Campaign update!
It's been a busy 24 hours. Woolworths’ Facebook and Twitter pages have been inundated with people asking why the Fresh Food People are the largest owner of high loss pokie machine venues in Australia -- and why they are funding a campaign that actively opposes pokie machine reform.
Meanwhile, our petition has grown overnight by 30,000 to more than 60,000 signatures in total.
We’ve set a target of 70,000 people by tomorrow morning, when we'll present our petition at Woolworths' AGM in Sydney, and ask senior executives directly to support pokie machine reform. It's not too late to add your name now and spread the word:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/pokies-reform/woolworths-agm-petition/pokies-petition
Plenty of Woolworths customers – and shareholders – are not happy that the ‘Fresh Food People’ are heavily profiting from an industry that’s taking the food off so many family tables. The company is set to own more pokie machines than the top five Las Vegas Casinos combined. [1] But most people still don't know that the Fresh Food People are in fact profiting from problem gambling, so today we are also publishing a full-page ad, ‘The Pokies People’ in The Australian.
Importantly, tomorrow's meeting is a unique opportunity to communicate directly to the company's top brass how many shareholders, employees and customers of Woolworths want them to better serve their customers by coming out in support of pokie reform. We won't reveal your name to Woolworths but the total number will be powerful. Can you sign the petition and let us know if you are a Wooloworths customer, employee or shareholder?
http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/pokies-reform/woolworths-agm-petition/pokies-petition
Thanks for all that you do,
Erin for the GetUp Team
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[1]"Woolworths hits the jackpot with pokies after signing deal with Laundy hotel group", Daily Telegraph. November 11, 2
GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations. If you'd like to contribute to help fund GetUp's work, please donate now! If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. To unsubscribe from GetUp, please click here. Authorised by Simon Sheikh, Level 5, 116 Kippax St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
It's been a busy 24 hours. Woolworths’ Facebook and Twitter pages have been inundated with people asking why the Fresh Food People are the largest owner of high loss pokie machine venues in Australia -- and why they are funding a campaign that actively opposes pokie machine reform.
Meanwhile, our petition has grown overnight by 30,000 to more than 60,000 signatures in total.
We’ve set a target of 70,000 people by tomorrow morning, when we'll present our petition at Woolworths' AGM in Sydney, and ask senior executives directly to support pokie machine reform. It's not too late to add your name now and spread the word:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/pokies-reform/woolworths-agm-petition/pokies-petition
Plenty of Woolworths customers – and shareholders – are not happy that the ‘Fresh Food People’ are heavily profiting from an industry that’s taking the food off so many family tables. The company is set to own more pokie machines than the top five Las Vegas Casinos combined. [1] But most people still don't know that the Fresh Food People are in fact profiting from problem gambling, so today we are also publishing a full-page ad, ‘The Pokies People’ in The Australian.
Importantly, tomorrow's meeting is a unique opportunity to communicate directly to the company's top brass how many shareholders, employees and customers of Woolworths want them to better serve their customers by coming out in support of pokie reform. We won't reveal your name to Woolworths but the total number will be powerful. Can you sign the petition and let us know if you are a Wooloworths customer, employee or shareholder?
http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/pokies-reform/woolworths-agm-petition/pokies-petition
Thanks for all that you do,
Erin for the GetUp Team
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[1]"Woolworths hits the jackpot with pokies after signing deal with Laundy hotel group", Daily Telegraph. November 11, 2
GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. We receive no political party or government funding, and every campaign we run is entirely supported by voluntary donations. If you'd like to contribute to help fund GetUp's work, please donate now! If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. To unsubscribe from GetUp, please click here. Authorised by Simon Sheikh, Level 5, 116 Kippax St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
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