Other Advocacy Activities

ISPA also is involved in a number of other advocacy issues that can directly affect the mattress industry.   Recent examples of this work include –

• Letter from ISPA and other organizations opposing the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (HR 2831) which would significantly extend eligibility for employees to bring pay discrimination claims against employers resulting in possible frivolous lawsuits.
• ISPA Comments on CA Green Chemistry Initiative
  ISPA was one of more than twenty organizations to express support for science and risk based chemicals management policies to protect health and the environment, in response to California’s “Green Chemistry Initiative”. This Initiative aims to identify gaps in preventing or controlling consumer exposure to toxic chemicals. Read the Coalition Letter.
• Testifying before the New York City Council on a bill that seeks to address growing bedbug problems in that city by banning the sale of used and renovated mattresses
• Comments provided to the U.S. Department of Transportation opposing a petition from the National Association of State Fire Marshals to designate polyurethane foam as a hazardous material