Employers have an obligation to provide a safe working environment for their employees. It’s both an ethical obligation and a legal one. In California, the law is strong in its attempts to protect workers from hazards to their health.
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Creating Jobs Across the Country: February 13, 2009 Letter to President Obama in the Washington Post
Creating Demand for Jobs
Stave off a massive recession and crippling unemployment by enacting 100% write-offs for all capital goods purchased in 2009: cars, trucks, machinery, tools, etc., not just “equipment.” Buy a car and write it off in 2009. Detroit will love it. Buy anything and manufacturers across America will love it. Why 100%?
Cutting Off Healthcare for Kids
It’s disgusting. President Bush and his friends have repeatedly obstructed efforts to expand medical provisions to the poor, specifically blocking SCHIP legislation and holding state governments hostage.
Saving Children: Preventing Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
A report of the death of a child appeared in the Mercury News on June 3, 2008 “San Jose day care center, where boy died last month, is shut down.” What makes this article different is not that the news occurred, but that it was covered.