Raw Story reports the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent out a mass email asking supporters to lobbying against Amendment 2588 . The legislation forbids the Defense Department from doing business with any contractor that requires "employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims. The amendment was written by Al Franken , in response to Jamie Leigh Jones...
Liberal activist group MoveOn is furious with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for lobbying against rules which have prevented rape victims from having their day in court. In a mass e-mail, the group cites the 2005 gang rape of KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones. Jones was raped while in Iraq, which barred her complaint to a [...]
Amanda Terkel at ThinkProgress: Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” His amendment was inspired by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang-raped by her co-workers while working for Halliburton/KBR...
THE ONGOING IMPORTANCE OF THE FRANKEN AMENDMENT.... About a month ago, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) proposed an important amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. Inspired the harrowing violence Jamie Leigh Jones suffered in 2005 while working for Halliburton/KBR in...
By GottaLaff I've posted over and over again about Jamie Leigh Jones' horrific ordeal, and how proud I was of Al Franken for his amendment aimed at punishing rapists like Jamie's. I also listed the 30 GOP accessories to the defense contractors' rape. True to form, the Rushpublics just don't get it... at all: Politico reports that Republicans are now scratching their heads at why the public is so incensed...
Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.” His amendment was inspired by Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang-raped by her co-workers while working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad in [...]
If people will voluntarily sign contracts which say you can’t sue the corporation for rape, then does that make the rape just? In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to prevent her from reporting her attack. The rape [...]
The other day I wrote about a friend who was raped by an organized crime figure and prevented from seeking justice, for fear of retaliation . With regard to the case, there are also serious questions about whether the criminal justice system turned a blind eye to this rapist, due to corruption within the DA's office. But what about when protection of powerful entities -- such as Corporations -- from...
Sen. Al Franken was the sponsor of Amendment 2588 , of the Defense Department bill. The amendment would allow female defense contractor employees, that were sexually assaulted, to take their cases to civil courts. Companies such as Halliburton and KBR would be forbidden from doing business with the military, if they continued to force sexually assaulted women into arbitration. Jamie Leigh Jones is...
Last month, Sen. Al Franken authored an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. I'm sure most, if not all, of you are familiar with the amendment. If not, here is a recap. This amendment was created to address an issue with government contractors. In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping...
In the video clip below, a rape victim asks Senator David Vitter why he voted against the right of rape victims to have their day in court. Senator David " Small Penis " Vitter appears unsympathetic to say the least. The Shameless Senator was one of 30 Republican senators who voted against an amendment that would defund government contractors who prevent employees from seeking justice after...
And I’m sure that, as I type this, Kathleen Parker is writing another column about how those 30 GOP senators are good “family values” Republicans who are merely getting a bad rap here from those dastardly liberals – spare me.
Media Matters: After 6 Days, RNC Finally Removes "Repeal Loving v Virginia" poster from Facebook page . Loving v Virginia is the 1967 US Supreme Court decision striking down "anti-miscengation" laws, making it illegal for a state to forbid a black person from marrying a white person. Check out the poster. It shows President Obama eating fried chicken. I'm only posting a tiny fraction...
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