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Petitioning Nick Coe CEO Bath & Body Works

Stop Dumping and Start Donating

Petition by Samantha Heard

Savannah, Georgia

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Sign Samantha’s petition

Imagine not being able to afford basic household items for you and your children like hand soap, shampoo or lotion. These are things every family needs to stay healthy, just as they need food and shelter. But while there are several programs, both government and nonprofit, that assist the poor in getting the food and housing they need, there are very few programs that help them get access to the most basic personal hygiene items.

The lack of these basic necessities impacts low income families in unimaginable ways. A student that goes to school feeling unclean cannot focus on their studies, a veteran who can’t afford soap can’t go into a job interview with confidence.

As an employee at Bath & Body Works, I have seen thousands of dollars of tested and slightly damaged products needlessly thrown away. These products are perfectly good, perfectly usable. I love working for this company, and I know it can do better for its clients and our surrounding community.

Please join me in asking Nick Coe, CEO of Bath and Body Works, to discontinue the wasteful practice of throwing out slightly damaged or “tested” B&BW products, and donate them to local charities around the United States instead. Every family deserves the dignity that comes with meeting their basic hygiene needs.

There are many families who are struggling right now with the decision whether to buy a loaf of bread or a bar of soap. A study conducted by Feeding America suggests that 58% of low-income individuals who were unable to buy personal care products reported cutting back on food to afford toiletries; 40% reported skipping or delaying rent payments to obtain products. This causes untold strain on them.

There are thousands, if not millions of people that could benefit from these nearly-full bottles of hand soap, shampoo, body lotion, etc. If each B&BW store put together boxes for their local homeless shelters, safe houses, churches, or just someone in need, think about the good we could do. Think of the lives we could impact.

Please sign this petition to help change the mind of the company I love and do something good for those who need it most.

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Quote of the day … White House

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“Our nation is stronger when prosperity is broadly shared. And as we’ve seen throughout our history, one necessary ingredient of shared prosperity is working people banding together and raising their voices.”

— Labor Secretary Tom Perez, on the importance of workers’ voices

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more from 1600 Penn

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DOT Helps States, Local Communities Improve Transportation Resilience

The U.S. Department of Transportation has been working hard to support communities across the country as they adapt the planning, development, and management of their transportation assets for greater resilience in the face of climate change.

In this week’s address, the President celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by underscoring the importance of one of the most fundamental rights of our democracy — that all of us are created equal and that each of us deserves a voice.

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West Wing Week: “The Measure of a Leader”

Last week, the President announced a new historic action to cut harmful carbon pollution, advocated for the Iran deal, celebrated his 54th birthday, and inaugurated a new class of Mandela fellows.

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This Is Happening at the White House on October 7:

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Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez laughs with participants in the apprentice program at Buler Aeroglide in Cary, NC. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor)

To make sure that workers partner in building up the U.S. economy and ensuring the benefits of that growth are broadly shared, we must empower more workers with a voice. That’s why we’re holding the Summit on Worker Voice on October 7.

The Summit will bring together workers, employers, unions, organizers, and other advocates and experts to:

Highlight the value of collective bargaining
Examine challenges facing workers trying to organize in the 21st century
Bring attention to new, innovative ways that workers are coming together to have a voice in their workplaces
Engage employers who are collaborating with their workers to create meaningful partnerships that are good for workers and businesses

Find out more about the Summit on Worker Voice.