Signatures Reform Federal Bankruptcy Laws Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	First Name	Last Name	State	Country	Comments
1	Matt	Alley	KY	US
2	Amber	Alley	KY	US
3	Doug	Gibson	VA	US	Save the Coal Act too, while your at it!
4	Robin	Hunt	CO	US	Worker abuse must stop!!
5	Lauri	Cook
6	paul	arno		US
7	Leslie	Blount	OR	US
8	Lisa	Knappe	MN	US
9	Robert	Rouse
10	susan	miller			This is an outrage - as is the president's Social Security changes and medicare changes last year.
11	Sharon	Gibson	WI	US	Company's should put workers earned bebefits ahead any other expenses HPBA legislation would give workers a “priority claim” on the sale of company assets
12	David	Alley	KY	US
13	Ann	Alley	KY	US
14	Glen	Maynard	KY
15	Joseph	Walsh	OR	US	this is so sad
16	Amy	Sander	NJ	US
17	Maureen	Carroll
18	Louis	Ceresnak	CO	US
19	John	Fleck	CO	US
20	Aref	Nammari	CO	US
21	Diane	Gallagher	IA	US	In the '80's when few in power cared about the hard-working folks who were hardest-hit by "Reaganomics", my father was old enough to retire, but ended up being the 'last worker out the door' of Rath Packing Co. He had worked there for 34 years, and BARELY got 1/3 of his promised and earned pension. He had worked a few months longer than the cut-off date for pensions. Most of his co-workers were not nearly that lucky. One man with a serious diabetic condition received nothing for medical reimbursement when the health plan was yanked, while the local company president got $40,000 for his (previously undiagnosed) less serious diabetic situation. Before the assets were determined, miles and miles of copper pipe and wiring were mysteriously stripped from the plant, along with brick and other building materials. HPBA legislation would give workers a “priority claim” on the sale of company assets. Any revenue generated from company assets would be placed in a trust to maintain workers’ health care. HPBA would also increase from $4,650 to $15,000 the back-pay, vacation time, severance, or benefit payments workers can claim. In addition, the bill would recover excessive payouts made to company executives or insiders just before declaring bankruptcy. Workers and retirees earned these benefits and should be entitled to what is rightfully theirs, instead of having it all taken away because of a company fails financially. I urge you and your constituents to move promptly and vote for the passage legislation that would protect workers benefits when corporations file bankruptcy and to fully understand that millions of American workers and retirees futures are hanging in the balance of your decision. American workers and retirees AND THEIR FAMILIES use this issue to evaluate your commitment to working families and we await your prompt response.
22	Beverly	Springer	CO
23	Dwight	Siemiaczko	WV	US
24	Phillip	Siemiaczko	TN	US
25	Uma	Siemiaczko
26	Deena	Madill
27	William	Keechel
28	Leonard	Lyons	KY
29	phyllis	hunt	CO	US
30	justin	hensley	WV	US
31	norman	hensley	WV	US
32	debbie	hensley	WV	US
33	Gwyn	Eagle	FL	US	With all of the bankruptcies we are doomed for another depression.
34	Darlene	Zelt	FL	US
35	John	May	IL	US
36	Michael	Eddy	WV	US
37	Michelle	Kenoyer
38	Michelle	Kenoyer
39	Arthur	Selby	IN	US
40	Kenneth	Koch	KY	US	I personaly have been touched by the unjust laws with my brothers nd sisters of my union. the Machinists.
41	darris	kisner
42	Dwayne	Stephens	CO	US
43	Wanda	Pritt	WV	US	Take the right to make rulings from the judge, that can take away a contract between workers and employers. That certainly should be his decission. In Ameria this is shocking.
44	Markco	Pritt	WV	US	Leave a contract between workers and companies. Take the Judges right away to do away with it.
45	Liesa	Stewart	KY	US	Protect the workers from this outrage.
46	Keith	Gilmartin	CO	US
47	James	Hall	WV	US
48	melissa	hanks	IL	US	We the Family of one of the Horizon Coal miners Thank you for helping them and the others Affected by this Terrible Situation they have found there selves in.
49	Juanita	Phillips
50	Tony	Phillips