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Notice
“Making a false or fraudulent workers’
compensation claim is a felony subject to up to 5 years in prison or a fine up
to $50,000 or double the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both
imprisonment and fine.”
Unions: AFL-CIO, SEIU International, AFSCME, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, CSEA, IATSE, IBEW, Teamsters, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UAW, United Auto Workers, CWA, Communications Workers of America, Sheet Workers International Association, UFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers, UTU, United Transportation Union International
Major unions involved with workers’ compensation are Communication Workers’ of America, C.W.A., CWA (Locals 9000, 9400, 9505, 9510, 9586 ) ; United Transportation Union, U.T.U., UTU, Teamsters, Service Employees International Union, S.E.I.U., SEIU (Locals 399, 347, 660); American Federation of State County Municipal Employees (?????) A.F.S.C.M.E., AFSCME, ; CSEA ; United Auto Workers, U.A.W., UAW; Amalgamated Transportation Union; (A.T.U., ATU)
Major employees Pacific Bell, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A.C.M.T.A., LACMTA, Foothill Transit, Laidlaw GTE, Lucent, Hughes, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Kaiser, S.C.P.M.G. , Police, Boeing, Fire and Safety, County of Ventura. Types of injuries are Achilles Tendon, Amputations, Arthritis, Asthma, Back: Sprains, Disk Bulges and Herniations, Blood Pressure, Burns, Cancer, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cardiovascular accident (CVA), Cervical Spine: Sprains, Disk Bulges and Herniations, Chemical Burns, Colitis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, De Quervain’s, Dermatitis, Depression, Diabetes, Epicondylitis, Fibromyalgia, Gastrointestinal Reflux, Hearing Loss, Heart Disease, Hemorrhoids, Hernia, Hepatitis, HIV, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Jaw- TMJ, Kidneys, Knees, Liver, Lupus, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Myasthenia Gravis, Neck, Overuse Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Head Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric, Quadriplegia, Rotator Cuff, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Shoulder, Stroke Synovitis, Temporal Mandibular Joint (TMJ), Tendontis, Tennis Elbow, Tinnitis, Trigger Finger, Tuberculosis, Ulcer, Ulcerative Colitis, Vertigo, and Wrists.