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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?

 
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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!

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


 

 

Protecting Your Vision: Facts and Fiction
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.
Read this Consumer Update about eye safety to find out: Fact or fiction?
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the other Washington … in the News ~~ May


 

 

PDF of today's Seattle Times front page

WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE? BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD OVERHAUL JOB TRAINING

CS MONITOR

SEATTLE’S MAYOR PROPOSES $45 MILLION TRANSIT PLAN FOR CITY

PSBJ

THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR JOBS

SEATTLE TIMES

Challenge of fixing SPD energizes candidate for chief

Sudden rise in Washington pesticide illnesses

Boeing fallout: Larsen snubbed as unions endorse Democrats

SEATTLE FIRM WINS $47 MILLION GRANT FOR OREGON OFFSHORE WIND FARM

SEATTLE TIMES

SEATTLE TECH ENTREPRENEURS AIMING TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS 

GEEKWIRE

REACTION TO MURRAY’S $15 AN HOUR PROPOSAL MOSTLY FAVORABLE

PSBJ

Seattle mayor unveils plan for $15 minimum wage

 

 

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL VETERANS

4CULTURE

 

 

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#NotOneMore


I just saw this interview with Richard Martinez, the father of one of the victims of the shooting rampage at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In the midst of his overwhelming grief, Mr. Martinez had the courage, the strength, and the moral clarity to call out our national leaders for their total failure to take action to stop gun violence.
It’s the most heartbreaking and electrifying interview I’ve seen in years. You have to watch: 
I want to put Mr. Martinez’s interview in front of every member of Congress, every Hill staffer, and key state legislators around the country, right now—while the whole country is watching.
I checked with our ad team, and they say there’s a way we can do exactly that: by saturating DC with video ads and surgically targeting elected officials, their staff, and key influencers around the country. We can make it hard for them to escape his call to action.
This isn’t the entire solution to gun violence in America—we’re still fighting for comprehensive gun violence prevention policies. But right now, the most important thing we can each do is to amplify Mr. Martinez’s powerful voice.
Will you chip in $3 to make sure Congress and state legislators can’t miss the raw power of Mr. Martinez’s message? If enough of us chip in, we’ll immediately saturate DC with ads featuring this video, and make sure key state lawmakers see it too:
Thanks for all you do—and please hug your loved ones today.
–Garlin, Jo, Anna, Stephen, and the rest of the team