My forefathers, as well as others, fought and served for our rights and freedoms and that included the First Amendment right of Free Speech!
Unfortunately, too many of us feel that our individual voices do not matter and will never be heard. As a result, too many people do not Speak Up or Speak Out!
Personally, I have experienced great frustration over how difficult it is, if not how impossible it is, to obtain the most basic of information related to our rights as American Citizens and Laborers.
Therefore, the goal of this website is to inform people and reassure them, through personal accounts, they are not alone in their experiences and need to be heard!
Yes, you can put some student loans on a bankruptcy. However, there are new laws and more ways to repay your student loans including Income-Based Repayment. You should contact your student loan holder to find out what options are available to you.
This page is dedicated to the power of knowledge. Knowing our rights and responsibilities as citizens and workers provides us with the ultimate protection from being taken advantage of. I encourage everyone to know the labor laws (local, state, and federal) as well as the general laws of our country. I am not an attorney, I am just trying to help people through information.
Labor Laws...US & State:
Nevada Labor Laws:
Nevada is a right-to-work state which means that both the employer and the employee can terminate employment at any given moment without reason, two weeks notice is not required!NRS 608.040 *Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the wages and compensation earned and unpaid at the time of such discharge shall become due and payable immediately.
NRS 608.050 Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty; employees lien.
NRS 608.165All uniforms or accessories distinctive as to style, color or material shall be furnished, without cost, to employees by their employer.
NRS 608.250 Establishment by Labor Commissioner; exceptions; penalty. *Minimum Wage.
NRS 608.260 Action by employee to recover difference between minimum wage and amount paid; limitation of action.
In order to be eligible to take leave under the FMLA, an employee must (1) work for a covered employer, (2) work 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of leave, (3) work at a location where 50 or more employees work at that location or within 75 miles of it, and (4) have worked for the employer for 12 months. The 12 months of employment are not required to be consecutive in order for the employee to qualify for FMLA leave. The regulations clarify, however, that employment prior to a continuous break in service of seven years or more need not be counted unless the break in service is (1) due to an employee’s fulfillment of military obligations, or (2) governed by a collective bargaining agreement or other written agreement.
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
Health/Medical Laws:
The EMTALA statute - 42 USC 1395dd, part of the U.S. Code~
Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act,
also known as COBRA or the Patient Anti-Dumping Law. EMTALA requires most hospitals to provide an examination and needed stabilizing treatment, without consideration of insurance coverage or ability to pay, when a patient presents to an emergency room for attention to an emergency medical condition.
In January, the Supreme Court strengthened corporations' grip on our government and political process with a dangerous ruling, overturning more than 100 years of election law.
We are part of a group of senators fighting to rein in the increased influence of special interest money this decision will unleash and save our electoral process.
To combat the new, unregulated corporate influence over elections, we just unveiled the DISCLOSE Act -- because Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections.
But without your support, our legislation is never going to win the day -- we need to build support all around the country, and we need your help to do it.
As President Obama has said, the Supreme Court has given "a green light to a new stampede of special interest money."
But this decision doesn't just affect elections. It has the potential to change the very way we live in America.
Think about it: When you buy toothpaste now, the money you spend can be used directly for television ads attacking people that you believe in without you even knowing.
We have to respond.
We all have to get in this battle, and we all have to fight it from every angle.
To rein in the new powers the Supreme Court has given corporations to spend unlimited funds to influence elections, we have come up with a package of reforms that should greatly limit the damage:
Make CEOs and other leaders take responsibility for their ads by appearing on-camera to deliver the same "I approved this message" disclaimer that political candidates must make.
Enhance funding disclosures so the American people can follow the money.
Keep foreign countries and entities from determining the outcome of our elections.
Alert shareholders and group members to where money goes.
Keep taxpayer money from being spent on political ads.
Keep special interests from drowning out the voices of the people.
Make sure corporations can't "sponsor" a candidate.
If you don't want to see corporations start running away with our elections, then we need you to step up and join us.
"While a single Bellotti footnote purported to leave the question open, 435 U. S., at788, n. 26, this Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not causethe electorate to lose faith in this democracy."
Thank you for telling me what you think about the Supreme Court's recent decision allowing corporations unprecedented new influence over elections.
We got a huge response, and we're still going through all the feedback. But this much is clear: The overwhelming majority was strongly in favor of fixing this problem.
The other day, Rep. Chris Van Hollen and I announced the blueprint for legislation that will help us begin to pick up the pieces -- including several provisions mentioned by members of the ChuckSchumer.com community.
A lot of people who wrote responses were quick to identify this ruling as a real and immediate threat to our democracy.
We also got a lot of great ideas for how to fix it. Here are a few of those ideas:
No corporation that has government contracts or receives government money should be allowed to contribute to political campaigns or candidates. No foreign entities should be allowed to contribute to a political campaign or candidate.
-- Lisa, Mechanicville, NY
Require the CEO of a [corporation] to appear at the end of any political ad financed in part by a corporation.
-- David, Seattle, WA
[R]equire prior authorization for the corporation to get the approval of its shareholders to engage in campaign financing -- with the position to be taken clearly relayed to the shareholders.
-- Madeleine, Manhattan, NY
Banning pay-to-play, preventing foreign influence, and disclaimers by ad sponsors are all provisions we've included in our proposal.
You may have heard that the Supreme Court recently granted corporations the right to directly influence political campaigns.
It's a dangerous new ruling that overturns more than 100 years of law and precedent -- and the most dangerous part might be that it gives foreign governments and foreign-controlled corporations a massive loophole through which they can influence the outcome of American elections.
As Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, my Democratic colleagues and I are taking the President's lead and moving to fix this. But Republicans have already shown this is just the latest thing they'll say "no" to.
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama urged Congress to place new restrictions to limit the influence special interests and foreigners have in politics.
And did you see how the crowd reacted when he said that?
On the Democratic side of the aisle, we all stood up to cheer. On the Republican side, everyone sat in silence, glued to their seats.
With the President's support, the Senate Rules Committee and I held a hearing on this issue on Tuesday.
But before we finalize the bill we introduce, I want to know whether people like you are going to sit on your hands with the Republicans or stand up to move this country forward.
The main thrust of the President's State of the Union speech was about creating jobs, and that's good news. We have to focus on jobs, the economy, and helping middle class families right now.
But keeping special interests and foreigners from gaining undue influence on the process will make that focus possible.
Thank you,
Chuck Schumer
Paid for by Friends of Schumer
509 Madison Avenue, Suite 1902
New York, NY 10022
Copy of an e-mail I sent to the White House on January 29, 2010 about the Supreme Courts decision on Coporate/Labor Union Campaign Financing:
The Supreme Courts Decision...
Their decision will absolutely destroy this country, they are traitors for going beyond the law, and those that voted in favor of the corporations should be removed from the bench by Congress as set forth in the United States Constitution...if that document means anything anymore!
I do not know any human being, especially Americans, that are willing to let the Supreme Court put absolute power in the hands of the corporations without absolute backlash...we will NEVER succumb to the corporations!
I have gathered all of the contact information for the Supreme Court of the United States and I am going to begin a massive letter writing campaign to let the Supreme Court Justices know that their actions are criminal, inhuman and Anti-American!
My Art Portfolio: Art Exhibitions, Shows, Publications, Links & More.
Military Kudos & more: Family service, news & more.
Treasonous Bastards: Who,What & more. I am currently replacing information that someone illegally deleted from my website!
Currently In The News: Anything & everything, especially the not so obvious.
Science & Technology: The good, the bad & the absolutely absurd--"Climategate." (This section was illegally accessed and my climate information was deleted. I am in the process of replacing this information. Please come back soon.)
Economic Storyboard: Follow the half-truths, lies and bouncing dollar.
Fight Against Corporate Control: E-mails from various organizations like NELP (National Employment Law Project), information & more! Will we get a Worker's Bill of Rights?
Bad & Criminal Employer Behavior: Who made the list and why. Plus, see what actions have been taken or are being taken against them. See the FIVE labor laws SPHERIS was found to have violated. Watch Out For JUSTIN ADAMS, ANGELA DAVIS & OTHERS...THEY WILL DESTROY YOUR LIFE!
Bad & Criminal Behavior By Others: Who and what. See what actions have been taken or are being taken. Employers aren't alone with regards to bad and criminal behavior!
Laws, Policies & More: Local, state, federal, medical...do you know what laws affect you?
Health Care Reform~Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous e-mails and links collected in 2010 about health care reform.
Medical System Ratings: See who made the list, how they rated, and why. Andrea Tatro, MD is an Insurance Skank and deliberately commits fraud against patients!
Attorney & Lawyer Ratings: Who, why, and how they rated.
Crimes Against Children/Criminal Sexual Behavior/NRS 201: It is appalling we allow such attrocities to happen to children! Read the call to action, view the ads, and more!
Information For Women: Have women really achieved equal rights or liberation?
Books: Where to find a great deal on used, rare, & vintage books...Mr. PoPo knows.
Political & Social Commentary Cartoon Archives: Archive of cartoons previously posted.
Below are some of my favorite quotes...what are yours?
If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more. Harriet Tubman
Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. Frances Wright
You'll be free or die!
Harriet Tubman
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. A. Philip Randolph
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
A. Philip Randolph
Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.
Margaret Sanger
War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted.
Margaret Sanger
For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism.
Benjamin Tucker
Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital.
Benjamin Tucker
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
Rosa Parks
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
Cesar Chavez
Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Cesar Chavez
I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.
Rachel Corrie
We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.
Rachel Corrie
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane. Robert Green Ingersoll
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
Robert A. Heinlein
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.
Lenny Bruce
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning. Bill Gates
I am currently reading this book and highly recommend it to everyone!
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Catana L Barnes
All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They. Rudyard Kipling
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Margaret Thatcher
Laws & Policies To Know
