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President Obama just announced a plan to save net neutrality and the Internet as we know it. Sign our petition to the FCC in support of the president’s plan.
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This is for anyone who uses the internet
What President Obama did is a big deal for anyone who uses the internet. (Hi!)
He’s urging the Federal Communications Commission to protect net neutrality — the principle that all web traffic should be treated the same, and not controlled by providers.
If you think a free and open internet is a good thing, sign our petition to tell the FCC you stand with President Obama’s plan to protect net neutrality.
The concept of a free and open internet has been part of the whole deal from the beginning.
It’s common sense: Your cable or phone company shouldn’t get to be a gatekeeper to the internet. They shouldn’t get to slow down or block access to sites you love, or be able to charge you extra if you use a service like Facebook or Netflix.
Consumers like that about the internet — and our economy depends on it. Net neutrality encourages innovation, and puts entrepreneurs on a level playing field.
But if some internet service providers get their way, that could all change forever. They want to have a say in how you use the internet, or how fast your favorite sites load.
The FCC will get to decide which way this goes — that’s why it’s so important that President Obama spoke up yesterday, calling for the “strongest possible rules” to protect net neutrality.
His plan is simple: No blocking websites, no slowing down content, no “fast lane” deals, and more transparency.
That’s something worth fighting for — especially in the face of an absurdly well-funded opposition. The groups trying hard to end net neutrality have plenty of allies in Washington. One of them, Senator Ted Cruz, wasted no time yesterday criticizing the President’s plan, calling it “Obamacare for the internet”… which, as far as I can tell, makes sense to exactly no one.
The President is out there, fighting for net neutrality, because none of us can afford to take it for granted.
Add your name to tell the FCC you support a free and open internet:
http://my.barackobama.com/Defend-Net-Neutrality
Thanks,
Toby
Toby Fallsgraff
Digital Director
Organizing for Action
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internship programs … a change needed in 2014?
by McKenna Grant, USA TODAY
11:13 a.m. EDT October 23, 2013
The magazine publisher will no longer offer students an internship program starting in 2014.
Internship programs have proven to be a touchy subject for magazine publishing giant Condé Nast in the last few years, but that will not be the case beginning next year.
Condé Nast – one of the nation’s largest magazine publishers and home to Vogue, Vanity Fair and Glamour – is stripping its internship program all together starting in 2014, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
The discontinuation comes after two lawsuits, filed by former interns, who claimed the media company failed to pay them minimum wage at their internships in 2009 and 2010.
The former interns — Lauren Ballinger (W ) and Matthew Leib (The New Yorker) — claimed in their suit they were paid less than $1 an hour. The case is still pending.
Other media companies, such as Hearst Corporation, have faced similar scrutiny regarding internship programs — long hours and insufficient payment.
In Feb. 2012, a former Harper’s Bazaar intern, Xuedan Wang, sued Hearst saying the company breached overtime and minimum wage laws.
Gawker and Fox Searchlight have also been sued for similar reasons.
All current Conde Nast interns will remain with the company through to their prearranged terms, according to WWD.
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Do you have an internship story to share ?
In 2013, I saw an article asking if unpaid internships were possibly illegal. Well, I will say that the internship of today has gone from work in the industry you were interested in to work on the cheap by college students then work on the cheap with college credit only or maybe some pay. The fact is, some businesses use interns instead of paying an adult out of college a living wage and while I have know idea how long this has been going on, it is happening more frequently than parents probably are aware of. The idea that companies are choosing to add to our jobless by sidestepping possible living wages to folks who want to work not just cost effective for them it is not hard to understand and sad.
On October 30, 2013 I posted the following …
I spent some time looking for the old story in Conde Nast about ending internships and why on their website, but found nothing. I have/had a subscription to subsidiaries of the magazine and still deciding if it is time to move on … not that ending my free access will make an impact. This intern story is not new and while it is old news, the rules keep changing. I have experience as an intern and as someone who had a few interns work for me. In my opinion, it is possible the whole idea of what an intern does, why and salary requirement needs a major makeover. In the old days, interns actually were assigned to positions that gave them a taste of what their field or degree of choice was like and when those options dried up the disbursement of internships became tied to money, 19 credit hours and or what the department or company needed. I believe internships are important. The fact is, and unfortunately, they have definitely become a way of getting part-time or fulltime work wages for what seemingly looks like on the cheap and students are very lucky if it is tied into your degrees. I know that some of our interns were ok with filing, data entry and answering phones because they had plenty of exams, a lot of reading while others were going into the service industry on some level. The lack of training or experience in their specific area of choice was not a big deal while getting credit; it also was a break from 20credit qtrs. or more and with lunch …well, when they actually allowed themselves to eat lunch and do some homework
I also feel getting students to work on the cheap, allowing them to believe they would not only be performing duties in their field of choice then find out something different when they get to the office is unacceptable. It is not only a problem for their credit hours, but most students are unable to opt out easily to go work somewhere else, top that off with the possibility of long work hours and little or no pay, it’s just wrong.
… PointCounterPoint
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Burberry commits to Detox its clothes
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| Thanks to thousands of actions taken by people like you, Burberry has committed to Detox its clothes of hazardous chemicals. This is great news for the environment and future generations. Over the past two weeks the brand’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram channels have been flooded with messages from people all over the world, calling on Burberry to get rid of the toxic Little Monsters and Detox now. With your help, we have proven that when people speak out, big brands listen. Burberry is the 19th fashion company to commit to Detox, raising the bar for the rest of the luxury sector and proving that beautiful fashion doesn’t have to cost the earth.  Together we are revolutionising the fashion industry. Check out what made this victory possible and then share the story with your friends.Let’s make sure this toxic nightmare has a happy ending. Thanks! |
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