The Georgia legislature will begin voting on the viability of this program. Spaceport Camden will transform a stranded industrial asset into a viable resource on a 12,000 acre area and will firmly establish Georgia's place in the commercial space race.

On Feb. 18, the Georgia Senate passed SB277—the so-called “Protecting Georgia Small Business Act.” This legislation fails to protect everyday people who work hard each day to build a better life for themselves and their families. The bill keeps everyday Georgians from having the ability to get raises, benefits, and safe working conditions. It’s a shell game we’ve seen before. Businesses across the country often hire subcontractors and temp agencies to run portions of their operations. They use these outlets to misclassify workers and escape responsibility for employee issues like overtime pay, wage theft, and unionization efforts. This gives huge corporations an out when it comes to their responsibility as employers, putting an even bigger burden on working people in Georgia. Back in July, the National Labor Relations Board took a step to protect workers from these kinds of abuses. It rightfully ruled in favor of workers, easing the path for employees to negotiate with their employer while holding companies accountable for their actions. SB277 is a step backward. The bill subjects Georgia workers to the same destructive practices that have thwarted workers’ progress for decades. We don’t need more policies that protect big corporations and their schemes. Instead, our elected officials should be looking for ways to protect and strengthen the rights of working people to be paid for all the hours they work and to have a voice on the job. It’s time for the people we elect to represent us in the statehouse to stand up for the power of working people speaking up together. Join us in opposing SB277. Tell your local representative to vote NO on this legislation.

We need to save the rights of the American people from money hungry wealthy people like State Rep. Barbara Sears. She doesn't care how many people she puts on the welfare roster. I am directly affected by this Bill 394 because I'm a blue collar steel worker whose job is being downsized due to unfair foreign trade with China and the oil glut from Saudi Arabia. Our government has let other countries topple our resources and who's left suffering? The American blue collar workers. Where's our bail out Obama?

Americans have been burdened by an unfair and unjust tax system for far too long.

The 2017 Florida Legislature is in session. Once again, there are those who wish to eliminate the Defined Benefit Pensions we currently receive. We need to defeat any plan which seeks to privatize our FRS by putting people into 401K type plans that jeopardize their retirement funds by tying them to the whims of Wall Street . The FRS is a sound and stellar system which must be preserved for the benefit of current and future retirees. This is a critical issue in this year's legislative session, and the United Teachers of Dade Retiree Chapter urges all to sign this petition to have your voices heard.

I have seen firsthand the impact of payday lending in my community. People end up paying interest rates 800% or more and trapped in a cycle of debt. If any elected official wants to claim to be for "the little guy", then they cannot support an industry that only survives by misleading and stealing from people least able to break the debt cycle.

The number of dead sports athletes outnumber the number of live ones, and the ones that are alive have broken lives. How many wrestlers were left with nothing and broke after giving years of their bodies and lives? How many football players have nothing to show for after their sports careers ended? How many tragedies have occurred due to the shady practices of sports companies? Please sign this petition to destroy the harmful practices of corporate American sports. This is our America. It is not the property of corporations.

EDIT * VICTORY* "The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) has received several inquiries asking about the practice of bud tender tip jars. In response, the LCB has reviewed their position and this bulletin is to clarify the policy on allowable tipping. Tipping has not been an allowable practice in a licensed retail marijuana location. This position was adopted based on an interpretation of RCW 69.50.357, and indications that prices of products were being manipulated based on the size of a tip to avoid paying excise tax. However, changes in RCW 69.50.535 established in 2ESHB 2136 (Laws of 2015, 2d Spec. Sess., Ch. 4), modified the tax structure associated with marijuana sales, partially negating the concerns associated with prices being adjusted to avoid taxes. The legislation also prohibited sales of marijuana and marijuana products conditioned on the buyer’s purchase of a service or non-marijuana product. RCW 69.50.380. It placed restrictions on “bundled” transactions as well. RCW 69.50.570. Due to the statutory change, the Board has revisited the policy position, and its interpretation of RCW 69.50.357. Effective immediately, customer tipping is now an allowable practice in licensed retail marijuana stores. However, tipping cannot be required or a condition of sale, nor can it be linked to the price of the product to avoid tax obligations. If a licensee allows tipping for their staff, licensees are reminded that there may be business or employee taxes associated with tips received." Together, let's force the hand of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board in the favor of worker's rights, the community and justice !! The LCB recently responded to our question concerning whether or not our employees could receive tips, saying that tips were disallowed because the seller could lower the price of the marijuana, receive a tip and keep that without paying the LCB the tax due on the full price. The interesting fact in most cases is that employees keep the tips, the sellers (the owners) do not. Tips do not change the tax situation for marijuana store owners. It was also discussed that no services could be sold in a marijuana shop and that receiving tips makes helping customers and patients a paid service. I’m confused because even if they don’t get tips, what budtenders do is a paid service. It is actually one of the most important and desired service in the marijuana industry because the customers don’t know how to buy the product yet. Budtenders educate patients and customers. As a result, people don’t overdose or spend money on flowers, oils, edibles or topicals that don’t give them the desired effect. Can you imagine what it would be like for a cancer patient to go to a marijuana store, where a budtender was not allowed to serve him or her? How would they know where to start? How much damage would occur if they didn’t have the resources to reduce their suffering. Our stores carry almost 200 separate items, and we expect our workers to be knowledgeable about them all in order to better service our patients and community . Cannabinoids and terpenes are misunderstood. I am not aware of any other plant on earth like cannabis. It has been modified by humans and nature to help us with everything from chronic pain and seizures to improving our lives and allowing us to relax in an overwhelmingly powerful outside world. But it doesn’t do anyone any good if the correct mix of cannabinoids and terpenes or an appropriate dose isn’t recommended. People are happy to throw a dollar in a jar for a good recommendation, and no one is getting hurt. As a matter of fact, if you could receive a tip for giving an educated suggestion and you had the information, wouldn’t you do it? Well, interestingly enough....... These employees are hard working, young and older people with car payments and apartments, partners and kids. They have stood up to the hypocrisy of alcohol over cannabis, cigarettes over marijuana and prescription drugs over nature’s own remedies. Let's stand up for them and their rights! Allow tipping in 502 retail locations.

Oregon workers deserve a living wage. When a single parent making minimum wage can’t afford rent, it’s time we do something about it. I fought to raise the minimum wage in the Oregon legislature last session, because a living wage is going to have positive benefits across our economy. We weren’t able to pass it last year – but we won’t give up. Sign the petition: Tell the legislature to raise Oregon’s minimum wage! If we stand together, we can lift thousands of families out of poverty. Oregonians deserve a family wage – it’s good for workers and employers. Join me today.

Every security transaction shall include a 1/2 of 1% tax to be paid to the U.S. Treasury. PETITION BACKGROUND: Bernie Sanders, National Nurses United and Ralph Nader propose a turnover tax on sales of stock, bonds, derivatives, commodities. The revenue to the federal government is estimated at from $350-500 billion a year.

It hurts the working man and woman and the unions, and it isn't fair for the hard and unsafe work we do.

We urge the UW administration to help ensure the public health and safety of the broader UW community by 1) reducing excessive custodian workloads by restoring custodian staffing to 2008 pre-recession levels adjusted for growth; 2) ending all forms of harassment and intimidation of custodians who exercise their right to freedom of association; 3) ending the practice of "open runs" and "team cleaning" that jeopardize custodian's health; and 4) increasing custodial wages to attract and retain new hires by ensuring they make livable incomes.