Safety & Health Newsletter – Summer 2014
ADDING FURTHER INJURY TO INJURY
Major Corporations Bankroll A Nationwide Campaign To Gut Workers’ Compensation.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/arawc-walmart-campaign-against-workers-compensation
Allowing Employers And Insurers To Control A System Designed to Protect The Rights Of Injured Workers Spells Disaster For Those Who Need The System The Most! At Grey and Grey, we are ready, willing and able to fight against these powerful employers and insurers to protect the rights of those injured on the job
THE HARM OF WORKERS’ COMP REFORM. Injured Workers Reveal How A System That Was Originally Created to Help Them Now Hurts Them Instead.
https://www.propublica.org/article/workers-compensation-injured-workers-share-stories-of-harm
TRYING TO PLACE A VALUE ON THE INVALUABLE. What It Means To Lose A Limb At Work.
http://www.propublica.org/article/how-much-is-your-arm-worth-depends-where-you-work
THE TRUE COST OF FAILING TO PROTECT WORKERS ON THE JOB.
http://www.dol.gov/osha/report/20150304-inequality.pdf
DESPITE REDUCED COSTS, INSURERS AND BUSINESS INTEREST SEEK TO SLASH PROTECTION FOR INJURED WORKERS.
http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/workers-compensation-premiums-down
DEMOLITION OF WORKERS COMPENSATION. A System That Now Denies Injured Workers Help When They Need It The Most.
http://www.propublica.org/article/the-demolition-of-workers-compensation