Actions & Campaigns

Following rally, Thunder Bay editorial calls for assessment of WSIB

December 16, 2014

“WSIB savings come at a cost”: Editorial (Chronicle Journal, Dec. 10, 2014) (no longer available on newspaper website) Article reports on Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers’ Support Group rally outside MPP Michael Gravelle’s office to draw attention to impact of WSIB…

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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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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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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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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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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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