Walmart, Lowe’s, Safeway and Nordstrom Are Bankrolling a Nationwide Campaign to Gut Workers’ Comp

Please read the whole article. Very disturbing.

Both amusing & disgusting that the group has removed its web page listing its members.
Mother Jones was able to recover a cached page of the members.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/walmart-lowes-safeway-hiding-ties-workers-comp-lobbying-group

http://billmoyers.com/2015/03/31/walmart-lowes-safeway-nordstrom-bankrolling-nationwide-campaign-gut-workers-comp/

March 31, 2015
by Molly Redden

Nearly two dozen major corporations, including Wal-Mart, Nordstrom and Safeway, are bankrolling a quiet, multistate lobbying effort to make it harder for workers hurt on the job to access lost wages and medical care — the benefits collectively known as workers’ compensation.

The companies have financed a lobbying group, the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation (ARAWC), that has already helped write legislation in one state, Tennessee. Richard Evans, the group’s executive director, told an insurance journal in November that the corporations ultimately want to change workers’ comp laws in all 50 states. Lowe’s, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Sysco Food Services and several insurance companies are also part of the year-old effort.
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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/walmart-lowes-safeway-hiding-ties-workers-comp-lobbying-group