Please stop the bullying in the workplace. We all need to work together in a healthy and respectable manner. Work should not hurt!!

For equality among all working people. The wealthy inequality has been put into place through lobbying not mass majority votes legislatures that have recieve campaign donations and vote in favor of the donors not constituants.

In brief, this is to support the District 1 Community Development Cooperatives Farm and Ranch TECA budget proposal appeal. We were turned down flat and we may not get a chance to be heard for appeal at all. If you are a CRST member living out of state, going to school, in the military, off reservation, PLEASE make that comment when signing our petition. In our farm and agricultural programs proposal you will see the great thought and foresight in developing our comprehensive proposal which covers all bases. Our proposal will generate cash receipts yearly with the prospect of financial sustainability to our cooperative members. This is unique because of our Treaty RIGHT to farm. Most of our District 1 communities lay in the most poverty stricken county in our Nation, Ziebach County. Our employment opportunities are near non-existent and we want this for not only our able bodied employable members, but to take care of our Elders and create a legacy for our children and grand children. The Oyate Committee turned us down with a slap to the face. We have the legal upper hand for a positive appeal outcome, but we need our entire CRST tiospaye membership support. Let's get it through our government and powers-that-be that we must start our self sustaining lifestyle. This cooperative is not only a vision, but our right, and a venture worth fighting for as a model for the rest of our tribal districts people. One voice can create a stir, but the unity of many voices will create a thunder storm! WE SHALL PREVAIL!

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.

This is not a new idea. I am restating a request to resolve some of our Country's inequities and modestly redistribute funds back into our social services. I'm starting this petition because I want The President to see how many of us support such a fair tax.

Restoring Emergency Unemployment Benefits even if temporarily to get over the harsh winter that left us struggling & in arrears paying for utilities, taxes, and food! I will change my affiliation & never vote Republican again if the GOP doesn't care how I make ends meet - they don't deserve my vote.

The economy will be directly affected by the government's failure to act. Millions of people will be losing their homes, and applying for welfare and food stamps just to survive. You call this a solution? We are in this situation and it is a living hell.

The Cannabis Plant should be legalized immediately based on racial discrimination. And in reparation for the pain and suffering caused since its prohibition, the multi billion dollar industry should be built in Milwaukee.

America was founded on the principle of equal representation: one person, one vote. Unfortunately, this pillar of democracy is under attack. Nowadays, it’s one dollar, one vote. A million dollars? A million votes. In short, money talks… and the rich speak loudest. Over the past four decades, the value of the minimum wage has decreased by 20 percent and if you work full-time you’ll earn a yearly salary of $15,392 - not even enough to keep your family above the poverty line. It’s well-past time for the rest of us to share in this newfound prosperity. Over 70 percent of Michiganders support raising the minimum wage and you can make our voice louder by signing our petition.

To help myself and families who lost there jobs in this economy to keep receiving help to keep there families fed and a roof over there head until they can find a job to do so

In early February, the Senate narrowly failed to pass a three-month extension of assistance to the long-term unemployed, due to disagreements over how to pay for it. While many Democrats object in principle to offsetting an extension of unemployment assistance, as a practical matter there is no plausible political path in the near future to extending assistance to the long-term unemployed that does not include an offset. Fortunately, the roughly $6 billion cost can be covered by cutting $5.7 billion from the war budget that never belonged there in the first place - it was money put there by Congress that the President never requested. Congress put that money there to pay for Pentagon contractor pork that wouldn't fit in the base Pentagon budget. If that money isn't redirected to some useful purpose, it's going to be wasted on Pentagon contractor pork. Sign our petition to Congress and the President: the $5.7 billion that is about to be wasted on Pentagon contractor pork should be used to help 1.7 million unemployed Americans and their families instead.

The Minnesota House recently passed HR 92, a bill that would raise Minnesota’s minimum wage to $9.50. The current minimum wage of $7.25 just isn’t enough for workers to be able to provide for themselves and their families. Send a message to the Minnesota Legislature now and urge lawmakers to pass HR 92 and give a raise to 256,100 Minnesota workers.