The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release April 28, 2010
Presidential Proclamation — Workers Memorial Day
A PROCLAMATION
This year marks the 40th anniversary of both the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, which promise American workers the right to a safe workplace and require employers to provide [...]
This is a follow up to our Workers Comp petition.
On Friday February 26th working Kansans packed the old Supreme Court chamber in the Kansas Statehouse to deliver a petition from hundreds of Kansans and to appeal to the legislature to make much needed reforms to Workers Compensation in Kansas. Speakers including House Minority Leader [...]
After a successful increase in the state minimum wage last year, the next step is to finally repeal the $125,000 cap on worker’s compensation, which hasn’t been amended in 20 years.
The Legislature has allowed workers compensation to deteriorate to the point that it now fails to provide adequate disability protection for working families. [...]
We can do better to protect injured workers in Kansas,but it won’t happen unless we take action. Please take the time to sign our online petition for Worker’s Compensation Reform. We will provide numbers on our petition signatures as Union Brothers and Sisters descend upon the state’s capitol building in Topeka, Kansas for a [...]
Call your legislators and tell them to stop cutting our critical state services!
Kansas Legislative Hotline:1-800-432-3924
Talking points for calling your legislator:
I am calling to urge you to act now to save our state.Kansas is in serious trouble. And it is not trouble caused by overspending; it is caused by over cutting.
Cuts made by the state in [...]
