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What the papers say … research & reporting

November 16, 2017

Announcing details of the upcoming (Dec. 4) Bancroft Institute workshop: What the papers say: Research and reporting on workers’ compensation in the precarious economy. The half-day session (1:00 – 4:30 p.m.) will feature Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star), Katherine Lippel (University of Ottawa),…

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Another petition read into the House

November 16, 2017

This past Tuesday Cheri diNovo (NDP MPP, Parkdale-High Park) stood in the Legislative Assembly to read the Workers’ Comp Is A Right petition (P-253 Injured workers) into the official record of the House. Two other petitions have been presented Ted Arnott (PC…

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Register now for free CIWA webinar on living with pain

November 14, 2017

The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance is offering a free online educational session next Monday November 20, 2017, from 12-1 p.m. The webinar “Creating A Way Forward, Approaches To Living Well And Working With Persistent Pain” is intended for helping/health professionals, workers’ advocates,…

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The Campaign keeps rolling!

November 14, 2017

It’ll take more than a little cold weather to keep #injuredworkers off the streets. Last Friday the Toronto Injured Workers Coalition delivered a big letter to #WSIB President Tom Teahen. We then brought hundreds of petition signatures to Premier Kathleen Wynne, because…

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Injured worker activist recognized

November 9, 2017

Last Friday in Toronto at an annual health and safety ceremony Sang-Hun Mun, of Injured Workers Action For Justice became the 15th recipient of the Eddie Cauchi Award for injured worker activism. [read his acceptance speech]. Recently interviewed on the Talking …

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Ontario healthcare workers subjected to increased aggression

November 6, 2017

“Violence against health-care workers ‘out of control,’ survey finds.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Nov. 5, 2017) A poll of hospital front-line workers across Ontario starkly reveals the unsafe and hostile workplace environment which the province’s nurses and personal support workers all…

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Wynne forced to respect injured worker voices

November 6, 2017

(contributed by Christine Nugent, ONIWG) On Saturday November 5, a determined group of injured workers of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG), organized to present, the Workers’ Comp is a Right Campaign, to the Ontario Liberal Party, outside their…

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The delusion of deeming

November 2, 2017

“The phantom jobs of injured workers: The WSIB’s horrific practice of deeming.” / Zaid Noorsumar (Rank and File, 2 Nov. 2017) “Deeming” is hard to explain – and harder still for injured workers, such as Mark Winegarden, to experience. Having damaged his…

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104th anniversary of Meredith report: what would the Judge think today?

October 30, 2017

On October 31 in 1913 Justice Sir William Meredith’s three-year Royal Commission delivered the report that would form the basis of Ontario’s workers’ compensation system – and those across Canada. Following extensive public consultation around the province and travels to see how…

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Pace of GE Peterborough claims review questioned

October 23, 2017

“GE Peterborough workers’ cancer cases get second look” / Kristin Rushowy (Toronto Star, 23 Oct.) Late last week former GE Peterborough employee Roger Fowler received word his claim for workers’ compensation for colorectal cancer is being reviewed. After fighting for 26 years…

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