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Injured workers: what deeming means to us

April 7, 2017

Fact sheet on how injured workers and $15 & Fairness Campaign are inextricably linkedDespite government promises to eliminate deeming, injured workers remain victims of the WSIB practice under a new name (“determining”).  Phantom job, phantom wages : “Deeming” refers to the practice used by the workers’ compensation Board to decide the compensation that it…

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Filed Under: Actions & Campaigns, Benefits, Employment

Injured Workers—A Voice for Justice for All

April 3, 2017

Group shot of ONIWG,injured workers and IAVGO legal team outside the Supreme Court(The following account of last week’s hearing at the Supreme Court of the Quebec workers’ compensation appeal case and its personal significance is written by injured worker Sang Hun Mun with B. Lim) It was Thursday, March 30th, 2017. More than 15…

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Filed Under: Actions & Campaigns, Appeals, Employment

A Toxic Workplace—Not a “Careful” Workplace

April 1, 2017

By Terri Aversa, Health and Safety Officer, Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Sometimes the best way to define a toxic workplace is to define what’s not. A “careful” workplace is not a toxic workplace. A “careful” workplace is what psychologist and…

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Filed Under: Employment, Mental Health

Injured workers heading to the Supreme Court

March 28, 2017

This Thursday (Mar. 30) injured workers will be in the gallery for the Supreme Court hearing on the appeal case Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (formerly CSST) v. Alain Caron  [read summary …

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Filed Under: Appeals, Employment

“Caught in bureaucratic limbo” .. struggling to get by

March 23, 2017

“Why a family of six in Oakville is living on $36K a year: the WSIB refused to compensation Steve Rescan, 40, after back issues forced him to stop working” / Lisa Xing (CBC News Toronto, Mar. 22, 2017) A construction…

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Filed Under: Benefits, Claims, Poverty

Media making a difference

March 23, 2017

Congratulations! For their investigative reporting on A Workers’ Compensation System in Crisis, Toronto Star labour reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh and her team (Melissa Renwick, Paul Watson, Cameron Tulk, Kelsey Wilson, Frances Kelly) have been awarded a well-deserved 2017 Canadian Hillman Prize honourable…

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Filed Under: Communication

Keeping healthcare workers safe

March 14, 2017

“Health-care workers face ‘epidemic of violence'” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Mar. 13, 2017) & Editorial The hazards faced by Ontario’s nurses and personal support workers, including musculoskeletal disorders from client handling and disease exposures, make health-care sector injuries the second highest…

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Filed Under: Employment, Health Care, Safety

Celebrating International Women’s Day

March 7, 2017

International Women's Day 2017 logoMarch 8th is International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the struggles and achievements of women across the globe. This day roots from a strong militant, worker oriented and feminist tradition. It is therefore a day for us to recollect and…

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Filed Under: Actions & Campaigns, Injured workers

Living with invisible illness

March 7, 2017

Next Sunday at 1 p.m. the national CBC radio show “Out in the Open”, hosted by Piya Chattopadhyay, will discuss what it’s really like to live with invisible illness, and what people get wrong. The show invites comments and suggestions –…

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Filed Under: Diseases & Injuries

Interview with researcher

March 7, 2017

Dr A Kosny on COmmunity Conversations showDr Agnieszka (Iggy) Kosny, well-known to the injured worker community,  was a recent guest on Steve Mantis’ popular “Community Conversations” Thunder Bay cable show. A staff scientist with the Institute for Work and Health and participant in the Research Action Alliance on…

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Filed Under: Education, Research

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