Article Written for the TWU Local 100 Health & Safety Newsletter
Updated: Dec 1, 2023
Many unions deliver information to their members through the union newspaper or newsletter. In 2017 we wrote an article for the TWU Local 100 Health & Safety newsletter with a “top 10 list” of things injured workers should do in a workers’ compensation case.
In 2007 and again in 2017, New York enacted legislation that limited benefits for injured workers. It was understood that some of these legislative changes would impact worker benefits and employer co
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This Article traces the history of the New York Workers’ Compensation Law from its origin to the present day. The law was originally conceived as a grand bargain between business and labor in which b