Stop Craigslist from Facilitating Abusive Employment Practices Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-craigslist-from-facilitating-abusive-employment-practices.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:20 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms. Nora Cserny [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364705?utm_medium=rss I'm employed by a company, but also do some freelance writing. It's very discouraging to have gone to school and work diligently at your craft, only to discover how little your writing ability is valued by the world at large. Craigslist exacerbates the problem by allowing bottom-feeder employers to perpetuate the low esteem in which writers are held.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:27:26 UTC 16364705 Ms S R Sterling [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16321986?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Nov 2013 02:08:51 UTC 16321986 Anonymous [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16319872?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:20:31 UTC 16319872 Anonymous [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16314695?utm_medium=rss Craigslist is a place where abusive labour practices gain credibility and flourish.

compensation - routinely skirted by useless terms such as "based on experience" and so forth. This just means the employer will trick whomever they can after reeling them in and seducing them to start. Dollar amounts must be mandatory, and if a range, it must be a very narrow .

- massive duties or requirements lists are ridiculous, which would overwhelm a team of employees, let alone one person. Let the descriptions be brief, and describe what are the main duties of an average day.

- can you imagine? Many employers request massive amounts of confidential information from applicants, including past works, and in some cases photographs. Yet, for all of this, they can't even be bothered providing the pay that will be offered.

- outrageous

]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:49:32 UTC 16314695 Ms Eleanor Christie [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16267909?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:18:34 UTC 16267909 L Macintosh [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16179383?utm_medium=rss Being stingy will not attract workers and will likely your business to go under. No decent pay offered, then do not advertise in Craigslist. Get real and familiar with employment legislation.

]]> Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:03:50 UTC 16179383 Dante Riviera [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16127077?utm_medium=rss Far too many scammers on CL and amongst those identity thieves looking for personal info with no intention of work.

]]> Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:30:50 UTC 16127077 Anonymous [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16111346?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Nov 2013 03:51:04 UTC 16111346 Anonymous [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16108247?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Nov 2013 08:53:43 UTC 16108247 Mr David Jenkins [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16087244?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Nov 2013 09:19:52 UTC 16087244 Brandy Hargreaves [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16082357?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:35:34 UTC 16082357 Miss Shalaina Maria Hodgson [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16082310?utm_medium=rss yes stop slave labour on Craig's list

]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:18:58 UTC 16082310 Ms Courtney Heard [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16078198?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Oct 2013 06:21:50 UTC 16078198 Mr Mathieu Youdan [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16077565?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Oct 2013 04:05:38 UTC 16077565 Anonymous [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16068943?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:37:17 UTC 16068943 Mrs Melissa Donnett [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16067970?utm_medium=rss Pay writers what they deserve!

]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:26:55 UTC 16067970 Anonymous [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16059658?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:34:14 UTC 16059658 Ms Anonymous [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16059612?utm_medium=rss We need to acknowledge our worth as creative business people and stop selling the craft of writing short!

]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:19:44 UTC 16059612 Ms Mellissa Ruryk [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16059055?utm_medium=rss especially writing jobs

]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:16:56 UTC 16059055 Anonymous [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15815744?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Sep 2013 05:52:57 UTC 15815744 Ms Anonymous [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15740235?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Sep 2013 02:56:39 UTC 15740235 Ms Anonymous [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15725065?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Sep 2013 02:37:34 UTC 15725065 Michael Fisher [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15725058?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Sep 2013 02:31:44 UTC 15725058 Marie Biondolillo [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15712937?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:11:21 UTC 15712937 Mrs Ila Ieraci [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15687958?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:13:11 UTC 15687958 Ms Anonymous [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15676082?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:19:50 UTC 15676082 Mr. Cam Maxwell [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15654904?utm_medium=rss Agree with intent of this petition.

]]> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:33:21 UTC 15654904 Dr Jennifer Jestley [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15653252?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:30:46 UTC 15653252 Robert Rodenhiser [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15652039?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:20:54 UTC 15652039 Dave Brown [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15642274?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:59:35 UTC 15642274 Anonymous [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15636691?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Aug 2013 05:01:06 UTC 15636691 Master Glenn Berlowe [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15634354?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Aug 2013 05:39:48 UTC 15634354 Michael Trapp [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15634344?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Aug 2013 05:34:12 UTC 15634344 Mr. David Cooperstone [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15633629?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Aug 2013 01:17:03 UTC 15633629 Wendy Bancroft [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15633495?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:27:49 UTC 15633495 Victoria Loh [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15633469?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:15:24 UTC 15633469 Mr T Ross [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15630367?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Aug 2013 06:53:44 UTC 15630367 Lindsey Jones [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15629097?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Aug 2013 01:39:39 UTC 15629097 Michael Tripper [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15626143?utm_medium=rss It;s awful in Vancouver....employers are human garbage who treat employees like personal slaves

]]> Thu, 8 Aug 2013 12:51:23 UTC 15626143 Julia Ziobro [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15625462?utm_medium=rss Craigslist allows employers to hire writers, editors, and others at slave wages. We expect this in the US, but I am shocked to see it happening in Canada as well. Do what you can to protect your workers! That helps similar workers in the US as well.

]]> Wed, 7 Aug 2013 06:40:25 UTC 15625462 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15625291?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Aug 2013 05:35:29 UTC 15625291 Mr Anonymous [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15624171?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Aug 2013 12:09:23 UTC 15624171 Mr Joe Sunstrum [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15623363?utm_medium=rss Today's world which I've named the "Entitlement Era" where everyone is the star of their own show, because of the internet, has unfortunately also created the "nothing for everything" syndrome due to the saturation of material in regards to creativity. Everyone's either a rock star, a celebrity, dancer, a comic, a DJ, a photographer, the next great blogger, or in this case....the next great writer. With this flood of content "buyers, producers, distributors" can pick and choose what they want to exploit and how much they are willing to pay for said material, or should I say "how little" they will spend. You might just have the greatest music, art, stories, humour to share with the world that in any other decade would have had "Big Industry" showering you with dough. But because everyone thinks they are more important than everyone else, and are willing to be abused, by not being properly compensated for their work, the moneymen/women would rather take a inferior product and just social media the snot out of it and program the general public into liking the crap they dish out daily. Examples - Paris Hilton, Honey Boo Boo, Justin Beiber, Deadmouse, Dance moms, unreality TV

]]> Wed, 7 Aug 2013 07:00:27 UTC 15623363 Jason Feng [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15622509?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 11:43:02 UTC 15622509 Jonathan Seth [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15622491?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 11:35:05 UTC 15622491 Brian Lynchehaun [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15622092?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 06:57:29 UTC 15622092 mr. James Yang [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15621796?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 04:39:24 UTC 15621796 Shelley Klassen [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15621274?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 02:21:55 UTC 15621274 mr. CAMERON BORTHWICK [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15621193?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:58:23 UTC 15621193 Debbie Bivens-Threet [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15621155?utm_medium=rss It's very humiliating and discouraging when a person is asked or required to give their talents and skills away for pennies on the dollar.

]]> Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:47:32 UTC 15621155 Devon Brooks [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15621153?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:46:33 UTC 15621153 Anonymous [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15621112?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:36:01 UTC 15621112 Ms Monique Constant [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15619120?utm_medium=rss I have seen it many times not just in the writing section of Craigslist but in most sections where minimum wage is still quoted as less than $10.25/hour. This also includes internships where no pay seems to be the acceptable norm practice, this only perpetuates continual slave labour. It is unjust and criminal.

]]> Tue, 6 Aug 2013 03:23:05 UTC 15619120 Mrs Tammy Hardcastle [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15616906?utm_medium=rss Everybody deserves a fair wage for their work!

]]> Mon, 5 Aug 2013 01:05:32 UTC 15616906 Ms Michele Murphy [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15614118?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Aug 2013 06:57:19 UTC 15614118 Ms Alexandra Penn [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15612457?utm_medium=rss It always both surprises and disgusts me how little value is placed on the written word when nothing spins without it.

]]> Sun, 4 Aug 2013 12:36:50 UTC 15612457 J L Neufeld [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15608270?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Aug 2013 04:02:05 UTC 15608270 Mr. Thomas Ruffen [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15604085?utm_medium=rss It's annoying to have to sift through all the time-wasting exploitive "job offers" that do not pay anything close to a living wage.

]]> Fri, 2 Aug 2013 02:46:19 UTC 15604085 Joseph Sexsmith [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15603227?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:46:28 UTC 15603227 Mr Tim Holloway [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15601499?utm_medium=rss I have a BA in Writing from the University of Victoria and I deserve to be paid MORE than minimum wage, NOT LESS.

]]> Fri, 2 Aug 2013 01:19:56 UTC 15601499 Julie Kelly [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15601345?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Aug 2013 12:03:07 UTC 15601345 Miss Hannah Holmes [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15600911?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:43:38 UTC 15600911 Mr. Glenn Reed [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15597333?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:20:40 UTC 15597333 Shelley Morten [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15596957?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:50:10 UTC 15596957 Ms Dana Miller [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15594689?utm_medium=rss These are not the first or only abusives that Craigslist permits.

]]> Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:31:52 UTC 15594689 David Antrobus [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15591527?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jul 2013 03:16:36 UTC 15591527 Ms Anonymous [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15585889?utm_medium=rss No one should work for less than minimum wage. Writers are talented, informed, educated, hard-working, and ethical people who deserve to be paid fairly for their work, just like everyone else. Stop abusive ads for writers to work for fractions of pennies per word and no benefits. It is outrageous that Craigslist supports this employee abuse and that government allows it to occur.

]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:49:03 UTC 15585889 Ellen Baragon [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15580360?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:39:37 UTC 15580360 Anonymous [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15565669?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:55:16 UTC 15565669 Dr Anonymous [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15559951?utm_medium=rss The change is absolutely needed!

]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:01:29 UTC 15559951 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15557835?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:26:52 UTC 15557835 MR Anthony Goel [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15556843?utm_medium=rss .

]]> Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:34:18 UTC 15556843 Mr Diw Methil [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15556814?utm_medium=rss Indian BPO agencies charge get very good rates from their Western clients and pay the writers anything from $1 to $3 to writers. They live off the writers. This should end

]]> Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:30:26 UTC 15556814 Anita MacKenzie [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15556368?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:17:05 UTC 15556368 Ms Caroline Dyck [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15554036?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:07:09 UTC 15554036 Ms. Lorraine Ashdown [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15553069?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Jul 2013 04:54:04 UTC 15553069 Mr Michael Crawley [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15552621?utm_medium=rss Some reality, please?

]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:47:07 UTC 15552621 Anonymous [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15548521?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:27:13 UTC 15548521 Chelsea Stringer [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15545104?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Jul 2013 01:54:21 UTC 15545104 Miss Anonymous [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15542594?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:10:35 UTC 15542594 Beth Haggerty [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15541712?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Jul 2013 01:36:20 UTC 15541712 Ms. Helen Yuri [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15541698?utm_medium=rss I completely agree that ads of free-rider employers should be banned from Craigslist, along with service offering ads that undermine industry rates and discredit professional standards. I am outraged every time I see an ad offering or asking for $15 or under for a language teaching or writing/ editing hour.

]]> Sat, 20 Jul 2013 01:31:23 UTC 15541698 Geordon Hoag [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15538495?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:27:55 UTC 15538495 Ms Tia Jackson-Major [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15538193?utm_medium=rss It's ridiculous. Nowhere else on the planet does a natural skill or talent get low-balled and manipulated like the 'employers' on Craigslist.

]]> Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:08:03 UTC 15538193 Anonymous [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15536337?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:18:27 UTC 15536337 Mr Matthew Edwards [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15535971?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:51:48 UTC 15535971 Anonymous [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15535027?utm_medium=rss Get the unscrupolous off the site

]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:34:56 UTC 15535027 ms stephanie vidicek [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15534931?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:12:19 UTC 15534931 Joanne Aubry [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15532970?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:40:42 UTC 15532970 Mr Walter Hild [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15532957?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:36:10 UTC 15532957 Anonymous [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15532331?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:39:32 UTC 15532331 Ms Anonymous [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15532066?utm_medium=rss I think listings should be banned from craigslist that do not meet employee/employer or contract/independent worker wages. Tired of being taken advantage of as a copywriter with 14 years of experience. So many people ask you to be create and write 500 for $10. Really? Standards in Canada for copywriters are anywhere from 0.20 cents to 1 dollar per word.

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 02:23:51 UTC 15532066 Mr Alva Valencia [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15531847?utm_medium=rss We have family, we have aspirations, we deserve respect for preserving our dying native tongue via the written word.

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:07:20 UTC 15531847 Sunny Clark [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15531783?utm_medium=rss Underpaid writing has impoverished my family.

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:48:00 UTC 15531783 Anonymous [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15531623?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:55:41 UTC 15531623 Mr. Ian MacDonald [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15531589?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:43:23 UTC 15531589 ms margaret c keating [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15531539?utm_medium=rss It is outrageous how unscrupulous employers try to undercut wages, not only on Craigslist, but also on other writing websites. Some kind of legislation needs to be established to protect the wages of those of us who undertake these jobs. CL also needs to take responsibility to protect those who use its site and services by better reviewing the employers who advertise on CL.

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:30:05 UTC 15531539 Ms Anonymous [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15529552?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:26:11 UTC 15529552 David Webb [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15529546?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:24:25 UTC 15529546 Mr Greg Felton [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15529475?utm_medium=rss The debasement of respect for writers and the written word is a sign of our descent into tyranny. Language is the medium of a culture, and those who insult writers by treating them like virtual slaves are a pox on civilization.

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