Justice for Injured Workers: The Struggle Continues

This article briefly reviews the role that community legal clinics have played in the injured worker movement. It chronicles the erosion of the basic principles of workers\u27 compensation and the shift in emphasis from compensating workers to containing costs. It exposes the myth of a debt crisis in workers\u27 compensation and explores the effect of this shift on workers\u27 benefits, on workplace health and safety, and ultimately on the viability of a no-fault, publicly-administered workers\u27 compensation system. The article also outlines the threat to the existing system in the workers\u27 compensation proposals of the current government