Employers, Labor Take Disagreement over SB 1062 to House

By John P. Kamin, ReporterA bill designed to slash benefits and overhaul the workers' compensation judicial system careened into the state House of Representatives on Tuesday, as employers continue their staunch support of the bill over unions' complaints about benefit reductions.A flurry of media reports arose this week after House Speaker T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, told local newspapers that the House would "take its time" with the bill during the next month, to take a closer look at a dispute over the bill's benefits reductions between business and labor groups. Shannon told the Da...