From: Nita and Shaunna, Ultraviolet
Dear Readers
Hobby Lobby isn’t backing down.
After 80,000 petition signatures, thousands of posts on Facebook, and hundreds of calls to their customer service center, Hobby Lobby is still holding firm in its lawsuit against covering certain forms of birth control.
And now the right wing is rallying around the lawsuit. Conservative media outlets are covering the story, while others are drowning Hobby Lobby’s Facebook page in positive comments.
So it’s time to crank this campaign up a notch. You’re probably familiar with Yelp, the consumer review website with over 50 million users. Reviews on Yelp can make or break a business, and they are more or less permanent — meaning they have a serious impact.1 Businesses take Yelp very seriously.
Can you post a review of Hobby Lobby on Yelp today, and make sure all of its customers know about their anti-woman lawsuit? There are Hobby Lobby stores in 41 states, so there is probably one in your state.
Click here to search for a Hobby Lobby in your state and leave a review.
Just click the link to search for a Holly Lobby in your state, or you can search by a specific zip code or town. If there isn’t a Hobby Lobby near you, you can leave a comment on the Yelp site for their headquarters in Oklahoma City by clicking here.
You can say something like the following, although making it personal is always better. Just make sure to be polite and respectful when you leave your comment:
“I’m very disturbed by Hobby Lobby’s lawsuit attempting to deny women access to some forms of birth control. I’m not shopping at Hobby Lobby until they drop this lawsuit, and I hope no one else will either. What kind of birth control a woman uses is definitely not her employer’s business. No more Hobby Lobby for me!”
Leaving a comment will take you just a couple of minutes, but will mean a lot. Negative reviews can have a real impact on businesses. Earlier this year when BIC pens came out with their “BIC For Her” pen, they were ridiculed on Amazon.com and elsewhere, resulting in negative news articles and blog posts.2
This case is being watched by hundreds of key players from government officials to business leaders. If Hobby Lobby wins, other conservative buisness could try to follow their lead and impose their religious beliefs on employees. That’s why we need to stand up today and show them that trying to take away women’s rights is risky buisness.
Click here to post a review of Hobby Lobby on Yelp.
Let Hobby Lobby’s customers know that they’re trying to take away their employees’ access to affordable birth control.
Thank you for speaking out,
Nita, Shaunna and Kat, the UltraViolet team
Sources:
1. “Here’s Proof That Yelp Rating Can Make Or Break a Retailer,” Business Insider, September 2, 2012
2. “BIC Pens ‘For Her’ Get Hilariously Snarky Amazon Reviews,” Huffington Post, August 30, 2012
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Tens of thousands of people have spoken out against Hobby Lobby’s dangerous anti-birth control lawsuit, but they aren’t budging. So we’re taking the campaign up a notch. Can you leave a comment on Hobby Lobby’s Yelp page in your state?
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%22hobby+lobby%22&find_loc=OH
Click here to search for a Hobby Lobby in your state and leave a review.
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%22hobby+lobby%22&find_loc=OH
their headquarters in Oklahoma City by clicking here.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/hobby-lobby-oklahoma-city
Click here to post a review of Hobby Lobby on Yelp.
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%22hobby+lobby%22&find_loc=OH