The weakening of unions throughout our country and the rollback of retirement and health benefits.

Culver city farmer's market has been open for over 15 years. This staple in farmer's market has always hosted a diversity of vendors. From fruits and veggies, flowers to hot food, deserts, snacks and crafters. We as crafters offer an array of healthy alternative products. From bath and beauty products to clothes , jewelry and baskets. This made the market unique and helped the community to be health conscious from what they eat to what they put on their bodies. We are having a new market management company that wants to exclusively offer farm products. That mean not only it will rob the Culver City community of their access to much needed products, but will cost us crafters and vendors a percentage of our income. Indeed some us crafters and non agricultural vendors have been in the market for over a decade and will be left scrambling to find a supplemental income to replace our loss of revenues. We were given only 3 weeks notice to vacate. We don't think it's fair to the community or the vendors. We want the city council to review their vote and ask the new management company to allow us to stay in the market or at least until December. This will give us ample time to find a replacement market. Best regards.

We demand that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board withdraw its new set of harmful proposals. Without any regard for injured workers – or medical science – the Board has issued cost-cutting and protection-slashing guidelines that will strip already weak protections and render workers’ comp impossible for many of New York’s injured workers, at a time when they need support the most. With these proposals, the Workers’ Compensation Board would: - Open the door for doctors, insurance companies, and employers to mistreat already injured workers. The proposal impacts injured workers vulnerable to various forms of discrimination, bias, and potential abuse by giving company doctors power to suspend care. With this new “insult to injury rule” already injured workers will not be allowed unbiased medical care and will be forced to go to a company-assigned doctor who can perform any exam or ask any question—regardless of relevance to a person’s injury. If the company doctor then decides that that worker did not “fully cooperate” with the exam, the doctor can recommend a suspension of benefits and care. - Slash protections by eliminating injury payments for a number of injuries to workers already struggling to make ends meet. Fractures, ligament and tendon tears, dislocated patellas – the list goes on and on of painful life-altering injuries to the body that would be eliminated from any payment under the comp system. The proposals also slash vital injury payments for a number of impairments associated with a workers’ ability to fully extend their arms and legs, cutting benefits by up to 97% for some injuries. - Illegally seize the power of the legislature to determine the nature of medical impairment, eliminating accountability and transparency and spelling doom for Workers Comp in New York State. This proposal grants the Board sweeping authority to sidestep the law to adjust claims, regardless of what the legislation guarantees. Workers’ rights are under attack all over the country, and workers’ safety is being threatened by the slashing of regulations, but New York has the choice to resist being part of the anti-worker wave. We demand that the Board withdraw these anti-worker proposals and focus on how to improve the comp system and the lives of injured workers who need support now more than ever.

Credit-reporting giant Equifax has just disclosed that in the summer of 2017, hackers gained access to the personal information of 143 million of its consumers. The hackers obtains access to names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, even credit cards. But the behavior of Equifax in the wake of the cyberattack has been horrifying. Three Equifax Managers sold their stock in the company before the cyber attack was revealed, raising questions about potential insider trading. Worse still, the company offered "free" identity theft protection for those impacted, but only if the consumer waived their right to sue Equifax in a class action lawsuit! Buried in the terms of service for Equifax's TrustedID Premier is a ripoff clause that blocks consumers from joining together in class action lawsuits against the company. It is despicable that Equifax would exploit consumers' need for identity theft protection to avoid accountability for this devastating breach. But perhaps most despicable of all, at this very moment, U.S. Senators are weighing legislation to take away our right to hold companies like Equifax accountable in court (S.J.Res.47), and the House of Representatives is considering legislation to make life easier for credit-reporting agencies that screw up (H.R. 2359). This cannot stand. Repealing crucial consumer protections as new financial scandals break every week would send a clear signal to bad actors like Equifax that they can continue to plunder consumers for profit. We call on Congress to IMMEDIATELY withdraw both S.J. Res 47 and H.R. 2359, and to hold hearings to investigate Equifax's response to this cyberattack. Sources: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/three-equifax-executives-sold-stock-before-revealing-cyber-hack http://www.consumeradvocates.org/media/press-release/georgia-congressman-must-withdraw-his-equifax-friendly-bill http://www.fairarbitrationnow.org/wp-content/uploads/Fact-Sheet-CFPB-Arb-Rule.pdf

We The "People", need to KNOW that the president is NOT.... indebted to "ANY" foreign or domestic interests!!!

This is a petition to support Macy's cosmeticians in Saugus, MA who are fighting together to get their first union contract.

It's not enough to fund fixes for these issues if there's no one trained to fix them. Providing funding for appropriate training will also ultimately boost the economy by giving more career opportunities to those who need it most.

I worked all my life and contributed to Social Security! What gives Congress the right to cut my benefits?

If you care about the environment and in what condition you leave the environment for your children and grandchildren in Wisconsin and you care about the financial stability of Wisconsin and how you leave it for your children and grandchildren, sign the petition, call your legislators...your calls and signatures matter!

The US ranks last on the list for paid leave. In this country, and especially in the great State of Oregon, short term disability is the right thing to do as a first step towards valuing our citizens and join four other states in providing this safety net. Not only pregnant women will benefit, but those in drug and alcohol rehabilitation and disabled people awaiting their government claims. The State of California requires all employees to pay into its short-term disability insurance (SDI) program through payroll deductions. When employees become unable to work due to disability, they can collect weekly benefits from the program until they are either ready to go back to work or the benefits expire. We can do the same in Oregon! Why? I was demoted during my pregnancy after my employer removed their short term disability option. Then, they went after my unemployment. No pregnant woman should have to go through that again. You can help make sure of it! Only 50 signatures are required to gain legal assistance drafting a prospective initiative text for the 2018 ballot. By signing you are requesting this make it to your voting booths. We request assistance drafting the text of this proposed initiative!

I just found out about impending funding cuts to the USDA in October. This will negatively impact the opportunity for home ownership in America. It will also impact farmers and rural communities. We need to protect our rights to strong rural communities and home ownership.

On Monday, I was told by the prestigious all-girls preparatory Ellis School where I work, that I was losing my job and would be replaced with someone making $4 less an hour. As a mother of three, I believe in the school’s mission to “prepare, empower, and inspire each and every girl through an excellent education in an all-girls environment” and I take pride in cleaning for the children and teachers, and maintaining the bathrooms, hallways, auditorium, and other facilities. To make matters worse, I lost my good union job on July 31: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Ironically, the Ellis School prides itself on diversity but made the decision to cut their all African American cleaning crew so they can save money. Instead of continuing to work with a contractor that provides me and my co-workers with a union contract that provides living wages and benefits, the Ellis School decided to contract out our jobs to General Cleaning, which pays workers poverty wages of $8.68 an hour. I want to continue to provide the best learning environment possible for our next generation of women leaders—but I have to be able to provide for my family too. The Ellis School Values claim to “seek intellectual, emotional, and physical health for every member of our community.” We are asking the Ellis School to live up its values and look after me and my coworkers so we can continue to provide for our girls and families too. Sincerely, Alyce Toombs