Injured Worker Coalition Survey of Oregon Senate Candidates

IWC sent a survey in 2002 to all senators. We asked about their willingness to bring back fairness to the workers' compensation system. Answers and additional comments are at www.injuredworker.org.

Atkinson, Jason (R-2)
Beyer, Roger (R-9)
Brown, Kate (D-21)	Answers left blank. A supportive statement can be viewed at our site.
Burdick, Ginny (D-18)
Carter, Margaret (D-22)
Clarno, Bev (R-27)
Corcoran, Tony (D-4)	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Courtney, Peter (D-11)	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Deckert, Ryan (D-14)	UNDECIDED	YES	YES	UNDECIDED	UNDECIDED
Devlin, Richard (D-19)	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Dukes, Joan (D-16)
Ferrioli, Ted (R-30)
Fisher, Bill (R-1)
George, Gary (R-12)
Gordly, Avel (D-23)
Hannon, Lenn (R-3)
Harper, Steve (R-28)
Messerle, Ken (R-5)
Metsger, Rick (D-26)	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Minnis, John (R-25)
Morrisette, Bill (D-6)	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Morse, Frank (R-8)	YES	YES	YES	UNDECIDED	UNDECIDED
Nelson, David (R-29)
Ringo, Charlie (D-17)
Schrader, Kurt (D-20)
Shields, Frank (D-24)
Starr, Charles (R-13)	YES	YES	YES	YES	UNDECIDED
Starr, Bruce (R-15)
Walker, Vicki (D-7)	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Winters, Jackie (R-10)


1-	In the 2003 Session, I will work to achieve Guaranteed Fairness for Injured Workers in the Legal Process.
2-	In the 2003 Session, I will work to achieve Getting Injured Workers Back to Safe, Living-wage Work.
3-	In the 2003 Session, I will work to achieve Making Insurance Companies Accountable When They Don't Pay Mandated Benefits to Injured Workers.
4-	In the 2003 Session, I will work to achieve Making "Required Medical Exams" Fairer to Injured Workers.
5-	In the 2003 Session, I will work to achieve Improving Disability Benefits for Workers Who Can't Return to Work.

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Questionnaire Sponsored by the Injured Worker Coalition
Published at www.injuredworker.org