This campaign is important because it gives voice to the employees of Everstand who are directly affected by a sudden and substantial 60% increase in benefit costs. The decision was made without transparency or employee input, creating an unsustainable financial burden for staff who are already underpaid in the nonprofit sector. It sends a message that employee well-being is not a priority—despite our agency’s mission to support and uplift families and communities. At a time when staff morale and retention are ongoing challenges, this campaign is about advocating for fairness, financial stability, and respect in the workplace. It’s about holding leadership accountable to the same values of care and community they expect us to uphold in our work with families. Why should other people join you in your campaign for change? Others should join us because this issue affects all of us—whether directly through higher benefit costs or indirectly through the strain it places on our colleagues, our workplace culture, and ultimately the quality of service we provide to the families we serve. When we come together to raise our voices, we show leadership that employees are united, engaged, and unwilling to accept decisions that harm our well-being without dialogue or accountability. Standing together gives us strength, and sends a clear message that we expect our organization to live up to its values—not just in the communities we serve, but within our own walls. By joining this campaign, you're not just advocating for yourself—you’re standing up for your coworkers, your profession, and the belief that every employee deserves respect, transparency, and fair treatment.

For nearly a year, Chesapeake College has been negotiating a first contract with the full-time faculty union. Throughout this process, the administration has engaged in anti-union bargaining tactics and delays, refusing to adequately address the needs of faculty and thus the needs of the students. Sign this petition to tell the Chesapeake College administration and president that the full-time faculty deserve a contract that is negotiated with all deliberate speed and deserve to work in an environment free from divisive administrative tactics. 

The Smithsonian is an invaluable part of American history and the conservation thereof. A recent executive order threatens to completely gut the Smithsonian and to further overturn true history in favor of biased, untruthful narratives. If the tampering in the Smithsonian continues we could lose thousands of historical artifacts as well as valuable documents and exhibits surrounding American history.

Together we can make a difference. If you support this petition please add your signature. 

As A VETERAN AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE with over 17 YEARS of FEDERAL SERVICE, I, as well as my Federal Coworkers,  DEMAND that our FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT is FREE from WRONGFUL TERMINATION in which this New DOGE agency leaves us unprotected and insecure about the future of our FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT!!!

AI companies like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, etc use a ton of electric. They use a disparate amount of electric without shouldering their cost.  This is not a NJ issue but is happening nation-wide. Resources:  https://www.fastcompany.com/91229319/ai-data-centers-could-make-your-electric-bill-go-up-by-70

Howard Community College has long been one of the central institutions in Howard County, but recent reorganizations have left the institution and its employees reeling. Senior Leadership at the college has completely changed the structure of the college, cut student services, imposed dramatic changes to classroom education, and has worked to stifle protected union activity on campus. In response, Howard County Senators have proposed a bill to expand the Board of Trustees from seven to nine, institute mandatory trainings for board members, require public comment periods at board meetings, require that all board meetings must be recorded and uploaded to the internet, and require that the board adopt an anonymous, nationally recognized third-party survey for all employees of the college to fill our annually, with an unedited report being given to the board discussing the results. Eleven brave faculty members testified in support of this bill on Wednesday, February 5th, discussing their experiences at the college and how these changes could help rebuild the beloved institution. In response to their testimonials, Senior Leadership attempted to slander and belittle their own faculty that testified in favor of the bill, accusing them of disrupting the academic environment by exercising their rights to testify in favor of a bill. Please sign this petition indicating your support for HoCo 1-25, indicating your support for the brave faculty who testified in favor of the bill, and expressing your frustration with Senior Leadership's poor attempt to attack their own workers.

Immigrants help make this country Great ! Help us get rid of the hateful sign !

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many families in Western North Carolina remain isolated due to the destruction of essential bridges, their only connection to their homes. Temporary footbridges, funded by nonprofits, provided short-term relief but are inadequate for long-term use. Efforts to rebuild permanent structures have been halted due to FEMA's No-Rise Certification requirements. While these certifications are important for preventing future flooding, they require costly engineering studies and lengthy approval processes that many families cannot afford. Among those affected is my own family: my mother has been unable to reach her home except by four-wheeler, and an elderly neighbor battling cancer is stranded with only a footbridge for access. The storm has reshaped rivers and eroded landscapes, making exact reconstruction impossible for many. We urge North Carolina legislators to take immediate action by: 1. Waiving No-Rise Certification costs for families rebuilding essential access bridges. 2. Allocating funding for engineering studies to assist low-income residents. 3. Expediting the permitting process for critical recovery projects. These families need access to their homes, medical care, and resources now. We cannot wait for another disaster to make this right. Join us in calling for practical, compassionate solutions to this urgent issue.

We all know someone with mental illness and we all have reached times of despair when dealing with them. It would be great to have help in providing adequate care and treatment for them. 

This could hinder and inhibit the sick and elderly’s health, leading into a faster decline. A person could possibly not afford nor be able to find other transportation and be denied government assistant healthcare. 

This was an incredibly destructive and dark event in the CalPERS history, to allow pensioners who paid into the CalPERS system for decades to hang in the wind with 63% of their planned retirement taken away.    ·       Contracts were Irresponsible: CalPERS wrote pension contracts with well over 170 public Joint Powers Authorities (JPA).  CalPERS staff wrote these contracts (building growth for the CalPERS fund) never making the JPA Founding Cities responsible for the CalPERS pensions. Without such a provision, the JPA employees had no knowledge of the peril their pension accounts were in.  There was no way the JPA’s would fund their pension accounts in perpetuity.  Developing CalPERS contracts,  without a means to continue pension plan payments, was an irresponsible and horrendous error!    ·       No Social Security: We are/were public servants, who faithfully paid for decades into our PERS retirement accounts, and we deserved our full pensions. Our pensions have been slashed (since 2016) for reasons we had absolutely no control over. Additionally, the majority of us were prohibited from contributing to Social Security (couldn’t contribute to both SS and PERS) so we have no Social Security pensions to fall back on. Many have had to go back to work late in life, and everyone will be working into our 70’s and 80’s and never make up this retire. Ghost Pensioners Included in Termination Fee:   CalPERS has applied absurd assumptions against us, and we are paying the price of “ghost pensioners” who will never be a cost to CalPERS:   1) The ESGVC $18M “termination fee” has been grossly inflated by the CalPERS Actuary, as follows: calculated in the $18M termination “projection”,  are many “ghost pensioners” who are deemed a “potential future cost”.  The “ghost pensioners” are individuals who were never vested in CalPERS to start with, or withdrew ALL their funds from their PERS account (when they left public employment), but CalPERS says they MIGHT come back into the PERS system at some point in their lifetime.  Additionally, CalPERS is applying an interest penalty of 2.8% to the Termination  Fee of $18M, when it is CalPERS' shortcomings that caused this contract to exist in the first place.  Legislators:  Fortunately, for all rest of the JPA employees in the State of California, AB 1912 was passed to assure that what happened to the ESGVC pensioners doesn’t happen again.  However,  AB1912 did not resove the ESGVC pensioners devastation.  ESGVC was excluded from eligibility for AB1912.