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Minister: “we need to remember why we have a (compensation) plan”

December 11, 2014

“Fully indexed benefits coming for injured workers in Ontario” / Patty Winsa (Toronto Star, Dec. 11, 2014) Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn tells demonstrators at the Dec. 8 rally that the province will introduce full cost-of-living increases for injured workers receiving partial…

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Minister questioned in the House on injured workers

December 10, 2014

Taras Natyshak (MPP-Essex) rose in the House yesterday to question the Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn on issues raised by injured workers in their demonstration Monday outside the Ministry buildings. Referring also to safety rebates for dangerous employers, the NDP Critic for…

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Omni Italian news coverage of the rally outside MOL

December 9, 2014

“I lavatori infortunati” – video (OMNI News, Dec. 9, 2014) (no longer available) Manifestazione dei lavoratori infortunati in Ontario davanti alla sede del Ministero del Lavoro… Report by Giorgio Mitolo for OMNI TV on the December 8 rally outside the Ministry of…

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Thunder Bay injured workers: “we are not going away”

December 9, 2014

“Injured, disabled workers stage rally calling for WSIB changes” / Matt Vis (tbsnewswatch.com, Dec. 8, 2014) Thunder Bay & District injured workers rallied Monday afternoon outside MPP Michael Gravelle’s constituency office to protest a significant increase in claims denials and drop in…

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Xmas rally – stop muzzling Meredith

December 8, 2014

Justice for injured workers! No to Marshall bonus and contract renewal! No to new benefit policies and cuts based on pre-existing conditions and age that attack injured workers’ rights and drive them further into poverty… No to stigma and baseless surveillance. Those…

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Rally addresses WSIB failures on safety and denials

December 8, 2014

“On-the-job deaths up 36 per cent over last five years” – video / David Shum (Global News Toronto, Dec. 8, 2014) Coverage includes issue of claims suppression and Minister of Labour’s response to recently released 2013 WSIB Statistical Report showing more workers…

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Statistical update on mental health disabilities

December 5, 2014

In the recently released findings from its “Canadian Survey on Disability 2012” Statistics Canada reports mental health-related disability frequently co-occurred with other types of disability: 91.6% of those with mental health-related disabilities also reported at least one other type of disability in…

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Injured workers deserve better healthcare!

December 4, 2014

Injured workers were handing out band-aids in front of the Ministry of Labour building on University Avenue yesterday. This was to underscore the WSIB’s failure to properly fund healthcare services, even as it rewards through large rebates “dangerous” employers with poor…

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Shortcoming health care for Ontario’s injured workers

December 3, 2014

“How the WSIB is failing the injured workers of Ontario” / Samantha Ponting (Rankandfile.ca, Dec. 3, 2014) Part one of a two-part series on problems in Ontario’s workers’ compensation system focuses on failure to meet the healthcare and medical rehabilitation needs of…

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Government fails to uphold country’s social obligation: response to AG report

November 26, 2014

“Vets needing PTSD benefits face dizzying paperwork, waits: auditor” / Murray Brewster (Hamilton Spectator, Nov. 26, 2014) Opposition parties, following release of the Auditor General report on Veterans Affairs’ handling of disability benefits for veterans with mental health conditions, charged the government…

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