Sentences with phrase «other petition efforts»

This contrasts with other petition efforts around the country.

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In support of these lawmakers» efforts and to express our own dismay — as mothers, consumers and food activists — regarding these developments, Nancy, Barbara and I have launched a Change.org petition asking Congress, President Obama and his administration to to keep Chinese - processed chicken out of school meals and other child nutrition programs, and to prevent the importation of Chinese - raised and - slaughtered poultry.

Club endorsements are important because members act as volunteer foot soldiers in campaigns, circulating petitions on behalf of chosen candidates and assisting with literature drops, phone banks, and other GOTV efforts.

Tony Hoffmann of the Campaign Committee thanked everyone who participated in the petitioning effort reporting that VID had secured 700 signatures for Jerrold Nadler, more, he thought, than any other club.

That would have shut out other candidates, who would have been forced into laborious and expensive petitioning efforts to run in a primary.

So whether you care about the animals or your own health, or that of other humans, the next time you see petitions or other efforts to ban animal testing, pay attention and take action.

Congress should adopt a bankruptcy - like mechanism that permits school districts to petition for relief from vendor agreements, contractual obligations, and other impediments that constrain their efforts to improve schooling.

AFT St. Louis, Local 420, along with the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Jobs with Justice and other groups helped drive participation in public meetings, surveys and petition efforts.

It took lawsuits and petitioning efforts by the Center for Biological Diversity, NRDC, Greenpeace, and other organizations to overcome the resistance to this listing, which would have profound implications on how polar bear habitat is used — that is, whether its arctic territory would become territory of oil companies as well.

Within my piece was a link to a copy of the UCS» actual talking points memo, and a key clue to the suspect manner of their effort was the note they had near the bottom of the memo which concerned a letter trashing the Oregon Petition (originally intended for publication in the Wall Street Journal) which was being circulated among other scientists via «an effort organized by Ozone Action ``.