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Tip of the iceberg

May 7, 2018

In the recently published Parkland Institute study Safer by Design: How Alberta Can Improve Workplace Safety, authors Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull and Bob Barnetson offer recommendations to address the unacceptable (and underestimated) number of workplace injuries and illnesses through better preventive measures, occupational…

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Communities across Ontario held ceremonies Friday and over the weekend to commemorate the national Day of Mourning. Injured workers speaking at these events brought home the horrendous reality behind the numbers (227 Ontario fatalities in 2017 from occupational injury or…

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Under review – work-related cancer & compensation

April 15, 2018

“Work-related cancer compensation to be reviewed by province” (CBC News, April 13, 2018) This past Friday Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn announced the launch of a review of how occupational cancers are evaluated for workers’ compensation so “the system works properly for…

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“Deeming the WSIB unfit to serve Ontario’s injured workers”

April 12, 2018

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas rose in the Legislative Assembly Tuesday to call out the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) on practices that have had catastrophic impacts for two miners in her constituency – and that can have devastating consequences for…

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Don’t miss! Mayworks Labour Arts Awards Gala and ….

April 3, 2018

Join Mayworks this Saturday evening (April 7) for dinner, live entertainment and an exciting silent auction to celebrate the winners of the 2018 Mayworks Labour Arts Awards. Labour activists recognized this year for their creative use of arts in promoting workers’ rights…

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Injured workers and the Assembly

March 29, 2018

It’s been a busy week in Ontario’s Legislative Assembly as the province moves towards the June election. MPPs raised several issues facing injured workers: Questions in the House Deeming – on Monday Cindy Forster (Welland) again questioned why “the government continues to…

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Ask your candidate! Election 2018

March 27, 2018

Find out where the candidates in your community stand on workers’ compensation issues. Download the questionnaire prepared by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) and send it to your local election candidates. Give them a deadline (maybe 3 weeks from…

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Justice Bike Ride / Cycleton update

March 21, 2018

Planning for ONIWG’s 2018 Justice for Injured Workers Bike Ride/ Cycleton Justice pour les accidenté(e)s du travail in northern Ontario is well underway. Event update May 25 (Friday 1-4 p.m. Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre, 255 Highway 108, Elliot Lake) Janice…

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The Premier of Ontario was asked about ‘deeming’

March 20, 2018

(ONIWG’s recent letter to the Premier follows up on questions on deeming raised with her during recent Town Halls by providing recent research on how severely injured workers are impacted by the WSIB practice of deeming…) As many are aware, the Premier…

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“Monumental legislation” will help keep temp workers safe – but there’s a long way to go

March 13, 2018

On March 8th, the Minister of Labour announced to the Toronto Star that the province would make a small but significant change to the way employers are punished when a worker gets injured. The change – which injured workers and their advocates…

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