The Supreme Court could very well repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act. And unfortunately, too many women don't understand what's at stake. There's so many benefits to women and the more people know about what's in the bill, the more likely they are to support it and use those great new benefits. Right now - when healthcare is in the news - we need to share these facts with all the women we know. Take Action NOW: Click here to read the top 5 health care benefits for women and then share the list with everyone you know through social media.
What are all those chemicals in your lipstick and in your child's shampoo? Some of them are linked to cancer, birth defects, infertility and other health problems. We need your help to convince Congress that the beauty industry needs a safety makeover! The Safe Cosmetics Act (H.R.2359) gives consumers, parents and environmental health advocates a real chance at national legislation that will eliminate harmful chemicals from the products women, men and children put on their bodies every day. Take Action NOW: Tell your Representative that safe cosmetics are important to you and ask them to support the Safe Cosmetics Act.
Farm workers are still dying from heat. In fact, since California issued its 2005 heat regulations to keep farm workers from dying of extreme heat, preventable farm worker deaths have continued at about the same pace as before. Since the state has failed to enforce its heat standards, we're joining the UFW in supporting AB 2346 (Butler) , the Farm Worker Safety Act. This allows farm workers themselves to be able to enforce mandatory shade and drinking water requirements by taking delinquent employers to court. The measure would also make growers jointly liable along with farm labor contractors they hire if contractors fail to supply farm workers with shade and water when temperatures soar. This bill does not impose any costs on taxpayers. Take action NOW: Click here to sign a letter to Labor and Employment Committee Chair Sandre Swanson asking him to support this bill.
"Pink slime" is a term used to describe a food additive made from spare beef trimmings that are treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill off E. Coli, salmonella, and other possible bacteria. Until women spoke out, it was in grocery stores, school cafeterias, and restaurants across the nation. In fact, an article published just a week or two ago noted, "ABC cited a former U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist in saying that 70% of supermarket ground beef contained the additive." Although some stores like Kroger and Safeway have stopped selling pink slime and many schools have said they'll stop purchasing meat containing it, pink slime is still unlabeled and being sold in many grocery stores. Take Action NOW: Tell the USDA and FDA to get pink slime out of ALL ground beef now, or at very least to require labels to list it as an ingredient so that we can decide whether or not to buy it for our families.
Cesar Chavez was instrumental here in California, leading the historic non-violent movement for farm worker rights with Dolores Huerta where they built a movement of poor working people that extended beyond the fields and into cities and towns across the nation. Cesar inspired farm workers and millions of people who never worked on a farm to commit themselves to social, economic and civil rights activism. His legacy, like the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., continues to educate, inspire and empower people from all walks of life. Take Action NOW: Support proposed legislation to make his birthday observed nationally on the fourth Friday of every March as "Cesar E. Chavez Day."
