It took more than two months of fighting, a heart-wrenching letter from a 12-year-old and media coverage to get two WorkSafeBC executives to the Atleo family’s front door.
The visit came after WorkSafeBC cut Taras Atleo’s homecare from seven days a week to the equivalent of seven days a month, less than a year after the 45-year-old lost both his hands in an electrical accident on the job at a BC Hydro substation.
“They apologized to us,” said wife Lorena Atleo. “It felt like we were talking to a completely different organization.”
Jon Azpiri – Globalnews.ca – AUGUST 17, 2015.
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