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Defending the rights of injured workers – making common cause

July 26, 2017

In the current issue of Canadian Dimension Aidan Macdonald, a community legal worker with Injured Workers’ Consultants CLC, explains why the struggle against poverty wages and for universal workers’ compensation coverage are inextricably linked. The injured worker movement, with a decades-long history…

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Women workers speak out on need for universal coverage

July 20, 2017

Women of Inspiration is a group of activists who come together and have built ties around their shared experiences of being survivors of workplace injuries and the Ontario Worker’s Compensation System. A fight that many of us in our group hold close…

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Bancroft schedule – save the dates!

July 18, 2017

The fall session of the Bancroft Institute for Studies on Workers’ Compensation and Work Injury will be held October 3 with a full-day session: “Pre-existing or Related? Workplace Chronic Health Conditions”. Keynote speakers Becky Casey and Peri Ballantyne discuss findings from their…

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A question of evidence

July 18, 2017

Cutting benefits in spite of the evidence – IAVGO Community Clinic’s recently released report, No Evidence: The Decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, is a strong indictment of the Board’s “bad faith decision-making”. The analysis of the Appeals Tribunal…

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Seeking justice for current chronic mental stress claimants

July 5, 2017

“Lawsuit seeks relief for injured workers struggling with mental illness.” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, July 5, 2017) While a recent amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (Bill 127) extended entitlement to compensation for workers with chronic mental…

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Top court decision challenges WSIB’s proposed chronic stress policy

June 29, 2017

On June 2, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision on compensation for psychological injuries (Saadati v. Moorhead, 2017 SCC 28). It was a civil lawsuit from B.C. involving a motor vehicle collision. The trial judge found…

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Let’s ensure no injured worker is left behind

June 25, 2017

While injured workers welcome the minimum wage increase (to $15 by 2019) introduced with Bill 148 Fair Workplaces, Better jobs Act, they remind the government that unless the WSIB’s practice of deeming is ended, this measure will hurt many permanently disabled…

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Making a difference – with your support

June 25, 2017

On June 1st the 2017 Justice Bike Riders joined Injured Workers’ Day events at Queen’s Park and the Ministry of Labour, the final stop on a 600-km ride from Ottawa to Toronto. In making their route along southeastern Ontario through seven communities, …

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The lasting effects of workplace injury

June 18, 2017

“Workplace injuries can last a lifetime.” / Doug Diaczuk (TBNewsWatch, June 15, 2017) At a special presentation organized by the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers’ Support Group, Rebecca Casey, a post-doctoral fellow at York University, will be presenting research from the…

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Working towards safety

June 18, 2017

With the start of the summer job season, the Ministry of Labour’s annual inspection and enforcement blitz got underway, aimed at ensuring workers are safe at work and know their rights. Although Ontario now has mandatory occupational health and safety (OH&S) awareness…

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