A study conducted several years ago by the Institute for Work & Health found unionized companies in Ontario's institutional, commercial and industrial (ICI) construction sector had a lower rate of lost-time injury claims than their non-unionized counterparts, after accounting for other factors like company size. In this presentation, Dr. Lynda Robson shares an update of that study.
Using Workplace Safety & Insurance Board data, matched to records of unionization, and multivariable regression modeling, the update examines the relationship between unionization and injury claim incidence during 2012-2018. In the presentation, Robson discusses whether the latest results support what's called a "union safety effect", and how findings vary by company size and types of construction work.
