Tag: Moveon victory
By admin. Monday, February 23 2015
Walmart employs hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country. The majority of those workers make minimum wage—as Walmart executives are making BILLIONS. Our friends at OUR Walmart have been fighting for a living wage by starting petitions, staging protests, and organizing to fight for their rights. Last week, Walmart workers won a big victory: Walmart announced that they will […]
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Economic Justice | labor | Minimum Wage | MoveOn members | Moveon victory | moveon.org | Victory | Walmart
By admin. Friday, February 20 2015
Gerawan Farming employs over 5,000 workers at peak harvest season, selling peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, and grapes under its Prima label. Our friends at United Farm Workers have been working hard to protect the union rights of the Gerawan Farm workers. When the Los Angeles Unified School District Board, who contracts to purchase Gerawan’s products, […]
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Labor Unions | Moveon victory | UFW | United Farm Workers | Victory
By admin. Friday, February 6 2015
For four years under Governor Corbett, tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians, along with our friends at PennEnvironment, fought back against the governor’s attempts to open state parks and forests to fracking.
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fracking | Moveon victory | PA | Victory
By admin. Wednesday, December 31 2014
Looking back at this year it is certainly clear that we were faced with plenty of darkness, but at the same time, there’ve been so many reasons for hope! Through it all, MoveOn members never stopped fighting. Take a minute to look at just some of the work we’ve accomplished together this year. Thank you for all you do, and here’s to 2015.
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2014 | 2015 | end of the year | Moveon victory | Victory
By admin. Thursday, December 18 2014
This week, the U.S. Senate listened to YOU — and not the NRA — by confirming Dr. Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General. With a vote of 51 to 43, it’s a resounding victory for public health and for our families and communities!
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Moveon victory | Victory
By admin. Tuesday, February 4 2014
In November of 2013, Shell Oil announced plans to drill in the waters of America’s Arctic Ocean, a plan that threatened the wildlife, human communities, and environmental stability of the region. That’s why the organization Earthjustice started a MoveOn Petition asking the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to keep the Arctic free of unsafe oil drilling.
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Earth Justice | Moveon victory | Shell Oil | Victory
By Emily Dhatt. Friday, December 20 2013
In July, the New York State Office of Mental Health announced plans to close two mental health facilities in the state’s Southern Tier—a move that would deny more than a million rural New Yorkers access to local mental health care. Morgan Willoughby started a MoveOn Petition to save the facilities and keep those vital services in the region.
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Health Care | Moveon victory | New York | Victories | Victory
By Emily Dhatt. Wednesday, June 5 2013
MoveOn member Cathy Ware was worried about the state of her local community playground at the Beethoven School. Outdated play structures and poor groundskeeping made the playground dangerous for the young children who visited. That’s why she started a MoveOn Petition asking the Boston Parks Department to make the park safer.
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boston | moveon | Moveon victory | Victories
By Emily Dhatt. Wednesday, May 15 2013
Florida honor student Kiera Wilmot faced not only expulsion, but also criminal charges, when she was accused of conducting an unauthorized science experiment on her high school campus. The resulting social media outcry included several MoveOn Petitions demanding that prosecutors drop the charges against her.
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Change | moveon | MoveOn Petition | Moveon victory | Progressive | Victory
By Emily Dhatt. Monday, May 6 2013
Celeste Greig, head of the California Republican Assembly, told the media that pregnancies by rape are rare “because it’s an act of violence, because the body is traumatized.” The Courage Campaign started a MoveOn Petition calling for Greig’s resignation from her leadership position over the unscientific, offensive comments.
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moveon | MoveOn Victories | Moveon victory | moveon.org | Women's rights