The Wichita-Hutchinson Labor Federation is a proud member of the Working Kansas Alliance. Read the original article here. A recent report by the AFL-CIO on workplace safety, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, showed a growing problem in Kansas. In 2011, 78 workers were killed on the job in Kansas, a rate of 5.9…

WHAT: Working Kansas Alliance rally WHERE: State Capitol South Steps, 300 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, KS 66612 WHEN: Saturday May 4, 3:30 p.m. ———- From AFT Kansas President Lisa Ochs: The Kansas legislature will reconvene Wednesday, May 8 for the veto session. While this has been a brutal session for worker attacks, the veto session does not signal the end of attacks but rather…

The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind Americans, today applauded the introduction of the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 (H.R. 831) by Representative Gregg Harper (R-MS).  Congressman Harper, along with eleven original co-sponsors, introduced the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013…