Stop abuses to US workers by big business

To save my local region from economic disaster. And relieve congestion with general purpose lanes. And to keep airspace above the Interstate in the control of NC, not foreigners.

A Resolution to Denounce the TPP and to request your Senators do the same. WHEREAS, the Trans Pacific Partnership will have far reaching negative effects on all our lives; and WHEREAS, the majority of voters, many unions, businesses and other groups have repeatedly pointed out several of the major flaws in this document; and WHEREAS, allowing this flawed document to become law will have far-reaching disastrous effects, not only on our nation’s sovereignty but our national security as well; and WHEREAS, repeated requests to our elected officials have gone unanswered or answered with a point of view contrary to the wishes of the voters; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the We, the People of the United States of America do hereby respectfully request a change of position by our elected officials; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that We, the People of the United States of America demand that our Senators cast “NO” votes when the TPP comes up for ratification in the US Senate later this year.

A Resolution to Denounce the TPP and to request our Senators from Washington State do the same. WHEREAS, Sen. Patty Murray and Sen. Maria Cantwell have publicly voiced their support for the Trans Pacific Partnership; and WHEREAS, the majority of voters, many unions, businesses and other groups have repeatedly pointed out several of the major flaws in this document; and WHEREAS, allowing this flawed document to become law will have far-reaching disastrous effects, not only on our nation’s sovereignty but our national security as well; and WHEREAS, repeated requests to our elected officials have gone unanswered or answered with a point of view contrary to the wishes of the voters; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the We, the People of the State of Washington do hereby respectfully request a change of position by our elected officials; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that We, the People of the State of Washington demand that both Sen. Murray and Sen. Cantwell cast “NO” votes when the TPP comes up for ratification in the US Senate later this year.

Now the Administration and the U.S. Trade Representative have reached a deal with 11 other nations on a new, secretly negotiated, massive so-called "free-trade" agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The public and the press did not have any access to the negotiations, and even Members of Congress had limited access. However, over 500 official corporate “trade advisors” representing Wal-Mart, Haliburton, Dow chemical and others have not only had access to, but also influenced, the negotiations. As the long fought for, recent release of the TPP text proves, the agreement will greatly empower corporations to challenge new consumer, health, safety, labor, privacy, and environmental regulations and have a devastating impact on CT small businesses and local farmers. The TPP would allow foreign corporations to bypass our domestic justice system to sue governments for domestic laws that they consider to undermine their “future profits” through the investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS. CT residents must reserve the right to determine our own consumer, health, safety, labor, privacy, and environmental regulations without the threat of our governments being sued by foreign corporations. Do not surrender our rights to trans-national corporations. Despite massive popular opposition to the TPP (despite media silence) on the part of citizens of all party nations, the Obama administration is trying to bring the TPP up for a vote in Congress within months under the anti-democratic Fast Track procedure. Fast Track legislation, which limits Congressional debate on trade agreements and only allows an up-or-down vote with no amendments, was passed in June 2015 despite no votes from nearly all of the Democratic Congressional Delegation with the notable exception of Jim Himes (4th district). CT residents, like all Americans, are in the fight of our lives to urge Congress to oppose the TPP. We also urge members of the CT Legislative Assembly as well as city and town councils to speak out against the TPP.

I am a Puerto Rican American who along with the other 8.5 million, cares about Puerto Rico, its culture and its heritage!

The developer of the proposed retail and housing development that surrounds the new light rail station in Capitol Hill is currently trying to recruit a Portland-based, non-union grocer called "New Seasons Market" to fill its space. Central Co-Op is better suited to fill the space as it originated in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, but the developer will not hear the co-op's requests to fill the space. Sign the petition to stand with workers in support of local businesses that share our values!

Unfair discrimination target age kids students age discrimination

My daughter is embroiled in a horror story involving one such company, Title Max. After paying close to $2,000 against a $2,000 loan, she was three weeks late on a payment. The lender repossessed the vehicle without providing notice, gave her ten days to pay before threatening to sell the vehicle at auction. After paying Titlle Max another $2,000, we made three attempts to reclaim the vehicle. While we did actually get the vehicle, it had been stripped and was undriveable. Police informed us that since numerous companies had custody of the vehicle, we would have a difficult time proving which one actually stripped the vehicle.

We are all full-time students working low-wage jobs, it is time for a change. Have you been affected by minimum wage?

Never has it been more important for Anytime Fitness to compete with personal training. We believe that a personal training software vendor should have to compete to win franchisee business, not have a monopoly. Franchisees are at risk when a mandated personal training software vendor is not forced to innovate or compete with regards to pricing, technology, & customer service. We believe that that personal training software vendors must compete in order for Anytime Fitness to stay competitive.

The union security officers protecting hundreds of thousands of fans and employees at Heinz Field lost their jobs with little notice when the Steelers organization fired their employer, U.S. Security and decided to go with a non-union security contractor. The 15 hardworking security officers were given less than a week’s notice and were left without a means to support themselves and their families. Bill Chernosky has been a security officer for 41 years and has been at the stadium for three years. He loved his job and knows Heinz Field inside and out. Now, he doesn’t know how he’ll take care of his car payment, mortgage, insurance, and other bills.