• Save our Labor Unions
    At the turn of the 20th century a lot of blood sweat and tears were shed to prevent big money, corrupt owners and management from endangering our lives and lively hoods. With unions, weather a member or not, wages are higher for all. My Postal union has been without a contract for 2 years and is in arbitration at this time. We have lost income in each of those 2 years because of mail counts without Union intervention. Our wages are going down and the cost of living is going up. We want to know where President Obama stands on this and please support our efforts.
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    Created by Ed Tabor
  • Sign the Gambling Bill
    Illinois has a large unemployment rate and is experiencing a shortfall in money to run its government. The gambling bill passed by the house and senate needs to be signed into law by Governor Quinn. It will increase jobs in state and also money in the general fund. Help small racetracks like Balmoral Park in Crete to compete with the large casinos mostly in Indiana that are taking Illinois revenue across state lines. Handle at tracks such as Balmoral has steadily declined since the arrival of casinos and help is needed.
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    Created by Bob Bruns
  • Pass shovel-ready legislation now.
    The best way to ease the misery of millions of American families, and to improve the economy is to enact shovel-ready legislation to fund jobs that are the normal responsibility of government: repairing damaged bridges, roads ,and school buildings. This will have the quickest impact on the economy.
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    Created by Gene Bocknek
  • congress must create jobs act
    Congress must solve issues relating to the economic prosperity of the U.S.A
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    Created by Neil palisch
  • Withhold Congress' and Senates pay for not doing their jobs!
    We the people elected the Congress and the Senate to do our business. Yet Congress will not address the Presidents plans to put people back to work. Now the Senate Minority leader wants to postpone business until after the election. The last three years we have paid these representatives a large salary plus benefits and we are made to suffer while they play POLITICS. Every 4 years we go to the polls to elect a group of leaders to do our business and I want to hold them accountable for the money we are paying them.
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    Created by Charles Bright
  • Stop Outsourcing HCC Jobs
    The Portage County Board will be voting on July 17 on whether or not to outsource the housekeeping jobs at the Health Care Center. This will cost 7 jobs that pay living wages and affordable benefits, it may negatively affect the residents at the HCC, the employees, and it will take money out of the local economy. Replacing jobs that pay living wages with affordable benefits with low-paying jobs with few benefits harms the local economy. We are asking the County Board to stop the contracting out of these positions.
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    Created by Collene Ottum
  • GOV. PERRY GET A CLUE!
    NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT 4.5 HOURS AT THE TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR A ROUTINE DRIVERS LICENSE ISSUE. YOUR RECENT DISMISSAL OF 50% THE ENTIRE DPS STAFF HAS RESULTED IN LONG LINES, ANGRY PEOPLE AND FRUSTRATED STAFF. .
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    Created by Cindyt Comb
  • Congress should work, at least, a 2080 hour workyear in their chamber.
    Most American workers are required to work at least 2080 hours a year - an average of 40 hours a week. Our Congress seems to "work" when they want to; or rather, they seem to not work a lot of the time. They've been telling us that they want to help job creators. Go to work and do that. Vote on legislation that's presented and let the majority rule. Stop the foolishness that's going on.
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    Created by H. Denise Thompson
  • More New Jobs Pledge
    It's about actually creating American Jobs. Wealthy people should sign it if they are sincere about helping the American Economy and not just themselves.
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    Created by Gary Ohlemiller
  • DO NOT RAISE POWER RATES
    Don't raise rates for residents that are making less due to recession...YOU are making money but we are going backwards due to lack of employment and lack of cost of living raise. You should be fighting for us not expecting us to give what we don't have.
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    Created by LYDIA MCINELLY
  • Workman's compensation protection for self-employed workers
    There currently is no insurance protection available for self-employed workers in the U.S., this creates immense hardship for workers when they are sick or injured while at work. We should have an available program to join similar to the Workman's Compensation program available to "employees".
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    Created by Debra L. Zeller
  • fiscal sanity
    changing the laws which allow State and Federal senators retirement packages. This huge drain on our resources might be corrected and free up an enormous amount of money. Why care? We the ordinary people simply can't afford the expense. We need to firmly yet kindly let our representatives know that we can't afford to carry the dead wood any longer.
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    Created by Sharon Procter