Work injury means piling bills

by Marcella Drennan—Virginia

Last week I met a 32-year-old gentleman who had been injured at work. He had fallen at a construction site and broke his leg. He had not worked for his company long enough to have benefits. He is trying to apply for worker’s compensation, but his boss wasn’t trying to give it to him. He’d filed for unemployment, which he said was “a joke.” So the bills are piling up and he said he now needs surgery on the leg. Even though he was unemployed, he still gave a $5 dues payment. He also let me use the bathroom and gave me some Sunny Delight.

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