Actions & Campaigns

Election top of mind on Injured Workers’ Day

June 5, 2018

At vigils and rallies around the province (Toronto, Peterborough, Windsor, Thunder Bay) to mark Injured Workers’ Day, the question of where the parties stand on workers’ compensation issues ranked high, or in the words of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups,…

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Sudbury Injured Workers Group first meeting a success!

June 3, 2018

ONIWG’s Christine Nugent and Dianne Baddeley report on a new injured workers’ group in northern Ontario. The group will provide education on rights in the workers’ compensation system and peer support for injured workers who all too often face isolation and loneliness…

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Justice Bike Riders get a warm welcome in northern Ontario

May 29, 2018

Report, contributed by Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Group’s Christine Nugent and Dianne Baddeley, on a highly successful 4th annual Justice Bike Ride and organizing event in northern Ontario. A great start to a busy (pre-election!) week leading up to rallies and…

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Coming this week – Injured Workers’ Day!

May 27, 2018

A number of injured worker rallies will be held this Friday in Toronto and in cities around the province on the 36th anniversary of Injured Workers Day . Held on June 1st every year, the event celebrates the gains made through united…

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Your Ontario Election Toolkit

May 16, 2018

The 2018 Ontario Provincial Election is taking place on June 7th, less than a month away. ONIWG and the Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign are pleased to release their 2018 Ontario Election Toolkit. The kit is adapted from the Income…

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“Deeming the WSIB unfit to serve Ontario’s injured workers”

April 12, 2018

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas rose in the Legislative Assembly Tuesday to call out the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) on practices that have had catastrophic impacts for two miners in her constituency – and that can have devastating consequences for…

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Don’t miss! Mayworks Labour Arts Awards Gala and ….

April 3, 2018

Join Mayworks this Saturday evening (April 7) for dinner, live entertainment and an exciting silent auction to celebrate the winners of the 2018 Mayworks Labour Arts Awards. Labour activists recognized this year for their creative use of arts in promoting workers’ rights…

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Ask your candidate! Election 2018

March 27, 2018

Find out where the candidates in your community stand on workers’ compensation issues. Download the questionnaire prepared by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) and send it to your local election candidates. Give them a deadline (maybe 3 weeks from…

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Justice Bike Ride / Cycleton update

March 21, 2018

Planning for ONIWG’s 2018 Justice for Injured Workers Bike Ride/ Cycleton Justice pour les accidenté(e)s du travail in northern Ontario is well underway. Event update May 25 (Friday 1-4 p.m. Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre, 255 Highway 108, Elliot Lake) Janice…

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The Premier of Ontario was asked about ‘deeming’

March 20, 2018

(ONIWG’s recent letter to the Premier follows up on questions on deeming raised with her during recent Town Halls by providing recent research on how severely injured workers are impacted by the WSIB practice of deeming…) As many are aware, the Premier…

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