NU Online News Service, May 23, 3:17 p.m.EDT--The head of the Workers Compensation ResearchInstitute said he was surprised by an AFL-CIO attack on theorganization's focus because he had recently asked for union inputon study topics.
"I'm perplexed," said Richard Victor, executive director of the22-year-old Cambridge, Mass.-based group.
Mr. Victor commented after Robert E. McGarrah Jr., AFL-CIOcoordinator for workers' compensation, released a critical letterThursday addressed to Mr. Victor, which said thenationally-recognized group, that studies comp system workings,rather than being independent, is a tool of the insuranceindustry.
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