I put out feelers to see if it was just me who wasn't feeling fairly compensated, or if it was others, too. I put the call out and people just started showing up at meetings to talk about their situations, their anger. And they left the meetings feeling better. Today, the alliance has 46 members. They include injured workers, and spouses, sisters, brothers and mothers of those hurt on the job who are fighting for justice.
None think a free ride for injured workers is in order.
They realize they can't go back to the same job, but they want meaningful work. They don't want to pump gas. King doesn't blame WCB employees, in particular adjudicators, for the problems he sees. They're stuck between injured workers and a management that wants to cut costs and keep payments from businesses, which fund the WCB, down to a minimum. That can't be easy, he says.