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John Ball was an employee at General Electric in Peterborough, and an activist who fought for workers' rights, improved occupational health and safety, and fair compensation for sick and injured workers. Ball was in the Navy in the 1950s and worked at General Electric from 1963-1997. He began documenting toxic chemicals and hazardous working conditions at the plant and became of a member of GE's Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) in 1997. As an advocate for improved working conditions, Ball struggled against both GE and the union. Later, he organized to seek compensation for GE workers who were sick and dying, working with Peterborough's Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW), the first of which was held in 2004. From the OHCOW recommendations came the creation of the Occupational and Environmental Health Coalition - Peterborough (OEHCP), with whom Ball worked until his death on May 14, 2018.
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- John Ball Legacy Project: https://johnballlegacyproject.com/
- "One of Earliest, Most Prominent GE Peterborough Activists has Died." Peterborough Examiner, May 23, 2018.
- A View through the Eyes of John Ball: Why Improved Occupational Health and Safety Policy Failed to Make a Difference in Small-Town Ontario, by Patarapa Padungpat, TCRC, 2010.