After weeks of waiting and at a time when the majority of the State has directed their focus on Brownback’s [...]
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Workers’ Comp
Last week, we met with a representative of the Senate leadership; Kansas Sec. of Labor Karin Brownlee; representatives for several [...]
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We at the Working Kansas Alliance wanted to take a moment to bring an upcoming event to your attention. Our [...]
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Having it both ways is becoming a daily occurrence in the legislature. After killing the Governor’s plan to give tax [...]
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It’s time for action! Late Friday night the House Commerce Committee took action on several anti-worker bills that change Unemployment [...]
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House Commerce Committee today heard HB 2558, which will let Karin Brownlee’s Director of Work Comp ignore complaints of work comp judge bias and prevent appeals to the district court.
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Karin Brownlee’s UI and Work Comp court-packing scheme took a big step forward yesterday as it was voted out of [...]
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As if the Kansas workers compensation law does not already work hardship on injured workers and their families, Kansas Secretary of Labor Karin Brownlee, wants to make things materially worse.
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On April 3, 1968, King arrived in Memphis, TN on behalf of striking municipal sanitation workers. As the workers themselves tell it, the conditions were horrific: there were no overtime rights; there was no grievance procedure; those who were paid lived in poverty; and those who were injured on the job were fired.
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Nine years after our country experienced the worst act of terror on U.S. soil, President Obama on Sunday signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
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In Kansas, some politicians think it’s wrong for the government to choose your doctor, but are just fine with your employer choosing your doctor. The difference? Campaign cash.
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If you happen to be a older working Kansan, watch out! The Kansas Chamber is back to it’s same old bag of tricks on improving bottom lines at the expense of working Kansans.
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Over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted some of the more scurrilous positions of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and how we reach the position that the Kansas Chamber believes working Kansans are disposable.
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Kansas Secretary of Labor Jim Garner said he’s seen a growing number of employers who illegally treat workers as independent contractors.
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