Injured Workers Protest Corruption

http://www.almostbroken.com
http://www.injuredworkerscoalition.com/

Premier Free Screening Of "Almost Broken" On Feb 4, 2005 1:00 PM in San Francisco

Almost Broken, A Documentary by Injured Workers, For Injured Workers. Almost Broken is a documentary about a man, his family, the search for truth and justice, and how they stumbled onto more truth than they ever imagined. This is a true story that started in 1989 with an injured worker and a corrupt Worker's Compensation insurance company. Larry Nign was exposed to harmful toxic fumes from hot and burning plastic that nearly fried his lungs and left him with serious damage to his heart and lungs.

On Friday February 4, 2005, Writer/Producer Christine Pietz (an injured worker) will debut her 60 minute documentary “Almost Broken” which will seen at a special showing for injured workers and the Radio, Television & Print media from 1:00 to 3:00PM in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Public Library located at 100 Larkin Street in San Francisco, located on the lower level.

This is a MUST SEE movie for every injured worker and for that matter, any person interested in the rights of California's workers. After the movie, there with be a Question & Answer period with the producers and injured workers advocates, as well as an update as to what is going on with Workers’ Compensation in California.

The library is less than a half block from the CivicCenter Metro & BART stations.

This documentary is the story about the ongoing fight of Southern California injured worker Larry Nign in his 14 year battle with the quasi-state owned State Compensation Insurance Fund and their attempts to financially crush him and break his spirit. This documentary will show you how California’s Workers Compensation insurance carriers commit fraud and corruption against the occupationally injured on a daily basis and asks the question why the state does not take legal or criminal action to protect it's own citizens from the predatory business practices of these corporations.

We wish to invite you and your family and friends to see this unbelievable documentary. The auditorium only has 237 seats and seating reservations are recommended to make sure that you get a seat. There will be no standing in the aisles at the request of the library and the Fire Department.

After the movie, we will be marching a block or two away to 1275 Market Street which is the headquarters of State Compensation Insurance Fund for a rally in support of Mr. Nign. This will be a peaceful rally and injured workers are expected to obey the law and the rights of the State Fund.

Labor advocate Steve Zeltzer and SEIU Local 1000 organizers who represent State Fund employees, will be on hand to tell you about how State Fund employees are having problems as well. The library asks that we use the entrance at 30 Grove Street to enter the building. There will be a sign directing you to the Koret Auditorium. Please do not bother library personnel. This is a handicapped accessible building with wheelchair elevator available. For further information and to reserve your seat,please call 415 298-93434 or 415 738-2184, not the library, or email us at this special email address:
almostbrokenmovie [at] yahoo.com with the number of seats that you will require and a name and phone number where you may be reached.

What do you do when you have been beaten down for 13 years? You stand...

Almost Broken, but not just yet.......

If you are an injured worker, you MUST see this documentary. http://www.almostbroken.com

Defend Injured and Disabled Workers On April 28, 2005
Rally In Sacramento On Workers' Memorial Day To

Stop Attacking Workers' Comp &
For Single Payer Healthcare For All






Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Injured and disabled workers are under direct attack. As a result of the deregulation of the California Workers’ Comp System, insurance companies can refuse to care for injured and disabled workers and are not penalized.
Already injured workers who have been unable to get proper medical care, pain medication or payments for their housing and their families. Some workers have already committed suicide as a result of these attacks.
We cannot afford to let this continue. While profits are going up for the insurance billionaires like Buffet, retraining benefits have been permanently cut and now temporary workers’ comp is limited to two years. The media has ignored and censored the plight of the injured workers. Instead of exposing the daily nightmares we face they only concerned about the insurance companies and the employers. Workers’ Comp was established to protect our rights and not the profit interests of the insurance companies.
Health and safety is also being threatened. When workers realize that they will not get medical coverage when they are injured on the job, this will create an even more stressful and dangerous workplace. Every day in California two workers die on the job and this is bound to grow unless injured and disable workers along with their families and the entire labor movement stand together to defend our basic rights.
We also believe that all workers should be entitled to healthcare. We need to push now for single payer in California and get the insurance companies out of the healthcare industry. This rally is also endorsed by:
This rally is endorsed by: San Francisco Labor Council, North Bay Labor Council, South Bay Labor Council, California Injured Workers Coalition, Inc., UTLA-AFT1021, UAPD/AFSCME, NALC 214, CWA local 9423,CWA 9410, KPFA Labor Collective, The Chelsie Group, Labor Action Coalition (LAC), Million Worker March Committee, Labor Video Project, FACE Intel, Dr. June Fisher, Dr. Larry Rose, Victims of UPS/Red Thursday Committee, Pushing Limits (KPFA's radio show on disabled), Jerome Otis; Pres. N.Cal Chapt. Teamsters National Black Caucus, Mary Ann Ring; V. P. N. Cal. CUE, Ray Quan; V.P. SEIU790 BART Chapt.ATU1555 Exec. Bd, Healthcare For All,SEIU535 Workers With Disabilities Caucus, Butte County Health Care Coalition, UA Plumber Local 393, Santa Cruz WILPF,
Please join our organizing committee and we will provide a speaker and videos for organizing and get your local to endorse and get a bus for Sacramento.
http://www.workersmemorialday.com. California Injured Workers Coalition (415)928-9343
samg [at] injuredworkerscoalition.com. San Francisco Labor Video Project (415)282-1908 lvpsf [at] labornet.org. Southbay The Chelsie Group(408)347-0331 billmyer [at] chelsiegroup.org,, Northbay Area Contact 707-332-9675 fightN4yourlife [at] aol.com, Sacramento Area Contact friends [at] faceintel.com, ctwebervotes [at] aol.com, Los Angeles Area MWM LA Co-Chair Andy Griggs 310-704-3217 cpietz [at] sbcglobal.net. Chico Area 530-345-4354 wallyballin [at] bcglobal.net Santa Cruz/Monterey Area unmaid [at] pacific.net


http://www.workersmemorialday.com/sflcresolution.html

Resolution of the San Francisco Labor Council for a State Wide Protest
of Injured and Disabled Workers On Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2005.

Whereas, injured and disabled workers are under growing attack in their
efforts to receive healthcare for their injuries and their disabilities
and,

Whereas, some workers injured on the job have committed suicide as a
result of not receiving medication for their injuries and,

Whereas, the right to a healthy and safe environment and the enforcement
of CAL-OSHA regulations is also threatened by the proposed
"restructuring" proposals of the State Administration and,

Whereas, the right to have healthcare for injured workers and disabled
workers in California is a basic human right of all working people and,

Whereas, the state administration is seeking to undermine the protection
of injured and disabled workers by the complete deregulation of workers'
compensation and total subservience to the insurance industry and,

Whereas, the corporate media has ignored and censored the stories of
injured and disabled workers who face the loss of their healthcare and
the destruction of their lives and the lives of their families and,

Whereas, the need to unite all injured and disabled workers in
California is critical in order to meet the challenge that they face and,

Whereas, the issue of healthcare is a right for all working people union
and non-union in California and,

Whereas, the collapse of the privately run healthcare system and the
escalating costs of healthcare insurance premiums threatens the rights
of healthcare to all working people,

Therefore be it resolved this body support the call by the California
Injured Workers Coalition, UAPD/AFSCME, The Chelsie Group and other
injured workers organizations and health and safety groups as well as
the San Francisco Labor Council to support the statewide protest on
Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2005 at the capital in Sacramento for the
defense of all injured and disabled workers and,

This body will support the demand healthcare for all working people by
the implementation of Single Payer and,

Finally, this union or council will circulate this resolution to all
California Labor Councils and Building and Trades Councils and all other
affiliated bodies for concurrence and will seek to reach and support all
injured and disabled workers so they can join this historic action to
protect their rights.