Another worker at Chrysler has medical evidence pointing to the relationship between his exposure to cutting fluids and his lung and heart transplant. He has been unable to get compensation. The Employers Advocacy Council recommended reduced wage loss benefits, a 3 day waiting period, freezing maximum benefits payable, excluding stress, and heart disease from compensation, and more. Raising the issues, CAW locals have been well represented in every city where the hearings have taken place to date. But the reality is that the Royal Commission is unlikely to produce positive results.
Employers have the ear of governments.
Submissions to the Royal Commission will not be enough. Real change will only come about only with massive pressure from unions and injured workers groups. Recent actions by injured workers groups in Toronto are a good example. This added to pressure from the union movement on the issue. A clear victory.