Nearly 400 corporations — including four dozen with over $1 million in Oregon profits — paid no 2012 state income taxes. But the names of those companies are not public information. Yet. If you think Oregonians ought to know, sign the petition asking the Oregon legislature to require corporations to disclose how much they pay in Oregon income taxes. It's wrong that working families are paying more in income taxes to support our schools, seniors and health care than some large, profitable corporations. Oregon children sit in overcrowded classrooms and tuition at our colleges and universities continues to climb, while some corporations pay little or nothing to support vital public structures. That’s wrong.

Despite being the first state in the nation to pass an equal pay law, women in Oregon still only earn about 79 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. Here’s a big part of the problem: You can’t ask for equal pay if you don’t know you’re being paid less. Too often, employers discourage workers from talking about pay, benefits, and working conditions – sometimes they even punish or fire them for doing it. That needs to end. Oregon has a chance to lead on the issue of pay transparency. The Oregon House recently passed the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would outlaw retaliation against employees who talk about salaries and working conditions. Now, it’s up to the Oregon Senate to act. Sign the Petition: Tell the Oregon Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act without delay!

As a RVT, I know what my job consists of and I believe we are some of the most hard working, underpaid individuals. We are not just nurses but are anesthesiologists, lab techs, xray techs, surgical techs, dental hygenists, pharmacy techs, and the list continues. The average salary a Registered Nurse makes is $26.65 per hour, while the average salary a RVT makes is $15.24. I believe our salaries should be around the same as RNs. No hate to all the great RNs out there, I personally appreciate you all. Having members in my family who are RNs just made me want to be like them but with animals. We love our jobs but our salaries don't reflect our extensive education and the various titles we hold under one name. I want all the RVTs to be more recognized and more valued for all of the hard work we do.

We, the Casino employees of the State of Ohio, agree to help our state and bring more funds in for many improvements. Let’s allow and legalize gaming for Ohio Casino Employees within the State of Ohio. We, as Ohioans, are forced to take our hard-earned money to the neighboring states to game, taking multi-millions from the State of Ohio. This is money we could use in the State of Ohio to help lower taxes, provide educational funds, and improve the State of Ohio.

My wife and I in retirement are frequent users of Michigan's fast-deteriorating roads and strongly feel that our Governor and Legislature need to assume responsibility for adequately funding infrastructure maintenance & repair.

Texas taxpayers pay $21,390 a year per prisoner. If a parole officer can have a case load of 60, that would save the state $1,262,010 each year times 67 Parole Offices times the number of parole officers in each office. Do the math. Save our money or spend it more wisely.

For decades, the American labor movement has worked closely with the United Way to help raise funds for those in need and help charitable efforts around the world. Recently, staff of the United Way Worldwide sought out union representation of their own to make their workplace a better one. Instead of remaining neutral and allowing workers to chart their own course, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Joe Haggerty embarked on an anti-union campaign to scare employees away from voting in favor of union representation. In his letter he directly said "The answer is that UWW does not believe that a Union would provide added value for the vast majority of our Associates." "First, we do not believe that having a Union will add anything significant to your wages, benefits and working conditions and that anything achieved will be more than offset by Union dues." We need to tell Joe Haggerty to stop disrespecting workers's unions that have helped create and sustain United Way Worldwide.

Connecticut taxpayers subsidize large, low-wage corporations to the tune of $480 million annually because their workers are forced into needed programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and child care assistance programs. Too many Connecticut families receive poverty wages, work 60 to 80 hours per week, and still cannot pay the rent, their car payments, or put food on the table. This has to stop now! Enact the Low Wage Employer Fee--and make corporations pay their fair share.

This petition is about losing your job or being at risk of losing your job just because you're sick. This is also about corporations wanting to fire you because you don't want to work while you're sick. It should be law that the employer should have to excuse the absence with a doctor's note. This would give the working class more rights.

Congress has raised their pay every year for 10 years to keep up with inflation. Yet, the common man of America is still being paid an unfit wage--one that cannot be lived on. Trickle down economics does not work. It just makes the rich richer and the poor stay poor. Enough is enough!

I am a local entrepreneur trying to gain approval from Borough Council to amend Ordinance No. 1111 to allow for the opening of a craft distillery and tasting room in Emmaus, to create new jobs and to provide a unique attraction and destination bringing valuable dollars into the Borough.

Raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Parents with families need this increase to lift them out of poverty. Corporate profits have risen over the years and only the top 5% are better off. It's time for government in New Jersey to respect working class families.