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more about #halliburton more comments → doit2julia: I very briefly batted around the idea of becoming a KBR employee. My boyfriend, an army aviation specialist, was serving a year in Iraq, the separatio... more » PandaGrrl: You know, I wonder if this could be avoided if the US Government decided that any US company with a contract be forced to treat its employees like US ... more » scullymurphy: I STILL don't understand how rape and assault can be covered by arbitration. Can someone who was in law school more recently elucidate me? more » JessickerFletcher: This is single-handedly the most frustrating/horrible situation ever. The silver lining is that now everyone can see the major flaws of binding arbitr... more » aclikeslater: I have a Senator on the Appropriations Committee...but it's Kay Bailey Hutchison. My blood pressure is spiking just thinking about the form letter I'm... more » FitzChivalry: now we will see who has the real power in washington. The politicians or the people with the real money #frankenamendment more » nworobes: Does anyone else think it is misleading to call it an "anti-rape amendment"? If I understand correctly what the amendment is about, it has more to do ... more » this_mad_woman: time for action, jezzies! you can email him using this form: [inouye.senate.gov] AND you can contact members of the Senate Appropriations Committee (e... more » willwriteforfood: I am paraphrasing the ever-eloquent Jon Stewart, but when you are arguing AGAINST the rape victim on behalf of the people who raped her or let it happ... more » PaintedTrollop: Ah, you wimmins - thinking you have more rights than defense contractors. Silly girlies! #frankenamendment more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Dear Senator Inouye - You wanna come see the inside of my shipping container? #frankenamendment more » linnyt is a walking cliché: Hey Danny-boy, you're one of the senators from Hawaii, right? You're already on my Shit List for making my job about 3000% harder than it needs to be.... more » TurtleWexlerKickedMe: This guy is vulnerable to getting my foot up his ass. #frankenamendment more » girlwonder: My response to the defense contractors is the same as it is to anyone who complains about being vulnerable to lawsuits: if you don't want to get sued,... more » thoughtthinker: When I was little I wasn't allowed to say I "hate" anything. I was always corrected by a parent. "No, thoughtthinker, you 'Strongly Dislike' x,y, or z... more » -
#justicefornone
KBR Arbitration Awards Another Assault Victim
Former military construction contractor Tracy Barker was raped in Iraq in 2005 while on the job. Barker went through arbitration and won a settlement, but her former employer, Kellogg Brown & Root, is still trying to screw her over. More » -
#consciencedeficit
Franken Anti-Rape Amendment In Danger
Democratic Senator Dan Inouye may remove Al Franken's anti-rape amendment from the defense appropriations bill, because defense contractors are complaining it would leave them overly vulnerable. The vulnerability of actual rape victims: apparently not a concern.[Huffington Post] -
#nojusticenopeace
Jamie Leigh Jones Takes On Pro-KBR Senators On Rachel Maddow
Last night on the Rachel Maddow Show, Jamie Leigh Jones and her attorney, Todd Kelly, spoke out directly about the Defense Appropriations Bill Amendment, showing their support for the measure and expressing their disappointment with those who voted against it. More » -
#halliburtonhorror
Republicans: Defending Rape Victims Is A "Political" Move
Last night, Jon Stewart called out the 30 Senate Republicans who voted against Al Franken's amendment to bar the government from contracting with companies that force their employees to agree not to sue if they get raped on the job. More » -
#servingupjustice
Sen. Franken Fights KBR On Behalf Of Rape Vicitims
Sen. Al Franken's amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill passed yesterday; the amendment penalizes companies that restricts claims of sexual assualt and discrimination to arbitration. The opposition claims that this is "a political attack" aimed at Halliburton/KBR. [ThinkProgress] -
#unjudicialconduct
Justice For All
Jamie Leigh Jones, who was gang raped in Iraq by an unknown number of co-workers, is suing for the right to sue their mutual employer, as the Justice Department won't investigate and she's covered by an arbitration clause. [NPR, YouTube] -
