Continue Reading Petition: Injured Workers should have a say in who runs the WSIB
Today, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) celebrates the three year anniversary of its Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign. The campaign, which has demanded that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) end deeming/phantom jobs, listen to injured…
Today is Injured Workers Day: Help us ask Ontario to #ProtectUs
June 1st 2020 is the 37th annual Injured Workers Day. Because of COVID-19, it is the first time since 1983 that we could not be together in person celebrate our collective power. Instead we must come together online.
Today, the Ontario…
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On the Day of Mourning, workers who risk their lives MUST be covered
Each year on April 28th, we gather to remember workers who have been killed, made ill or suffered a workplace injury and to once again commit to continuing the fight to protect all workers with safe and healthy workplaces. COVID-19 has forced…
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Tell Doug Ford and the WSIB: Injured Workers Need COVID-19 Relief NOW!
In these frightening and unprecedented times, the Province of Ontario and and the WSIB need to double down on protecting workers who get sick or injured on the job. The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) has written to the Premier…
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More injured workers speak out on Legal Aid cuts
Every couple of weeks, we have been releasing new videos of injured workers talking about what their life would be like without Legal Aid clinics. These videos are a part of a worker-led campaign to speak out about the Doug Ford government’s…
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Will your MPP vote to end deeming?
Will your MPP vote to end deeming?
We have told you before about an important Private Members Bill that could stop deeming in its tracks and preserve the livelihood of thousands of injured workers in the province.
Well, now you can see…
Two more Injured Workers say “STOP THE CUTS TO LEGAL AID”
Two weeks ago, on Labour Day, we released videos of two injured workers (named Alicia and El-Kbir) telling the story of their injury, as well as of the help they got from Legal Aid clinics, and what life would have been…
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Video Launch: Injured Workers Speak Out Against Legal Aid Cuts
This Labour Day, injured workers are launching a series of videos speaking out against the cuts to Legal Aid.
Stay tuned every two weeks to see new stories from injured workers about the impacts that Legal Aid clinics have had on their…
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Legal Aid Ontario cuts specifically target injured worker services
Today, Legal Aid Ontario announced how they will implement Doug Ford’s funding cuts. While the cuts will be devastating to a range of services and sectors, of particular interest to injured workers is the fact that the province’s three worker-focused clinics…
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ONIWG launches whistleblower report on deeming
What happens to people who are injured at work? Most of the time, workers heal and they return to their regular jobs and lives. But what about those workers who don’t fully recover? Some of those people are looked after by workers’…
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