Retirees and senior citizens are struggling to pay their school taxes throughout the Commonwealth. 10,000 people lose their homes and there are 350,000 foreclosures each year. People's golden year are turning to rust; finding that after the mortgage is paid off they don't own their home. The working middle class who want to own a home, a dream that some will never see because they cannot afford to purchase and pay taxes that are out of reach. Think about the Grandma down the street, the sweet older man at your Church or Temple, the widow or widower or your family members. Chances are at least one of these seniors are struggling to pay their taxes or to put food on the table. Where do these people in middle class with children, after the loss of a job or illness go that are evicted ? People of all ages suffer when they fall on hard times through no fault of their won. No man should lose his Castle who has worked up to retirement and dreams of owning a home. If we can send man to the MOON that seemed impossible, but WE Did IT! WE can with HB/SB 76. When you purchase something, pay it off, you own it .You purchase a home, pay the mortgage but you don't own it . You have been paying rent to the government.

My father is a union member and works for the State of West Virginia through a state agency contractor. His retirement package and benefits have been systematically cut and devastated over the years; he deserves the benefits that he agreed to receive upon being hired over 20 years ago. We need both the WV Legislature and the Governor to advocate for labor over capital, and to stand for hardworking West Virginians rather than shareholders who seek higher profits at lower expenditures each fiscal quarter. We already had the right to work. This is a bad bill, and doesn't represent the will of the people. From Labor Reporter Paul Nyden: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- "The West Virginia State Senate voted this week to approve a so-called right-to-work (RTW) bill. The vote, 17 to 16, was strictly across party lines. The bill will now go to the House of Delegates, which has 64 Republicans and 36 Democrats. Ken Hall, president of Teamsters Local 175 in South Charleston and the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer, said after the Senate vote on Thursday, “This is going to be the most divisive piece of legislation that’ll be passed in my lifetime.” He previously testified against the bill. The Senate vote would likely have been tied, 17 to 17, if Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) had been able to make his own choice to replace Senate Majority Whip Daniel J. Hall (R). In 2012, Daniel Hall was elected to the Senate as a Democrat from Wyoming and Raleigh counties, which are heavily Democratic. After his election, Daniel Hall switched to become a registered Republican, which he had been before. That gave the Senate a Republican majority of 18 to 16. In late December, Daniel Hall announced he was resigning from the Senate to take a job with the National Rifle Association. Although he planned to appoint a Democrat, Tomblin said he would abide by a ruling from the Supreme Court about this issue. On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled Tomblin had to name a Republican to the seat, even though voters had chosen a registered Democrat. The House of Delegates, very likely to pass this bill, took up the issue this week. Tomblin has indicated he will veto the bill, but a veto can be overruled by a simple majority vote in the Senate. If it were a tied vote, his veto would stand. Thursday’s debate in the state Senate was often quite contentious. Several Democrats made strong statements opposing the bill. Meanwhile, Sen. Robert L. Karnes (R) began yelling and attacking union members sitting in the chamber’s balconies at the Capitol. Sherri Moore McKinney, an organizer for SEIU District 1199, stated on her Facebook page that she had “witnessed one of the most disgusting displays of unprofessional, disrespectful conduct on the floor of the West Virginia Senate that I have witnessed in more than 22 years of being there." “Sen. Karnes referred to the hard working citizens, union members and voters (in the gallery of the Senate) as free loaders. Shame on you, Sen. Barnes, Your disgusting words will never be forgotten.” Sen. Jeffrey V. Kessler (D) said many supporters of RTW don’t understand that under federal law a union must represent every worker in a given workplace. If a worker decides not to join a union and pay dues, as allowed under the bill the Senate just passed, then “at the end of the day you are getting benefits you don’t have to pay for,” Kessler said. “This bill encourages breaking up unions for political reasons.” Union contracts, Kessler also pointed out, routinely guarantee workers health insurance coverage, retirement benefits and greater workplace safety. Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, called the legislation “the most divisive bill I have ever seen. It is nothing but an illusion.” He added, “When other states went to right-to-work, wages went down by 17 percent. It also hurts health-care plans and pension plans. This is for your children and for your grandchildren.” Meanwhile, the House next week is expected to begin debate on legislation to abolish prevailing wages for construction workers. The Senate plans to take up the bill after a House vote. Steve White, executive director of the Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation based in Charleston, opposed similar legislation proposed in the Legislature last February. He pointed to a study released in January 2015 by Dr. Michael P. Kelsay from the University of Missouri in Kansas City that found prevailing wage would: Cost West Virginia residents and their families between $51.3 million and $77.3 million a year in lost wages. Cost the state between $1.4 million and $2.2 million a year in lost sales taxes and between $3.1 million and $4.6 million in lost income taxes. Create a total economic loss between $44.8 million and $84.1 million annually. This year, the Republican Party has placed both these issues at the top of their legislative agenda. The proposed legislation to create a right-to-work law and end prevailing wages is sure to generate continued controversy in coming weeks and months. The Teamsters will continue the fight against these measures. "Right-to-work and prevailing wage won't help everyday West Virginians, they'll only further enrich out-of-state corporate interests pushing for their passage," a union spokesman said. "Lawmakers need to remember their constituents as they consider these measures."

The closing time of bars in Erie County has been 4am since prohibition ended. We are a community that is growing with a city that has thousands of folks at work in the hospitality industry. Why would we want to cut the hours where people can make a living when there are more and more people working different hours who are moving into our region? Keep the closing times where they are and let individual business owners decide if they want to close earlier!

Right to work states have higher workplace injuries, fatalities, lower wages and annual incomes, less funding spent on public school education, and typically RTW states people are less likely to be able to afford health insurance. Right to work is wrong for Kentucky in every way.

My son, Shayne, was fired by phone tonight from the job he has wanted for 10 years because he did as he was trained and refused to give anyone anything for free. He was never told that the owner was exempt from this. Therefore, Shayne was fired even though he was doing his job as he was told to do it. He has been an exemplary employee since he started at Palace 9 in November. Please help us!! Shayne loves and needs this job, he lives with us and helps with rent and is starting college in 2 weeks.

I am starting this petition because I am impoverished living in the state of Florida. Our people should be our top priority and the raise is needed in order for us to live better lives.

It isn't enough to say you are against the Trans Pacific Partnership(TPP) because the American people do not know the details about why it is so bad for ordinary Americans. Bernie must use the upcoming Presidential Debate to point out the details about how it is about Corporate power over our democratic government in the Inter State Dispute Settlement(ISDS). It is not about Free Trade, but further devastates workers wages, unions. medicines, food safety,etc. He should say loud and clear it will do nothing to curb China etc. China already has Most Favored Nation status and our outsourced 700,000 jobs from NAFTA. It is a fraud being perpetrated by our Representatives in Congress and President Obama.

Why should we pay additional tax on gifts. We don't see a return, for those funds at the end of the year.

This petition is to give any and all Rhode Islanders the ability to state their support for getting this situation corrected - bullying in the workplace - in all types of workplaces, involving every race, gender, sexual orientation and state of ability. I and many friends, colleagues and people who know I support this issue have reported alarming instances of abuse in the workplace. The Healthy Workplace Bill would be a great step in the right direction since there is no law against bullying.

As Governor Rauner continues to hold the state budget hostage to push his obsessive anti-union agenda, young people and their families are suffering. As a candidate, Rauner ran as the “Education Governor”, while Rauner the governor will allow more than 100,000 low-income students to fall through the cracks unless he takes action to pass a budget. In 2014, the Monetary Award Program (MAP) provided tuition assistance to 136,000 students attending Illinois colleges and universities. Without a budget to fund this essential program, these students’ educations are in jeopardy. More information ---> http://ow.ly/VZAJF

I'm a resident of Providence, and I'm worried about what's happening to my city. The City always says it doesn't have the money when it comes to helping ordinary people, but they're happy to hand out ample cash to big developers.

The State of Missouri refuses to let a disabled veteran telework. I am a Military Service Disabled Service Connected Veteran hired under the Show Me Heroes program. The State of Missouri placed Disabled Veterans like myself on Leave of Absence without pay during Christmas time. I have asked for work over and over again and the State of Missouri has refused. Please sign my petition telling the State of Missouri to let me telework so I, a disabled veteran, can support his family.