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Donate Today: Stand up to outrageous propaganda

05/29/2014 Nativegrl77

The dirty energy lobby is resorting to desperate scare tactics—spreading misinformation and threatening the public with higher energy prices—all so they can keep dumping unlimited pollution into our air.

Make a donation to our Climate Action Fund today to make sure they don’t succeed.

Outrageous new radio ads, running in 6 key states, claim that EPA’s proposal to limit carbon pollution from power plants—currently subject to NO limits—will nearly double consumers’ electric bill and do little to affect greenhouse gas emissions.

You know better. You know that Americans are already paying the hidden costs of coal pollution while the coal plants get a free ride.

You also know that power plants are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change—and capping carbon pollution from American’s dirtiest power plants is the most significant step we can take to forestall the climate crisis.

The dirty coal industry is resorting to manipulative scare-tactics to pressure vulnerable legislators in tough re-election campaigns to oppose this critical step forward.

Your urgent donation to our Climate Action Fund will send your legislators a different message: Our clean energy future is near, and voters like you are watching to make sure they to stand up for climate action.

A fight this big demands us to go all-in. Are you with us?

Thank you for all your support,
Sam’s signature
Sam Parry
Director, Membership

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Lupus

05/29/2014 Nativegrl77

Lupus Therapies Continue to Evolve

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

Read the Consumer Update to learn about this chronic, autoimmune disease and the promise of future therapies.

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Walmart’s Mom Problem

05/29/2014 Nativegrl77

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?

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The O’Connell Family …

05/29/2014 Nativegrl77

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!