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DESCRIPTION:9/6 Oakland Press Conference And Speak-Out Against Attacks On Injured 
 Workers\nDon't Sign The SB 863 Bill!\nSeptember 6, 2012 9:00 AM\n1515 Clay 
 St. Oakland State Building\n9:00 AM Press Conference\n10:00 AM CHSWC 
 Hearing in Auditorium\n\nStop Attacking Injured Workers\nFor Full 
 Healthcare Rights and No More Insurance/Employer Control Of Workers 
 Compensation\nStop Cost Shifting By The Insurance Industry and 
 Employers\n\nThe Injured Workers National Network IWNN.org will be holding 
 a press conference of injured workers and injured worker advocates to 
 oppose the recent anti-injured\nworker bill SB 863 which passed through the 
 legislature. The bill supposedly passed to "reform" workers compensation is 
 another frontal attack on injured workers.\nThe legislation was rushed 
 through without the right of injured workers to have a voice on how this 
 legislation will affect them and was much like SB 899 which was passed 
 under Schwarzenneger and left injured workers  out to dry. No injured 
 workers organization  in California or nationally supported this bill. In 
 fact these attacks on injured workers are taking place not only in 
 California but throughout the country.\nUnder the new legislation, workers 
 sleep disorders, sexual disorders and mental illness would be excluded from 
 compensation and medical treatment. This means that workers suffering 
 mental illness from bullying on the job which is widespread would not be 
 able to get medical coverage from workers compensation for their 
 injuries.\nIt continues to allow company doctors including doctors not even 
 licensed in California to make medical determinations on injured workers 
 without even making a physical examination.\nThis is a bill which benefits 
 the insurance industry, will prevent prompt treatment of seriously injured 
 workers and will allow further cost shifting by the insurance industry and 
 employers onto state disability which has no healthcare component  and 
 social security disability.\nThe bill was  supported of Governor Brown, the 
 Department of Industrial Relations Christine Baker, Angie Wei, Chair of the 
 California Commission On Health and Safety and Workers Compensation and 
 California AFL-CIO Legislative\nDirector along with the Democratic and 
 Republican party. It  is a major attack on seriously injured workers 
 benefits and rights.\n\nInitiated by Injured Workers National Network 
 www.iwnn.org\ninfo(at)iwnn.org\nEndorsed by California Coalition For 
 Workers Memorial Day www.workersmemorialday.org\nFor information 
 call\n(916)342-6608\n\n\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIA                     EDMUND G. 
 BROWN JR., Governor  \nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS \nCOMMISSION ON 
 HEALTH AND SAFETY AND \nWORKERS’ COMPENSATION \n1515 Clay Street, 17th 
 Floor \nOakland, CA 94612 \nTelephone:  (510) 622-3959 \nFax:  (510) 
 622-3265 \nEmail:  CHSWC@dir.ca.gov \nWebsite:  www.dir.ca.gov/chswc \n 
 \n\n \n May result in an action item for CHSWC consideration and/or vote 
 \n* Please Note: Public comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. 
 \n Topics are subject to CHSWC review and approval. \n The agenda may be 
 adjusted depending upon the time needed for each item. \n   \nNOTICE OF 
 MEETING \n  Date:  Thursday, September 6, 2012 \nTime:  10:00 am \nPlace:  
 Elihu Harris State Building \n1515 Clay Street, First Floor Auditorium  
 \nOakland, CA \n \nAGENDA \n \nI.  Approval of Minutes from the January 
 19, 2012 CHSWC Meeting  \n   Angie Wei, Chair   \n       \nII.  Comments by 
 Director of the Department of Industrial Relations \n         Christine 
 Baker  \n \nIII. Opioid Pain Medications: Mitigating the Risks \n  Teryl 
 Nuckols-Scott, University of California, Los Angeles \n \nIV.  Update on 
 Quality-of-Care Indicators Project \n  Teryl Nuckols-Scott, University of 
 California, Los Angeles \n \nV. Experience Modification Study \n         
    Frank Neuhauser, University of California, Berkeley \n \nVI.  
 Executive Officer Report  \n  Lachlan Taylor, CHSWC      \n \nVII.  
 Other Business / Proposals / Public Questions and Comments \n \n   \n 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/02/18720821.php
SUMMARY:Oakland Press Conf Speak-Out Against Attacks On Injured Workers
LOCATION:1515 Clay St. Oakland State Building
URL:http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/02/18720821.php
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