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May is National Lupus Awareness Month, a time to think about lupus and the challenges it presents to patients.

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Walmart’s Mom Problem


  by Sarita Gupta Executive Director Jobs With JusticeAs a working mother, I was shocked to hear how Walmart treats its pregnant workers: when expectant moms reveal their pregnancy to supervisors at Walmart and ask for lighter duties, they often risk being forced to take unpaid leave.

Every day, women make the hard and unfair choice to conceal their pregnancies while working at Walmart. Because they can’t afford risking their job or temporarily losing pay and health insurance, moms-to-be end up performing duties that that their medical providers warn may hurt their unborn babies. From climbing ladders and lifting heavy goods to scrubbing bathrooms with harsh chemicals and being refused frequent bathroom breaks, these women may face unsafe working conditions.

Walmart needs to take the health of pregnant workers seriously. Sign our petition now!

Recently, Walmart took a first step toward changing its pregnancy policy. After expectant Walmart workers, Walmart moms, women’s organizations and supporters from the Jobs With Justice network pressured Walmart to address its pregnancy policy, the company made accommodations for workers if they get a doctor’s note certifying that they have complicated pregnancies.

But as I know firsthand, even uncomplicated pregnancies require safeguards to protect moms and babies. There’s no reason Walmart should force women to risk their health just because nothing has gone wrong with their pregnancy. We need to keep the pressure on Walmart to extend basic accommodations to ALL pregnant associates.

Tell Walmart to fix its pregnancy policy. Add your name to our petition NOW.

As the largest private employer of women in the country, Walmart sets the standard for how women workers are treated throughout the industry and our economy. It’s critical that we raise our voices to protest this pregnancy policy to ensure Walmart isn’t rewriting the rules on how we treat women in the workplace. Women shouldn’t be forced to live in fear or risk their health simply because they want to have a family.

Tell Walmart, it’s time to do better for all Walmart moms!

Thanks for supporting working moms everywhere! Sarita Gupta Executive Director Jobs With Justice

At Walmart stores across the country, many employees are afraid to say they’re pregnant for fear they will lose their jobs. Can you sign a petition to help change that?

 

The O’Connell Family …


Thanks for signing my petition, “Florida Governor: Order a Coroner’s Inquest into the Death of Michelle O’Connell.”

Can you help this petition win by asking your friends to sign too? It’s easy to share with your friends on Facebook – just click here to share the petition on Facebook.

There’s also a sample email below that you can forward to your friends.

Thanks again — together we’re making change happen,

O’Connell Family

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Please forward the Letter & Petition below to your friends:

Hi!

I just signed the petition “Florida Governor: Order a Coroner’s Inquest into the Death of Michelle O’Connell” on Change.org.

It’s important. Will you sign it too? Here’s the link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/florida-governor-order-a-coroner-s-inquest-into-the-death-of-michelle-o-connell?recruiter=741913&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition

Thanks!

the Senate ~~ CONGRESS 5/29 ~~ the House


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The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, June 2, 2014.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

 

At 5:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #633, the nomination of Keith M. Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council.  There will be 2 minutes of debate prior a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Harper nomination.

 

During Thursday’s session of the Senate, cloture was filed on the following items in the order listed:

–        Executive Calendar #633, Keith Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council (up to 8 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #755, Sharon Bowen, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (up to 8 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #691, Mark G. Mastroianni, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts (up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #692,Bruce Howe Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of South Carolina (up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #733, Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia (up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided); and

–        Executive Calendar #798, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate).

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Last Floor Action:5/28
12:11:59 A.M. – The House adjourned.

The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on May 29, 2014

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Protecting Your Vision: Facts and Fiction (May is Healthy Vision Month)


 

 

05/20/2014 11:30 AM EDT
May is Healthy Vision month, and a good time to examine the facts and fiction surrounding healthy vision.