Month: January 2015
January 14, 2015
Better medical outcomes for children and adults
Dear Mr. President, When I had my first child, at age thirty one, I was extremely lucky. I worked part time as a Public Relations…
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January 14, 2015
I returned to work in debt and in tears
Dear Mr. President, I worked full time in the emergency department while my husband and I tried for many years to get pregnant. One day…
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January 14, 2015
A year later I was homeless
Dear President Obama, I'm a hard working single mom and I appreciate the work you have done since 2008 to get our country on track.…
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January 14, 2015
People need and deserve earned paid sick and family days
Dear Mr. President As a human being and small business owner, it sickens me to see highly profitable big businesses’ inhumane treatment of their employees.…
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January 14, 2015
Our company offers paid sick leave
Dear Mr. President: Thanks for the opportunity to write you on an issue that is so very important to working parents. I am the Executive…
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January 14, 2015
Putting classmates and teachers at risk
Dear Mr. President, It's been a rough couple of years here in Michigan. With high unemployment, a sluggish economy, and setbacks for organized labor and…
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January 14, 2015
If anything happens then we just get fired
Dear President Obama, I got laid off from a job in 2007, so I was desperate for work and was putting in applications everywhere. I…
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January 14, 2015
If I get sick I just pay out of my pocket
President Obama, I am a nursing assistant who works in private homes through an agency. I have been doing this since 1998; I really love…
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January 14, 2015
The only developed country with no guaranteed paid sick days
Dear President Obama, We are already seeing news stories about how easily the flu spreads and instructions from public health officials to stay home when…
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January 14, 2015
They called and told me I was being separated from the company
Dear President Obama, I’m the mother of an 11-year-old boy. He’s very unique, and I think he’s the best kid in the world. He has…
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