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    Petition to Tim Walz, Melissa Hortman, Kurt Daudt, Paul Gazelka, Susan Kent, Gina Fast, Steve Grove

    Help Salon & Spa Professionals

    …Minnesota salon professionals are being crushed by the COVID-19 crisis.  We are independent … this crisis is managing people's mental health, in this, salon professionals are absolutely essential … them that everything is going to be okay. Salon professionals are essential to how people feel about…

    Phenix Salon Suites Ridgedale
    14,297
    Supporters
    • Phenix Salon Suites Ridgedale
    • 14,297 supporters
    • Created Apr 8, 2020
    Petition to OIT, International Labour Organization, ilo

    IT Professionals Worldwide Strike

    …IT professionals around the world deserve better working conditions, better schedules, better … professionals. This is a call for a worldwide strike so for 5 days all IT professionals around the world stop … fundamental principle of our current world. The IT Professionals Worldwide Strike will begin at 0:00 UTC…

    IT Professionals
    Worlds End, Australia
    14,142
    Supporters
    • IT Professionals Worlds End, Australia
    • 14,142 supporters
    • Created Jul 10, 2019
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    Petition to Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, Priti Patel

    Care workers need to be seen as skilled professionals

    … government see care workers as professionals and skilled workers and I urge anyone - especially if…

    Mark Topps
    Chelmsford, United Kingdom
    105,218
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    • Mark Topps Chelmsford, United Kingdom
    • 105,218 supporters
    • Created Feb 20, 2020
    Petition to California Labor Federation, Senator Robert Hertzberg, Christine Aurre, Senator Ben Allen, Ron Herrera, Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, Senator Harry Stern, Assemblyman K...

    Help Independent California Music Professionals Secure Exemption Under AB5

    To the esteemed members of the California Assembly and Legislature: AB5 will have a devastating and catastrophic impact on independent musicians, their livelihoods and the music industry in general in California. Musicians’ businesses operate in a substantially different way than many other types of industries, and the changes brought by AB5 are not sustainable with our business model. Each year, a musician may be booked by numerous entities or individuals and may also contract numerous individuals. Musicians often wear different hats; as performers on their own and other musicians’ recordings and live performances, as session musicians, as instructors, as producers, as composers and songwriters, as bookers and as bandleaders. For example, in a given week, a musician might: Perform one live gig under their own name and two in other bands Teach eight private lessons Produce three songs for a client, involving booking a studio and session musicians Record their own songs with other live musicians Subcontract musicians and play at a wedding In just that one week, the musician would be both employer and employee numerous times over in the AB5 model. This is exponentially true over the course of a year. Using the Uber and Lyft model that precipitated AB5, imagine there are thousands of different rideshare companies. A driver might work for multiple companies for only a few hours every year, and drive with multiple others a couple of hours each week or month. That same driver also owns a rideshare company that uses other drivers. This imagined scenario closely resembles musicians’ situations. Under AB5, independent musicians will be misclassified as employers/employees when they are in fact not and do not wish to be. Most professional musicians in California do not have assistants, lawyers, agents or business managers. Most of us make a modest income in order to pursue our craft. The costs associated with AB5 would be crippling. Incorporating or becoming an LLC is prohibitively expensive, and payroll companies do not work with our business model. If one musician is contracted by another to perform on one song on a record, and the booking musician must go through a payroll company, they must pay fees for that one musician for the entire year. Multiplied by the amount of times one musician can contract other musicians throughout the year, the costs and logistics become overwhelming for an individual. Most musicians in California are not celebrities. We are members of the working class. We have worked diligently to pursue our art, build up clients and nurture professional relationships so that we may continue to create and entertain. We work for and with each other on projects. There is no company or corporate structure. Our work is on a per-project basis and frequently the person booking us is a fellow musician. If a musician is contracted to play on one song on an album, they recognize that there is no promise of future employment. They cannot claim unemployment against their colleague that booked them. Being a professional musician is, by definition, a freelance occupation. The term “gig” was coined in the 1920’s by jazz musicians. Musicians cannot stop freelancing and work at “Blank Music Company” since it doesn’t exist. Music organizations that do offer secure, full- time employment and benefits, such as symphony orchestras, are blindingly difficult to get into. First-call union session musicians in Los Angeles can enjoy an excellent living and benefits, but the lines for those recording sessions are long and few musicians will ever make the bulk of their living this way. Most of us piece together our living from numerous opportunities throughout the year, which we welcome and want to do. We are, frankly, terrified of AB5 as it applies to us. The ABC test is so strict and the fines are so high that many entities will simply stop using California musicians altogether. Clubs will switch to recorded music rather than use payroll companies, composers will use sampled instruments rather than live players and much of our business will simply move to Nashville, New York or Atlanta. The Los Angeles jazz scene has, in the past several years, surpassed that of New York in terms of creativity and visibility, but it is not a money- making venture and is vulnerable in that respect. Jazz clubs, with their limited resources, could become so overburdened that they may be forced to close, which would be a great loss to the state of California, both economically, artistically and in terms of its newfound reputation as a hub for creative music. We are aware that exemptions for musicians were discussed and ultimately negated by the AFM, but the AFM represents only a fraction of musicians in California and does not speak for the majority of us. Most independent musicians were not aware of the existence of AB5 or how it could impact them until after its passing, and most are still not. We appreciate your efforts to go after billion-dollar conglomerates such as Uber and Lyft, but the reality is that independent musicians are much closer to the drivers economically. Many of the individuals in the professions that were granted exemptions – doctors, lawyers and architects – make many times over the salaries of average working musicians. Why not grant independent musicians, who need it even more, the same exemption? We are proud to call ourselves independent California musicians. We want to continue as independent contractors so that we may continue to pursue our craft in the best possible way for us. We would be grateful for an exemption that recognizes the unique nature of our field and allows us to continue to make the best music we possibly can.

    Alicia Spillias
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
    188,936
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    • Alicia Spillias Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • 188,936 supporters
    • Created Dec 16, 2019
    Petition to Leaders of our Nation, Narendra Modi, Dr Santanu Sen, Dr. Harsh Vardhan

    Medical professionals need protection and gear to fight Covid 19 !

    …Doctors and medical professionals are fighting A LOSING BATTLE TO CORONA. Exposure to and risk of … complications from Corona are much higher in medical professionals.  If they are not safe how can the…

    Asit Khanna
    India
    314,591
    Supporters
    • Asit Khanna India
    • 314,591 supporters
    • Created Mar 21, 2020
    Petition to Donald J. Trump, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Andrew M. Cuomo, Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, New York State House, New York State Senate, Carolyn B. Maloney, New York Times, Alexandria Ocasio...

    Hazard Pay for Nurses, Doctors and Healthcare Professionals

    …Healthcare professionals across the country, from nurses, doctors, EMTs, public health officials to … of students and retired healthcare professionals *** If you are able, please consider donating to…

    Peter C
    United States
    687,975
    Supporters
    • Peter C United States
    • 687,975 supporters
    • Created Mar 16, 2020
    Petition to Simon Stevens, Matthew Hancock MP, Hugh McCaughey

    Introduce comprehensive, mandatory training on LGBT issues for healthcare professionals

    …, vague, inconsistent across Trusts, and of poor quality. This leads to healthcare professionals…

    Holly Wells
    Oxford, ENG, United Kingdom
    31,574
    Supporters
    • Holly Wells Oxford, ENG, United Kingdom
    • 31,574 supporters
    • Created Jun 5, 2020
    Petition to California Governor, California State Senate, California State House, Kimberly Kirchmeyer, Sonia Angell

    Support Independent Hairdressers & Beauty Professionals in Safely Reopening Salons

    … services outdoors puts beauty professionals at a higher risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 and … environment of the salon. Beauty professionals have proven they can slow the spread of COVID-19 in the salon … salon studios, beauty professionals perform one-to-one beauty services in a private and enclosed … space limiting mass human contact. Within the salon, beauty professionals have more control over … professionals as essential businesses, requiring services to be performed outside is putting our professionals…

    Sola Salon Studios, My Salon Suites, Phenix Salons, Salons by JC, Image Salons
    27,133
    Supporters
    • Sola Salon Studios, My Salon Suites, Phenix Salons, Salons by JC, Image Salons
    • 27,133 supporters
    • Created Jul 21, 2020
    Petition to U.S. Senate

    Mental Health Professionals and Concerned Constituents Oppose AHCA

    Please sign, share, and also call your U.S. Senator -  202 224-3121 - and urge them to oppose the health care bill passed by the House.   May, 2017 Dear U.S. Senator, We are mental health care therapists and addiction counselors who are deeply concerned about the decrease in access to mental health services under the American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in early May.  We urge you to reject this bill, which would greatly diminish mental and behavioral health care at a time when treatment is urgently needed for those impacted by the opioid crisis, alcohol addiction, depression and other conditions.   One out of five Americans experiences a mental health condition, but only half get needed treatment. Nearly one third of the people covered by Medicaid expansion live with a mental health condition. The AHCA will push our clients into costly emergency rooms and jails instead of providing the coverage for mental health services which helps people stay in school, on the job and in recovery.  We are concerned about the following provisions in the bill: The AHCA allows states to opt out of requiring insurance companies to cover mental and behavioral health care, as well as to opt out of covering people with pre-existing conditions.  The AHCA would no longer require Medicaid expansion to cover mental health care, abandoning Congress’s previous commitment to mental health and addiction treatment.    The bill would reduce federal assistance to working families who buy health insurance, leaving millions of people, many of whom have mental illness, unable to afford mental health care.  Families would be denied the counseling they need to heal relationships and stay together.   People covered by Medicaid expansion before 2020 would be dropped from their plan if they are more than one month late paying their premium. This is a high price to pay for someone suffering from mental illness, who may be unable to pay a bill while in the hospital or experiencing severe symptoms. Investing in quality mental health care saves taxpayer dollars in the long term.  We see the positive impact of our work on the people we serve every day, allowing people to be productive members of society.   We ask you to vote against the AHCA and any other attempts to cut back mental and behavioral health coverage for our fellow citizens.    

    Reena Bernards, LCMFT
    Chevy Chase, MD, United States
    19,071
    Supporters
    • Reena Bernards, LCMFT Chevy Chase, MD, United States
    • 19,071 supporters
    • Created May 11, 2017
    Petition to Scott Morrison, Greg Hunt

    Support our healthcare professionals

    Sign this to show you support Australian doctors and healthcare providers in their petition to Scott Morrison to act immediately to prevent future devastation from COVID-19. “An open letter to the PM from Australian doctors is circulating... as the number of Coronavirus 19 (COVID19) cases continues to spike in the country.”  Read the full article here: https://womensagenda.com.au/life/an-open-letter-to-the-pm-from-australian-doctors-is-circulating/ This is a copy of the medical version. Please only sign this version if you are a registered doctor (international signatures welcome): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYb_XOzPsGaRsUPOK_XacES857iti_qIrSKm6YKaC8sLpxmg/viewform A discussion about where to from here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/21/the-case-for-shutting-down-almost-everything-and-restarting-when-coronavirus-is-gone?CMP=soc_567 We need to be doing more to prevent as much as we can. We have limited resources as it is. No one wants to see what is happening in Italy happen here... https://yhoo.it/38Se4TG  The letter reads: “Dear Prime Minister, We, the undersigned Australian medical doctors, are writing to you today because of our grave concern regarding the threat that novel Coronavirus 19 (COVID19) represents to the lives of Australians. We believe that Australian federal and state governments can avert disaster by heeding the lessons of other countries. This means: 1. Immediately implementing the strict measures of lockdown and social distancing that have been shown to be effective at slowing the spread of COVID19 and, 2. Preparing our health systems for a surge of COVID19 and critically ill patients. Taken together, these measures would reduce the numbers and presentation rate of COVID19 patients and allow our health system to cope. International experience is that the COVID19 virus behaves in a relatively predictable way with the number of cases doubling every 3-5 days before strict lockdown and social distancing measures are implemented. Data from China, Europe and now Australia support this assertion. Exponential growth of this kind leads to relatively small numbers of infected patients to become large numbers at first slowly and then very, very quickly. On current growth rates the 370 cases in Australia today will be 750 on Friday, 1500 on Tuesday next week, 3000 next Saturday, 6000 on the 1st of April and 12 000 by the 4th of April. This is less than 3 weeks from now and puts us in a worse position than Italy is currently in. Experience from China and Italy has also shown us that social distancing changes implemented today will take 2 weeks to show an effect on the numbers of diagnosed new cases due to the lag between initial contact and development of severe disease. We are especially concerned about impacts on Indigenous communities given their high rates of pre-existing illnesses and limited health infrastructure. While we applaud the measures that have been taken by Australian authorities so far we know that they are not enough. The Italian government believed that they were acting decisively with their first local lockdowns at just 21 confirmed national cases, far lower than the current rates in Australia. Many of us are in contact with colleagues in Italy, Spain and France and they are begging us to learn from their mistakes. The Italian authorities are reporting much higher rates of critical illness in their population than reported in Wuhan, China. This is likely related to an older population demographic with more pre existing illnesses. Australia is much more similar to Italy than Wuhan in this respect. Patients with critical COVID19 illness require admission to an intensive care unit for respiratory support and require highly specialised staff, equipment and locations, all scarce resources that cannot be easily increased. The Italian region of Lombardy which is currently hardest hit by COVID19, is one of the richest areas in Europe with a health system equal to that of Australia’s. Our colleagues there have made herculean efforts to increase their capacity to care for critically ill COVID19 patients. Despite their efforts their systems are completely overwhelmed with corresponding very high death rates and inability to provide intensive care to previously healthy seventy year olds. They describe their situation as like being “in a war zone.” With access to intensive care the death rate from COVID19 is likely less than 1%, but in an overwhelmed system without access to intensive care the death rate approaches 4%. Today, Italy has reported over 2100 deaths. Fortunately, experience shows that COVID19 transmission rates can be significantly reduced if we heed the lessons of other countries. Chinese provinces outside Wuhan are excellent examples of this, as are Singapore, Korea and Taiwan. Widespread economic lockdown and social distancing are what is required. Transmission still occurs but the number of severely ill people remains within the capacity of our health system to treat them. The international experience has been that this decision cannot be averted, only delayed, and that the cost of delay in economic and human terms is higher than the cost of acting early and decisively. Furthermore, due to their experience with SARS, countries like Singapore can teach us valuable lessons about minimising economic effects from such epidemics. Our second request is that urgent preparations are made to prepare our health systems for an unprecedented surge of COVID19 infected and critically ill patients. Such measures include an immediate reduction in elective work, increased frequency and intensity of hospital cleaning, measures to temporarily increase intensive care capacity and increasing personal protective equipment for staff. With these immediate measures, Australian doctors and health care workers stand ready with their communities to face COVID19.” Current data suggests we are not taking appropriate measures: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/australia-coronavirus-infections-rising-exponentially-c-754229 Concerned employees should site the following in order to look after their own health and that of others by engaging in quarantine measures. It is not  a guarantee, but it provides a foundation to demonstrate your rights in the face of unsympathetic employers - Work Health and Safety Act 2011: Part 5 - Division 6, Section 84 https://www.comcare.gov.au/the_scheme/regulatory_guidesinspector_assistance_cessation_of_work https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/sl/2011-36/current/pdf/2011-36.pdf

    Carolyn Amor
    Melbourne, Australia
    1,491
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    • Carolyn Amor Melbourne, Australia
    • 1,491 supporters
    • Created Mar 17, 2020
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