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Starbucks … dads need parental leave

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Petitioning Starbucks, CEO Howard Schultz and COO Kevin Johnson

Starbucks: Give paid parental leave to dads
I am so disappointed to learn that Starbucks doesn’t offer dads any paid parental leave. Starbucks offers 6 weeks paid parental leave to new moms as well as to adoptive parents – but leaves out birth dads. That doesn’t make any sense!

I’m a new dad, and I love Starbucks. After my son was born, we spent countless afternoons cruising our neighborhood together. We have a regular route, and it always starts with dad getting a little treat at the nearby Starbucks. The staff were always so nice to us, and it was a warm and welcoming environment for a new dad who was often in a sleepless haze.

I am asking Starbucks to update its policy to catch up with the modern standard for paid parental leave and include dads.

I think of Starbucks as a forward-thinking and modern company – one that would recognize that all parents should be able to be there when a new child arrives. As a father, I know that taking time to bond with a new child is critical for families.

As one of the largest employers in the country, I’m asking that Starbucks update their paid parental leave policy to include dads – because it’s good for families, and they’re a great business who has a chance to be even better.

If you want to read more about the paid family leave practices at the largest employers in the country, check out the new report by PL+US.
Petition by Matt and PL+US
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Help Fathers Support Their Kids by Planting Trees


Each dollar you donate allows us to plant one tree.

Fathers across the world struggle to support their families. For some of the world’s poorest fathers, that can mean choosing between burning trees for fuel or using that same forest land to grow crops to eat and sell. But there’s a better way.
Earth Day Network’s Canopy Project has been working for years to combat deforestation and help provide sustenance to some of the world’s poorest families. In Sub-Saharan Africa, our system uses proven agroforestry methods to grow specific varieties of trees and crops in phases over a four-year period. This balanced technique provides sustainable sources of food, fuel and crops to sell each year, and adds new meaning and stability to the lives of fathers who can now provide security for their kids.
Each dollar you donate allows us to plant one tree.
By helping plant trees, you give dads the ability to transition their families away from insecure and destructive subsistence techniques to a system that not only sustains and empowers them in the short term but also improves their communities and their children’s lives forever.
We need your help now! Each dollar donated adds trees and stabilizes family income in some of world’s most needy villages. There is much work to be done. For the fathers in your life—and their wives, sons and daughters—please donate. $1 plants 1 tree.
— The Earth Day Network Team
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Robert Reich just issued a STUNNING call to action:


It is now time to seriously consider the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for removal of a president who is 'unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office'

WOW!! We couldn’t agree more!

As scandal continues to engulf the Trump administration, impeachment is our only option to save our Democracy from Trump’s lies and treason.

If you agree with Robert Reich that Trump MUST be removed from office, sign your name right away:

I agree with Robert Reich >>

So far, Trump has used his power to completely dismantle Obama’s legacy and the values our country was built on.

He’s attacked the rights of vulnerable communities, introduced a healthcare plan that would leave millions without insurance, and proposed major cuts to programs like Medicaid and Social Security.

We’ve had ENOUGH.

It’s clear that Donald Trump doesn’t care about the American people — he’s more concerned with checking boxes on an extremist backwards agenda.

That’s why Robert Reich is taking a stand and demanding IMPEACHMENT when we need it most.

If you agree that Trump’s actions warrant immediate impeachment, sign our petition right away:

http://go.boldpac.com/Robert-Reich

– BOLD Democrats

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a message and petition by The Humane League


Petitioning CKE Restaurants, Jason Marker, Brad Haley, Jeff Chasney, John J. Dunion, Theodore Abajian, Michael D’Arezzo, Jim Sullivan, Reese Stewart, Arlene Petokas, David Luxton

Hardee’s & Carl’s Jr. – Demand better from your chicken suppliers!
Petition by The Humane League
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Chickens raised for Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. suffer some of the worst abuses on overcrowded factory farms.

These birds spend their short six weeks of life packed by the tens of thousands inside barren, windowless sheds. Bred to grow grotesquely large at an unnaturally fast rate, they often suffer painful, crippling leg injuries. Due to physical ailments and lack of space, many spend the majority of their lives lying in their own excrement on the filthy barn floor, suffering from toxic ammonia burns to their feet, chest, and lungs. At slaughter, chickens are violently shackled, electrocuted, and slit at their throats, many while still fully conscious.

Such irresponsible and inhumane conditions are not what you’d expect from restaurant chains that pride themselves on high food quality, but they’re the sad reality for chickens raised for Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. Such extreme animal abuse is not “premium quality” – customers and animals deserve better!

Fortunately, there is momentum to reform this abusive industry. Restaurants such as Shake Shack, Burger King, and Chipotle have joined over a dozen other major food companies that have released comprehensive, meaningful commitments to address the welfare concerns facing chickens raised for meat. Why are Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. refusing to commit to the same standards?

It’s time for Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. to make a change. Please sign this petition demanding that the leadership at CKE Restaurants (Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.parent company) commit to a strong welfare policy that grants chickens more space and environmental enrichments, a transition to higher-welfare breeds of birds, and the elimination of live-shackle slaughter methods.

 
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Indigenous Earth Defenders Threatened for Protecting the Forests. Take Action!
Our Shipibo friend Robert is receiving death threats for his advocacy against the deforestation caused by the oil palm industry in the Peruvian Amazon. Several of his colleagues have been assassinated under similar circumstances. Can you take a minute to help defend him and other threatened leaders?

DEFEND THREATENED SHIPIBO LEADERS!

This emblematic fight for the rainforest is playing itself out right now in the Peruvian Amazon – the world’s largest tropical rainforest and a critical element to mitigating climate change. In the face of the threats against them, the Shipibo leaders are demanding that the Peruvian government take effective action to ensure that the death threats and defamation campaigns don’t result in attacks or killings.

If Earth Defenders aren’t protected, the consequences can be dire. In 2014, four Asháninka leaders, including internationally-known Edwin Chota, were assassinated for fighting against deforestation, demanding land rights, and protecting our climate.

Join us in sending messages to the Peruvian government in support of Shipibo leaders like Robert.

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