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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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Part-time work exposing workers to a greater risk of injury

October 5, 2014

“The 15-hour work week: Canada’s part-time problem” / Tavia Grant (The Globe and Mail, Oct. 4, 2014) Article discusses the growing number of involuntary part-time, temporary and contract jobs in Canada’s labour market and the social consequences of this unsteady or precarious…

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Still in need of OH&S protection

October 1, 2014

“High school co-op student dies at work placement” / Marco Chown Oved (Toronto Star, Oct. 1) 17-year-old Niagara student becomes the 3rd co-op student killed in the last 10 months, a tragic reminder that interns and co-op students are not covered by…

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No consultation on revised benefit policies

September 26, 2014

Last week the WCB/WSIB posted its revised policies, to take effect November 1st, 2014 without consultation on the changes made to the last draft. While the Board states it is responding to what they heard from all stakeholders, injured workers…

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We called for fairness? How well did they listen?

September 25, 2014

Two recent events provide a disappointing answer: Last week the WSIB Board of Directors approved revised benefits policies without consulting on the changes to the last draft Premier Wynne’s letter of mandate today to the Minister of Labour asks him to consider…

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Upcoming Fall 2014 Bancroft discussion: healthy interactions?

September 23, 2014

In the third of the Bancroft Institute’s Policy and Research Discussion series, to be held Friday October 31, keynote speakers Beth Kilgour and Agnieszka Kosny will discuss findings from their qualitative literature review of interaction between injured workers and their insurers in…

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Fall 2014 Eastern Ontario H&S/WCB Labour School

September 17, 2014

Kingston & District Labour Council have opened registration for the Fall 2014 Eastern Ontario H&S/WCB Labour School. Classes will be held Nov. 19-23 at the Isaiah Tubbs Resort & Conference Centre RR 1, West Lake Road, Picton Ontario K0K 2T0. Download course…

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New federal appeals process for CPP disability benefits harming the most vulnerable

September 12, 2014

“Ottawa’s unjust approach to disability insurance” / Jackie Chen (Toronto Star, Sep. 12, 2014) “Creation of a new, inadequate Social Security Tribunal was a cut to federal disability insurance by stealth, at the expense of the most vulnerable”… Canada Pension Plan (CPP)…

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