Claim of Winns v. Local 1199 Health & Human Services Employees Union

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 19, 2001, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related disability and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant’s assertion that her employment as a union organizer entailed writing eight to nine hours per day, as well as heavy lifting for up to three hours per day, was refuted by the testimony of the employer’s executive vice-president that claimant would fill in 15 to 20 lines on a grievance form twice per month and that claimant did not use a computer or an adding machine in her…