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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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Report documents GE Peterborough worker exposure

May 23, 2017

Workers at the General Electric plant in Peterborough, Ontario were exposed to more than 3,000 toxic chemicals, including at least 40 known or suspected human carcinogens. These are the findings of the retrospective exposure study released last Thursday by UNIFOR and prepared…

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Access to medical marijuana unchanged

May 14, 2017

On April 13 the Canadian government introduced its proposed Cannabis Act to legalize marijuana, intended to come into effect July 2018. Based on recommendations of the Task Force for Marijuana Legalization and Regulation, the government proposes to keep in place the current…

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“Asbestos takes no prisoners”

May 7, 2017

Bill 88, Asbestos Use Prohibition Act 2017, introduced by MPP Robert Bailey, passed second reading in the House February 23 and was sent to the Standing Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly. Scheduled hearings for Bill 88 before the Legislative Committee…

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Ontario budget proposes changes to workers’ compensation act

April 30, 2017

This past Thursday the government introduced its Ontario Budget omnibus Bill 127 – Stronger, Healthier Ontario (Budget Measures) Act 2017. Among the proposed changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act in the bill (see Schedule 33) are measures to remove…

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