of soybeans have been damaged. Neighbors are complaining of dicamba destroying trees, flowers, and gardens, indicating even greater environmental damage. Pesticides must be registered by the EPA, and dicamba's approval runs out for GMO crops in November. Monsanto is telling its seed customers to write to the EPA in a last-ditch effort to save their product from the dustbin of history. Please write to the EPA and tell them that dicamba is too risky and destructive to continue another year!209 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Alexander Rony, SierraRise
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Stanislaus County: Free the Baby CowsA Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) investigation at a California dairy farm in Stanislaus County found a mass graveyard of cows and calves piled on top of one another. Investigators also documented baby cows confined in hutches smaller than the length of their bodies for months at a time, forced to sleep each night on a hard wooden floor and live on top of their own waste. Baby calves just weeks old were recorded coughing from the toxicity of the ammonia-rich air in the overcrowded wasteland. This is animal torture and criminal animal cruelty in the state of California. Ask the Stanislaus County Police Department to free the baby cows who are confined in filthy crates barely bigger than their own bodies.6,720 of 7,000 SignaturesCreated by Wayne
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Tell Atlanta Braves Not to Politicize BaseballI’m starting this petition because it is wrong for a sports team that the entire state of Georgia cares about to come out in favor of a candidate for governor, especially one as divisive and seemingly bigoted as Brian Kemp. Do the Atlanta Braves want to support an anti-immigrant candidate ? An anti-LGBTQ candidate? A candidate who does not support common sense gun laws? Send the Atlanta Braves a message: Atlanta does not support Kemp, and they shouldn’t either.265 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Christine Swint
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Mark Burnett: Tell the truthI (the American people) want to know the truth about the President's racism, misogyny, and xenophobia. If recordings exist from out takes, rehearsal footage, or edited content regarding the President's comments, the American people deserve to know.17 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Robert Kish
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NY Attorney General: Investigate MoviePassMoviePass started out by reeling members in with a deal too good to be true (unlimited movies, one per day, every day). But their terms state they can change their terms any time they want--and they've done that with a vengeance. Today, they’re down to only 3 movies per week with limited times per day, a 2-week wait to see blockbusters, and members can’t see movies more than once. This is a drastic change and not what I, or many others, paid for. Many signed up for an annual plan, but they weren't grandfathered against these changes. There are also problems with their app that prevent customers from using the service. Intentional programming errors to limit use perhaps? MoviePass needs to be stopped.13 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Stephanie
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Air Condition Vehicles for Delivery DriversI am starting this petition, because I feel terrible knowing that our mail carrier looks exhausted from the heat and the UPS delivery employees are drenched in sweat. Sometimes I can see them taking a break in the indoor airs just to cool off. It's inhuman and I want to help make their jobs better.38 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sandra Serrano
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Lower Prescription Drug PricesThe Media is saturated with advertising for prescription drugs. Putting a cap on advertising budgets for pharmaceutical companies would lower the costs of health care to our states, country, and individuals.213 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Mary Jeanne Trujillo
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Petaluma Police Dept: Help the Hens at Petaluma FarmsThe Petaluma Police Department has been ignoring criminal animal cruelty at Petaluma Farms for years. This certified "humane," "cage-free" egg supplier to Whole Foods has been exposed for cramming thousands of birds inside of filthy sheds where their stressful environment leads to sickness, feather loss, and even cannibalism. Direct Action Everywhere investigated Petaluma Farms in 2014 and found dead, rotting birds among the living, and recent footage shows nothing has changed. With this recent news, over 150 activists mobilized at Petaluma Farms in July to demand the police help these suffering birds, and they said they would look into the farm and take action by September 1st. Animals are starving to death right now and the longer the Petaluma Police wait to take action, the more animals will die. We need to show them the public does not support animal cruelty and urge them to take action now.3,735 of 4,000 SignaturesCreated by Cassie King
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BOYCOTT ALL ENABLERS OF FOX NEWSWe have being impacted by untruths. Neighbor is being pitted against neighbor. Family being torn apart due to inaccurate facts that are being mass marketed. I do not blame people for believing what they believe. People every day are being fed false information by Fox news so why are we surprised that half the population believes what they believe. The only means we have to stop this spread of false and inaccurate information is to boycott eh sponsor who enable this behavior.4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Robert Mahan