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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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Meanwhile in the House…

June 5, 2017

As injured workers were gathering outside the Assembly for Injured Workers’ Day, John Yakabuski (MPP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) raised a question in the Legislature on the WSIB’s hearing aid program: “This past January, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board made significant changes to…

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As seen (and heard) on Injured Workers’ Day

June 5, 2017

At this year’s Injured Workers’ Day rally and march in Toronto energized communities of injured workers and their families, health and safety activists, labour, advocates and academics came together with demands for meaningful action on longstanding problems to ensure fair workers’ compensation…

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Tributes paid

June 5, 2017

The injured worker and labour communities have been mourning the passing recently of long-time activists to whom much is owed: Last Monday in the Legislative Assembly France Gélinas (MPP Nickel Belt) rose to pay tribute to Jean Gagnon who “dedicated over 60…

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June 1 – Injured workers demand a system that protects everyone

May 31, 2017

Join us on the streets! On Injured Workers Day, the province’s injured workers, labour, health and safety activists, advocates and families are taking this message to government. Meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday June 1st outside the Legislative Assembly building at Queen’s…

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Justice for Injured Workers Bike Ride 2017 reachToronto

May 30, 2017

May 31 update – After delivering injured workers’ message in Oshawa to the mayor, riders Peter Page, Richard Hudon, Allen Jones and Nicole Simpson, with support driver Karl Crevar, hit the road again on the last stage of their 660 km Ottawa…

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“A crusader for workplace safety and the rights of injured workers”

May 26, 2017

“He was honest, humane, compassionate, genuinely concerned. And he was tough…His presence was huge.” (Ken Lewenza, former president of the CAW and Local 444) Tributes from colleagues, union leaders and local politicians were immediate and heartfelt for Windsor labour activist and educator…

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Bill 127 amendments to WSIA … a mixed bag

May 26, 2017

The government managed to sneak some changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act into this year’s Budget Measures bill, Bill 127 . The changes were buried in the very last schedule (Schedule 33) of the Act, which passed into law on…

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