CBC: Workers and widows in Peterborough, Ont., fight a ‘conspiracy of silence’ to tell their story

“Five years ago, a family friend told me workers were “dropping like flies” from cancer after working at General Electric in Peterborough, Ont., and that their widows were fighting a compensation system that seemed stacked against them.

My first question was, “How have I never heard about this issue?” I live only two hours away in Toronto. The answer was that General Electric appeared to have a monopoly over the town’s industry — and a strong influence over its citizens.”

Blog post: Workers and widows in Peterborough, Ont., fight a ‘conspiracy of silence’ to tell their story
Author: Natasha Luckhardt