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Remembering Jim Nugent
ONIWG continues to speak out on key issues facing injured workers
In two recent communications, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) continues to raise its voice on issues of long-standing concern to the injured worker community.
Claims suppression, non-reporting and abandoned claims
A letter to the President and CEO of the…
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Remembering John Rae
John Rae. A social justice, disability and human rights advocate, his expertise and boundless energy contributed substantively…
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the injured worker community is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of valued IWC Board member and friend, Free COVID-19 home tests and KN95 masks for the injured worker community
The WSIB’s practice of deeming considered “racist”
Injured migrant workers and their allies wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Ontario’s Premier, Ontario’s Labour Minister and the WSIB President and CEO on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, demanding an end to the Workplace Safety and…
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What does a “fair hearing” mean to you?
As we move out of pandemic precautions and back into a face to face world, the tribunals that make major decisions in our lives – workers compensation, human rights, social assistance, evictions, and others – are wondering what format to use for…
Victory of injured workers
In January 2022, the Ontario government announced that Parkinson’s Disease will formally be recognized as an illness caused by McIntyre Powder (an aluminum powder), which was involuntarily inhaled by thousands of mine workers in multiple locations across Northern Ontario and across the…
Profits over people
Two explosive reports recently released in New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy paint a damning picture of mining companies in Northern Ontario who exploited thousands of mine workers by way of exposure to McIntyre Powder (MP) in the…
Summary of response to the Consultation on Naloxone in the Workplace
In its submission to the Naloxone in the Workplace Consultation, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC) welcomes and supports efforts to increase workplace safety, including access to naloxone to reduce the risk of deaths caused by opioid overdoses. The Clinic also…
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