Actions & Campaigns

Mark June 1st & 2nd on your calendar. Ontario’s Injured Workers Day rally will once again be held in front of the Legislative Assembly. Held on June 1st to commemorate the day in 1983 when injured workers gathered in such large numbers…

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“New Directions Speakers’ School graduates powerful voices for social justice”  ⁄  James Murray (NetNewsledger.com, Dec. 16, 2015) Graduates from the Speaker school, initially set up in 2008 by the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers’ Group to promote more effective social advocacy,…

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“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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“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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“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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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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