Topic: Opening Address

Full Bio: Andrew King is the National Health, Safety, and Environment Co-ordinator and Department Leader for the United Steelworkers, a trade union representing over 280,000 active workers across Canada and over 725,000 across North America. Beginning his career in 1979 as a community legal worker in a legal aid clinic representing injured workers, Andy joined the Steelworkers in 1989 after eight years in the private practice of law specializing in workers’ compensation, occupational health and safety, and criminal defence litigation. He was the OFL WCB training co-ordinator in 1992-93 and the executive director of a workers’ occupational health clinic in Toronto in 1999-2000. On behalf of the union, Andy has participated in inquests and public inquiries, research and regulatory reform, and developed educational programs.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Work and Health from 1992 to 2003 and governor of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety from 1992 to 1995. He became a member of the Ontario WSIB Research Advisory Committee in 2002.

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