“It has made a number of promises to this group of workers, their families and their widows this year. Then, earlier this year, a study by Unifor, the employees’ union, found that conditions in the GE plant contributed to an “epidemic” of workplace illnesses for those who were employed between 1945 and 2000. Aaron Lazarus, WSIB’s vice-president of communications, said since 1993, about 80 per cent of the 2,400 claims regarding GE Peterborough were allowed. Critics however have raised concerns that the number of approved cancer claims is much lower. Her hope is that Flynn will allow automatic compensation for any claims from workers who were employed between 1945 to 2000, as he has said he’s considering.

Source: thestar October 19, 2017 00:22 UTC