Doug | Be a Seed for Change

We’ve just heard some incredible news. Just a few days ago, Ryan Young didn’t know if he would ever get his job back. He’d been suspended without pay after he intervened to stop the assault of a pregnant woman, and Safeway wouldn’t give any indication of when he’d be allowed back.But something remarkable happened. Douglas Castro, a customer at Ryan’s Safeway, heard about the incident and he started a petition to reinstate Ryan — and people from all over the country rallied behind him. You and over 180,000 others signed Douglas’ petition asking Safeway to reinstate Ryan with full back-pay, and Ryan’s just been told he’ll go back to work next week!

Ryan’s case was featured on CNN, and the campaign was covered in national media from CBS to Business Insider. And after weeks of silence from the company, Safeway finally announced Ryan would return to work.

Ryan says he’s “deeply grateful” to everyone who signed the petition. “Knowing that I had all these people standing behind me and that I wasn’t alone really helped me through this difficult time,” said Ryan. “Thank you again to everyone who took the time to help me out.”

It’s an amazing victory. It means that an expectant father has his job back — but it’s also something more. In the past, employees often had to fight these battles alone. Doug‘s victory is proof that this is changing — and that when people across the country come together, they have the power to make a real difference.

Thanks for being a change-maker,

Tim and the Change.org team

P.S. Right now, another urgent petition to save a loyal employee could use your support.

Larry Sapienza was fired from his job at his local library — and according to his community, it’s because he was used as a scapegoat when a decision made by his superiors backfired. Sarah, a former co-worker, has started a petition to have him re-hired.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon approved a risky gamble that lost his company billions — yet he sits on the board of a key regulator that’s supposed to prevent these sorts of bets. World-renowned economist Simon Johnson is calling for him to be removed from the board.

It happens every year. You’re at the office holiday party. You’re stuck talking to that guy who works in Accounts Payable. What’s his name again? Dave? Dan? Boy, that’s an ugly sweater he’s wearing.

And, of course, in an effort not to mention the sweater, you start talking about the latest awesome email from our campaign about our fight for working families. But Dave (Doug?) looks at you blankly. He must not be on our email list. How awkward.

But there’s a way to avoid the awkwardness: Invite everyone in your network to join our campaign.

And it’s easy to do. Just click here to Tweet or post on Facebook.

Invite your friends and followers at work and in your community to join us. And when you run into Don (no, wait, it’s Dave), you’ll have something to talk about: fighting for the middle class.

Anything to avoid talking about that sweater.

Click here to Tweet.

Click here to post on Facebook.

Thanks,

P.S.: Additional holiday party conversation topic: Did you know that including an extra “ask” in the P.S. of an email greatly increases the number of people who will click through? It’s true. For example: Won’t you share our campaign for working famliies with your networks on Twitter and Facebook?

P.P.S.: It also works for fundraising: Won’t you contribute $5, $10, or even $20 to help us reach out to more supporters by clicking HERE?