FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TN Citizen Action Statement on Passage of Workers’ Comp Bill – “We promise.”

TENNESSEE CITIZEN ACTION RELEASES STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF HB194, WORKERS’ COMP BILL “We promise.” Nashville, Tenn. (April 11, 2013) – Mary Mancini, executive director of Tennessee Citizen Action, issued the following statement on House passage of HB194: “With passage of this bill that guts workers’ comp as we know it by drastically cutting insurance [...]

TN Citizen Action Calls Governor’s Response “Bizarre,” Urges Action by State House

In response to today’s Tennessean story – you know, the one where the Governor’s spokesperson says that the Governor’s proposal to move the workers’ compensation to the Departement of Labor and Workforce Development and the problems in the labor department were unrelated? – TN Citizen Action executive director Mary Mancini released the following statement (pasted below). [...]

The Big Picture: Grants, Giveaways, Cuts & Sacrifices

The Big Picture in Tennessee State Government: grants & giveaways for corporations, cuts & sacrifices for working folks. The conservative majority in the Tennessee Legislature want to ”slash dependent benefits for unemployed Tennesseans and starve poor kids who don’t get good grades in public schools while the Governor appropriates funds to increase the amount of cash giveaways to corporations looking to [...]

Clearly Not the Time to Give the Department of Labor The Responsibility of Handling More Taxpayer Dollars

The Department of Labor and Workforce development is rife with mismanagement that negatively affects both workers and businesses and Governor Bill Haslam wants to add another division to it paid for by millions of taxpayer dollars? Apparently he thinks this is a brilliant idea ’cause that’s what his workers’ comp bill does – adds a [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Governor Haslam’s Answer Is Yet Another Non-Answer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    April 3, 2013  Contact: Mary Mancini 615-736-6040 mary@tnca.org GOVERNOR’S ANSWER ON MISMANAGEMENT WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS YET ANOTHER NON-ANSWER Nashville, Tenn. (April 3, 2013) – Yesterday, in response to the call [...]

What’s Wrong with The Governor’s Video Pitch on Proposed Workers’ Comp Changes?

Only everything. From jump street the Governor only – and ever – mentions talking to businesses. He says, “As I’ve traveled the state, talking to businesses about making Tennessee an even better place for economic growth…” But what about workers? Don’t they ever count for anything? Are they disposable? Is it like Salon says, that [...]

Not Fair, Not Helpful, Not Reform, Not Relief – Legislative Update, Friday, February 1, 2013

TENNESSEE CITIZEN ACTION LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013 THEY’RE BAAAAAAAAACK…The Tennessee State Legislature started back in earnest this week, kicked off by Governor Bill Haslam’s State of the State address on Monday night. And while we’re all smacking our foreheads and working hard to fight back against the antics of certain state senator from Knoxville (Will someone please tell him [...]

Call Congress Now (Just In Case Speaker Boehner Gets it Together)

Thanks to the overwhelming public pressure and your direct efforts, the Senate voted early this morning to raise tax rates on the wealthy for the first time in over 20 years and restore tax fairness in this country once again. Even Tennessee Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander voted for it! And even though Speaker Boehner promised he would bring any bill passed by [...]

AUDIO: Lincoln Davis Tells Tennessee’s Congressional Republicans to Stop Playing Politics and Avoid Pushing Constituents Over Fiscal Cliff

This morning Congressman Lincoln Davis held a statewide press call to urge Tennessee members of Congress to act in the best interests of the middle-class Tennesseans they claim to represent. Congressman Davis was joined by veteran, Bob Tuke, small business owner, Earik Beann, and Tennessee State Director for The Action, Justin Wilkins. Listen: http://tnca.org/audio/davis-fiscalcall-31dec2012.mp3 Congress [...]

“Rep. Black: Don’t Drop the Ball on Us” – Murfreesboro, TN Mother

Statement from Murfreesboro resident Colleen Janus at The Action rally in front of Rep. Diane Black’s office: My name is Colleen Janus a local taypayer here in Murfreesboro, and a  local volunteer coordinator for The Action, a national movement calling on congress to end the Bush Tax Cuts for the richest 2%, prevent Tax Hikes [...]

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