For the past 6 days, farm workers in Baja Norte’s San Quintín Valley have been on strike denouncing abysmally low wages, 12-hour days with no overtime, obligatory 7-day work weeks, and maltreatment. Worker Ana López says, “It is time for us to stand up… There are people who think that because we come from pueblos, we are ignorant about our rights.” The United Farm Workers of America is standing in solidarity with the workers from San Quintín and we ask that our supporters do the same. Ana works for Driscoll supplier Berrymex, whom workers claim that in addition to violating wage and hour laws, also fails to pay into workers’ social security (which is supposed to give workers access to healthcare and a pension), leaving them with nothing when they go to make a claim. Demand that the grocery retail industry hold powerful agribusiness companies such as Driscoll accountable. Please sign this petition. We will be turning this in to top grocery retailers around the country, including Target, Walmart, Krogers, and Albertsons/Safeway.

Working people should not have to depend on the government to care for themselves. Forty hours of honest work should equal a fair wage.

Maine's current minimum wage is $7.50/hour. Over fifty-two 40-hour weeks, that adds up to $15, 600/year. The Federal Poverty Guideline for 2015 is $15, 930 for a household of 2. This could mean a single parent of 1 child, a working senior citizen with a disabled spouse, or many other situations. If we as a society want people to work for their living, then the very possibility of doing that must be legislated. For a family of 3 (eg. single parent, two children), the Federal Guideline is $20 090. Divided by fifty-two 40-hour weeks, this comes to an hourly wage of $9.66. Minimum-wage employers pay minimum wage because it's required. Decent employers pay more. This should be done because it's basic human decency. This is not even accounting for daycare, nor for people getting sick or having time off to spend with their families and friends. Raise Minimum Wage to a Living Wage.

Please require all Michigan employers to provide paid sick days. It's the right thing to do!

On February 12, those making a million dollars a year reached the annual tax cap. After that day, none of their income will be taxed to pay for Social Security. Meanwhile, 94% of Americans -- those who make less than $118,500 a year -- will chip in a portion of every single paycheck, all year long. That’s right. A single mother working as an ER nurse pays 6.2% of every paycheck toward Social Security, 12 months out of the year. Meanwhile, a wealthy investment banker on Wall Street isn’t paying a dime into the system for the rest of 2015. They say we can’t afford Social Security. No. We can’t afford to keep giving unfair tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires! Add your name. Sign the petition and tell Congress it’s time to end the Social Security tax break for millionaires!

This petition was created because legislation is needed to stop businesses from taking advantage of the loophole that allows for unreasonable and incomparable decreases in property taxes and is a violation of the state tax law. These tax cuts require budget cuts to publicly funded programs and services such as education, libraries, road maintenance and repair, search and rescue, senior services, veterans affairs and recreational facilities that support thriving communities.

Each year that goes by things are getting more and more expensive. Young adults that are younger than the age of 16 should have the right to start working to either start saving for college or to help support their family.

It is unfair to make it hard to live or work in the city and have to worry about parking! The city of New Orleans does not make from parking meters, just a percentage of the tickets issued. A privately-owned company from out of state called Standard Parking Corp. makes money. It profits from New Orleans and the city of Chicago, while residents, small business owners, people who work in city, and visitors suffer. Some people do not even make what they spend in parking. Residents have to pay for parking, as do people who come to shop--wasting money that could have actually helped the city of New Orleans. These meters are owned by a private company that are only helping themselves, so in order for New Orleans to get a cut, they have to enforce and put in more meters and issue more tickets. Parking should be free for people who work in the city, period. Some locals have to pay what they make an hour in salary for parking. Also, a lot of the parking meters are broken and people still get tickets from them parking near them. These meters are destroying the city of New Orleans, making it hard on small businesses, and people commuting to work or to visit friends in area, residents, and even tourists who don't want to walk for two hours without worrying about a meter running out. Not everyone has a cell phone to download an app and pay. Some people do not even have credit cards. I am starting this petition against Standard Parking Corp, who is contracted with the city and now owns Central Parking lot--not the city of New Orleans and Mayor Landrieu! The Standard Parking Corp. Parking Meter company is based out of the state, monopolizing pay to park so their stocks can rise. It's a huge greedy corporate scam! Standard Parking Corp. is under contract with the city of New Orleans, who is not making that much money off the meters ad parking, unless more people get tickets, issued by them, hence all the broke meters! I have a picture of a waitress at IHOP who had to go outside to feed a meter. She most likely makes $2/hr and feeds the meter every hour. This is a prime example of the greedy stock market, capitalizing on the human needing to be somewhere at a certain time! These city officials think they are helping the city, but they are only helping themselves.

This petition is an effort to turn our nation away from its path of perpetual war and toward other options for conflict resolution. It is also a response to the increased level of violence in our own communities, schools, and prisons. I often feel personally powerless to affect change in these trends toward greater violence, but this bill gives me hope for a voice of peace in Washington.

Nobody should be denied employment based on the fact they use marijuana legally. Employers will also benefit as they will have more job applicants to choose from.

Ohio Governor John Kasich is presently proposing furthering a regressive sales tax plan that is both economically unjust and unjustified. Since 2005, Republicans have shifted the source of state tax revenue from income (progressive) to sales (regressive) taxes. The present system has been hurting job growth and is nothing more than a give away the GOP's wealthy base. We need to fight this battle now as our economy would benefit by shifting the tax burden away from the 96 % of Ohioans who make an income of less than $200K/yr., increasing the take home pay, putting money in the pockets of those who will actually spend it, and creating jobs from the increased demand for goods and services. The top 4% would hardly feel the difference and continue present levels or increase hiring practices to meet the growing economy. This is another battle that will never go away as long as large amounts of money can be given to candidates by wealthy donors and money remains so closely tied to politics.

The Senate and House are making critical budget decisions that will deeply affect all Americans in 2016. All members of Congress need to hear from constituents before April 15 that cuts to programs that help Americans are not acceptable. The U.S. House and Senate have each advanced a budget outline that calls for the wrong choices: more tax breaks for corporations and the rich and more funding for the Pentagon, along with less funding for needed investments. Past budget cuts have kept 67,000 low-income families from moving into affordable housing; denied child care to hundreds of thousands of children in low-income working families; reduced job training and education aid; left our roads and bridges in disrepair; and left millions of poor Americans with less food each month by cutting food stamps. The new plans would make all this worse. It does not have to be this way. A federal budget that makes the right choices can both preserve and expand essential services. Closing even some tax loopholes and reducing Pentagon waste would fund universal pre-k, make college more affordable, create jobs, and dramatically reduce hunger, homelessness, and poverty. The good news: There are many more steps before the funding cuts outlined in the House and Senate budget plans could be enacted into law. Even before the ink is dry on a new budget, Congress will be under pressure to change it. But without our voices, the pressures are to increase Pentagon spending, threatening human needs programs even more. Your signature on this petition will make a difference -- but we must act now to send Congress a strong, united message that we oppose upside-down priorities.