NU Online News Service, May 23, 3:17 p.m. EDT--The head of the Workers Compensation Research Institute said he was surprised by an AFL-CIO attack on the organization's focus because he had recently asked for union input on study topics.
"I'm perplexed," said Richard Victor, executive director of the 22-year-old Cambridge, Mass.-based group.
Mr. Victor commented after Robert E. McGarrah Jr., AFL-CIO coordinator for workers' compensation, released a critical letter Thursday addressed to Mr. Victor, which said the nationally-recognized group, that studies comp system workings, rather than being independent, is a tool of the insurance industry.
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