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Rewarding dangerous employers: Toronto Star asks what’s changed?

November 24, 2014

“Workplace Safety Board still rewards dangerous employers: Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board still pays millions of dollars in rebates to companies at fault in workers’ deaths or injuries, a new report by the Ontario Federation of Labour says” Moira Welsh,…

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Double amputee denied by Board

November 23, 2014

“WSIB says no to U.S. program that inspired double amputee to walk” / Patty Winsa (Toronto Star, Nov. 23, 2014) Giuseppe Chessari, who lost both legs in a 2009 industrial accident at a Mississauga recycling company, needs to replace outdated artificial limbs…

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Impact of harassment and chronic mental stress appeal decision unclear

November 20, 2014

The April 2014 WSIAT 2157/09 decision which allowed a claims appeal by a nurse who had faced 12 years of ongoing workplace harassment, still divides lawyers on its implications. In this case the Tribunal concluded that claims for work-related mental stress which…

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Major changes to Bill 18 in Committee

November 19, 2014

Bill 18, Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, introduced a number of measures to protect the more vulnerable employees. These included minimum wage increases, extending occupational safety coverage to unpaid interns and trainees, addressing wage recovery for unpaid workers and…

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23rd Annual Christmas demo

November 10, 2014

Mark your calendars for injured workers seasonal demo December 8 outside the Ministry of Labour, 400 University Ave (just south of St Patrick subway). Given the recent policy changes, injured workers remind the government there is little reason for cheer when cost…

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Over 43 years costs go up, but not his WSIB benefit

October 31, 2014

“Older recipients face WSIB clawbacks equal to old age security increases” / Patty Winsa (Toronto Star, Oct. 31, 2014) Injured worker Antonio Mauro, 82, and his representative Orlando Buonastella (IWC) (seen in video) discuss the situation he faces with benefits capped at…

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Migrant worker speaking tour

October 30, 2014

You’ve heard a lot about Temporary Foreign Workers, now come hear from them! Join 3 migrant workers – a Live-In Caregiver, a Farmworker, and a Restaurant worker – to learn about their struggles, their rights, the laws that impact them, and the…

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Conversations with injured workers

October 29, 2014

Long-time injured worker activist Steve Mantis is adding host of a weekly Thunder Bay cable TV show to his long list of accomplishments in social engagement. Community Conversations, a half-hour program explores “important issues through interviews with interesting local people”. Workers’ compensation…

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Manitoulin injured workers group president interviewed on CBC

October 18, 2014

“Morning North: Changes to workers’ compensation (WSIB)” / (CBC Sudbury, Oct. 17, 2014) Following a demonstration the day before, Colin Pick, president of the Manitoulin and North Shore Injured Workers’ Group and retired police officer, speaks out in this interview on concerns…

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Snapshot of the reality of poverty

October 17, 2014

On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the non-profit group Citizens for Justice released today its report “The burden of poverty”. The latest annual Poverty Trends Scorecard measures the unequal impact of poverty on some groups, such as new…

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