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Bay Area Tell Walmart: Decent Pay, Not Handouts!Shocking! Earlier this week, news broke that in Ohio Walmart has been holding a food drive, asking its employees to donate to their hungry coworkers. I have a better idea for Walmart: Pay your workers enough to feed their families. But there is hope for change! Around the country Walmart workers are standing up and across the country they even went on strike for their right to speak out about issues like their low-wages without fear of Walmart retaliating against them. Workers and their supporters plan to hold protests at 1,500 Walmart stores around the country and in the Bay Area this Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the “Superbowl of Retail.” Sign my petition calling on Walmart to stop relying on other people’s generosity to support its low-road business model.1,270 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Jamie Way
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D.C. tell Walmart: Decent Pay, Not Handouts!Shocking! Earlier this week, news broke that in Ohio Walmart has been holding a food drive, asking its employees to donate to their hungry coworkers. I have a better idea for Walmart: Pay your workers enough to feed their families. But there is hope for change! Around the country Walmart workers are standing up for their right to speak out about issues like their low-wages without fear of Walmart retaliating against them. Workers and their supporters plan to hold protests at 1,500 Walmart stores around the country and in the D.C. metro area area this Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the “Superbowl of Retail.” Sign my petition calling on Walmart to stop relying on other people’s generosity to support its low-road business model.510 of 600 SignaturesCreated by Jamie Way
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Sacramento Tell Walmart: Decent Pay, Not Handouts!Shocking! Earlier this week, news broke that in Ohio Walmart has been holding a food drive, asking its employees to donate to their hungry coworkers. I have a better idea for Walmart: Pay your workers enough to feed their families. But there is hope for change! Around the country Walmart workers are standing up and in Sacramento last Friday they even went on strike for their right to speak out about issues like their low-wages without fear of Walmart retaliating against them. Workers and their supporters plan to hold protests at 1,500 Walmart stores around the country this Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the “Superbowl of Retail.” Sign my petition calling on Walmart to stop relying on other people’s generosity to support its low-road business model.215 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Jamie Way
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New Yorkers Tell Walmart: Decent Pay, Not Handouts!Shocking! Earlier this week, news broke that in Ohio Walmart has been holding a food drive, asking its employees to donate to their hungry coworkers. I have a better idea for Walmart: Pay your workers enough to feed their families. But there is hope for change! Around the country Walmart workers are standing up. They even went on strike for their right to speak out about issues like their low-wages without fear of Walmart retaliating against them. Workers and their supporters plan to hold protests at 1,500 Walmart stores around the country and in New York City this Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the “Superbowl of Retail.” Sign my petition calling on Walmart to stop relying on other people’s generosity to support its low-road business model.1,406 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Jamie Way
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Tell Walmart: Decent Pay, Not Handouts!Shocking! Earlier this week, news broke that in Ohio Walmart has been holding a food drive, asking its employees to donate to their hungry coworkers. I have a better idea for Walmart: Pay your workers enough to feed their families. But there is hope for change! Around the country Walmart workers are standing up. They even went on strike for their right to speak out about issues like their low-wages without fear of Walmart retaliating against them. Workers and their supporters plan to hold protests at 1,500 Walmart stores around the country and in New York City this Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the “Superbowl of Retail.” Sign my petition calling on Walmart to stop relying on other people’s generosity to support its low-road business model.3 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Charmaine Givens-Thomas
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House GOP: Approve the Senate Version of the Farm BillThis petition was created to show Republicans in the House of Representatives how their constituents really feel about the automatic and proposed cuts to the food stamp program.1,328 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Zack Langway
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Rep. McClintock: Avoid Another Shutdown—Close Corporate Tax LoopholesRecent federal budget cuts have hurt California's most vulnerable populations. Instead of taking money from schools and other vital services that help children, people with disabilities, seniors, and unemployed veterans, it's time to make profitable corporations pay their fair share.112 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Patrick Stelmach
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Give Hawai'i A Minimum Wage We Can Live On!Tell the Hawaii Legislature and the Governor that we need a minimum wage of $15.00 per hour. As one of the most expensive states to live in, we need a minimum wage in Hawai’i that goes beyond being “minimal” to being a living wage that people here can afford rent, to eat healthy food, and get adequate health care. It’s time to stop subsidizing the gross profits of Big Businesses like Walmart and McDonald’s and other companies that exploit workers with low pay. We are tired of our taxes subsidizing the food and healthcare costs of such corporation’s “working poor” employees when these companies can afford to pay their workers a living wage. Give working people the dignity of paying their own way in society and make greedy companies dignify their workers with a minimum wage of $15.53 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Andres Autrique
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Repeal of Mn. Statutes 273.117 Conservation Easement Property Tax Valuation.In the past 30 years conservation easements have been used extensively to protect and enhance soil, water, and wildlife. This is a very serius blow to conservation in Minnesota. This law is sure to stop much of the water quality/quantity, and wildlife work being done on privately owned lands in Minnesota. Landowers will be punished for their good behavior and their interest in conservaiton by continuing to be taxed at a cropland rate.832 of 1,000 SignaturesCreated by Thomas Kalahar
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#SaveThanksgiving : Enact a Thanksgiving Day Sales Tax to Stop the Encroachment of Black FridayIn our primarily capitalist economy, businesses will not be able to control themselves as long as competitors are rewarded for Thanksgiving Day sales. As well, consumers who are enticed by deals will be unable to control themselves because any "protest" would simply reward other shoppers who will get the best deals that the protesters won't. The solution to Black Friday bloodying Thanksgiving Thursday is government. State governments have the power to levy sales taxes on retail transactions, and if each state's legislature and governor passes a law levying a special Thanksgiving Day sales tax of no less than 35% on non-grocery retail sales transactions, businesses that have succumbed to the temptation to open on Thanksgiving Day - which ruin holiday traditions of not only their customers but also those of their employees and their families - will find that the profit incentive will have been eliminated by the sales tax. The encroachment of Black Friday will be stopped, and our national holiday traditions will be restored. Sign this petition to add your name to those who wish to #SaveThanksgiving. Let our leaders across the nation see that it is up to them to salvage our heritage.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jason Fournier
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Tell Senator Mark Kirk That Illinois Deserve A RaiseThe U.S. Senate will be voting after Thanksgiving on a bill to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour over the years. The bill would also increase the tipped minimum wage, which has been $2.13 an hour since 1991. Huge majorities across the political spectrum support an increase in the minimum wage. It's good for workers, good for local businesses, and it's the right thing to do. Tell Senator Kirk: it's time to raise the minimum wage.355 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Bridget Early
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Stand Up for NH Working Families: Vote to Raise the Minimum WageThe U.S. Senate will be voting after Thanksgiving on a bill to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour over three years. The bill would also increase the tipped minimum wage, which has been $2.13 an hour since 1991. Huge majorities across the political spectrum support an increase in the minimum wage. It's good for workers, good for local businesses, and it's the right thing to do. Tell Senators Shaheen and Ayotte: it's time to raise the minimum wage.698 of 800 SignaturesCreated by Christian Norton