West Virginia, Ohio Teamsters Seek Accountability for Deadly Opioid Crisis
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
CLEVELAND, April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --A lawsuit filed late yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio on behalf of Teamsters' Health and Welfare Funds in West Virginia and Ohio demands accountability for the opioid crisis and the toll it has taken on Teamsters and their health and welfare funds.
Key Points:
- CLEVELAND, April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --A lawsuit filed late yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio on behalf of Teamsters' Health and Welfare Funds in West Virginia and Ohio demands accountability for the opioid crisis and the toll it has taken on Teamsters and their health and welfare funds.
- "The opioid crisis is devastating American families across the country particularly in communities where Teamsters work and live," said Ken Hall, General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters whose Local Union's health and welfare fund in the hard-hit state of West Virginia is among the plaintiffs.
- West Virginia has suffered the highest opioid overdose death rate in the country.
- 52 Health and Welfare Fund; and Ohio Conference of Teamsters & Industry Health and Welfare Fund.