We are trying to keep our children off the streets. Keep in mind, you will need to be a registered voter and live in the city limits of Beebe, AR.

Tech giants like Microsoft, Adobe and Netflix have recently stepped up to offer more paid parental leave for their employees. Netflix announced unlimited parental leave and Microsoft is upping its policy to 20 weeks starting in November. It's time for Jeff Bezos and Amazon to step up and take care of his employees and their young ones, too.

Learning that Whole Foods used prison labor for its products has been a major turn off for my family and friends. Consumers are continuously reminded of institutionalized greed in corporate America. We want Whole Foods to be a fair and responsible enterprise, for them to give back!! Ex-felons struggle to find jobs when released, by hiring these people, Whole Foods can start making a wrong, right!

This is big: Senators Al Franken and Michael Bennet introduced a bill this month to BAN the corrupting practice of former members of Congress becoming big money lobbyists. A rapidly rising number of ex-members of Congress are cashing in by becoming well-paid lobbyists – 45% of those who left the 2014 Congress and took another job, according to a recent study by the Sunlight Foundation. Public service should be for the public good – not an audition for a lavish lifestyle as a corporate lobbyist. Sign the petition to tell Congress to pass the Close the Revolving Door Act immediately.

For over 30 years, wages in America have remained stagnant while productivity has increased and corporate profits have reached all-time highs. In order for more of those corporate profits to reach the pockets of workers, not just the wealthy few, we need updated rules governing worker protections such as overtime pay and the minimum wage. In 1975, the overtime threshold covered over 60 percent of salaried workers. Today, only 8 percent are covered. Raising the salary threshold—the level below which all workers are guaranteed overtime pay—to $50,440 would increase the share of salaried workers covered significantly. Earlier this year, EPI supporters delivered thousands of petition signatures urging the Department of Labor to increase the overtime salary threshold, and thanks to you we’re almost there. The Department of Labor’s 60-day comment period ends Friday, September 4, and they need to hear from you! Big Business—including the National Retail Federation, the National Association of Home Builders, and other corporate lobbyists—are once again opposing common-sense approaches to raising workers’ wages. They are demonizing this new rule and misrepresenting how it will positively impact the lives of workers and their families. Millions of workers need our help!

McDonald’s is the world’s second biggest employer – but they consistently underpay workers, accused even of withholding pay and forcing us to work in illegally dangerous conditions. They’re the world’s biggest food supplier – but they consistently poison public trust by dodging taxes and pushing off costs onto public coffers. It has to stop – NOW. I worked at a McDonald’s in Brazil for a year and a half, and I was fired. I spoke out about how McDonald's exploits not just their employees, but my whole country. Tell McDonald’s: STOP. It’s NOT ok for McDonald’s to abuse public trust, withhold pay, or dodge taxes. The race to the bottom needs to stop now.

After paying off our mortgage in 2011 (13 years early!), I contacted each credit reporting agency and was APPALLED at the discrepancies between the three agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). After 8 months of mailing documents and phone calls, only Experian had corrected their misinformation. "Disinterested" is the best word to describe the customer service I received overall. Introducing competition will force these three credit agencies to actually give a damn.

American workers deserve to make a living wage. The President and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have proposed raising the minimum wage to $10.10, $12 or $15 an hour, but the minimum wage should be $15 an hour because: (1) $10.10 an hour isn't enough to lift full-time workers and their families out of poverty; (2) Unlike 45 years ago, today's typical low-wage worker is not a teenager; he or she provides all or a large percent of family income; (3) The minimum wage would be at least $15 an hour if the minimum wage we had back in 1968 were adjusted for inflation and for the productivity gains we achieved since then; (4) Because some employers now pay wages that don't lift their employees out of poverty, the rest of us pay for their Medicaid, food stamps, housing, and other assistance -- in effect, subsidizing these low-wage employers; (5) Some jobs may be lost by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but many more people will be lifted out of poverty; (6) The economy will also benefit as low-wage workers have more money to spend, thereby creating more jobs; and (7) At a time in our nation's history when 95 percent of all economic gains are going to the top 1 percent, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is the sensible, decent thing to do.

Had the minimum wage of 1968 been adjusted for inflation, it would be well above $10.00 an hour today. Productivity has also risen considerably since 1968: The typical worker is almost twice as productive today as he or she was then. Adjusted for both inflation and productivity gains, therefore, the minimum wage should be at least $15.00 an hour. American workers deserve to make a living wage. The President and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have proposed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, but the minimum wage should be $15 an hour because: (1) $10.10 an hour isn't enough to lift full-time workers and their families out of poverty; (2) Unlike 45 years ago, today's typical low-wage worker is not a teenager; he or she provides all or a large percent of family income; (3) The minimum wage would be at least $15 an hour if the minimum wage we had back in 1968 were adjusted for inflation and for the productivity gains we achieved since then; (4) Because some employers now pay wages that don't lift their employees out of poverty, the rest of us pay for their Medicaid, food stamps, housing, and other assistance -- in effect, subsidizing these low-wage employers; (5) Some jobs may be lost by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but many more people will be lifted out of poverty; (6) The economy will also benefit as low-wage workers have more money to spend, thereby creating more jobs; and (7) At a time in our nation's history when 95 percent of all economic gains are going to the top 1 percent, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is the right and decent thing to do.

We ask that you contact your Florida State Senator by letter or email to join with Florida State Senator Dwight Bullard in co-sponsoring Senate Bill 6. This bill would increase Florida's Minimum Wage From $8.05 Per Hour to $15.00 Per Hour. Hourly wage earners within the State Of Florida need this raise to help improve the quality of life for their families. Using the link below, click on the Senators tab to find your State Legislator: http://www.flsenate.gov/

Teamster members received their last wage increase in July of this year and soon it will be time to negotiate a new contract. Wage disparity among the UC campuses, especially the so- called, “rural area” campuses will be an important topic for our next contract in 2016. Are you ready to take action? Since the early 2000’s, Labor Unions have protested to close the wage disparity at UCSC. It’s been 50 years since the University of California Santa Cruz has opened its doors and the campus is known for its activism and democratic practices. We call on you Chancellor Blumenthal to do the right thing and publically support ending of the “rural area” wage disparity.

A&P Waldbaums froze all checks to injured workers. Yes I am one of them. I have had 5 surgeries on my shoulders. There are so many fellow employees that this action is adversely affecting , not only money wise , but medical , prescription and therapy. What they are doing is illegal! Please we need your help!