Benefits

Minister questioned in the House on injured workers

December 10, 2014

Taras Natyshak (MPP-Essex) rose in the House yesterday to question the Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn on issues raised by injured workers in their demonstration Monday outside the Ministry buildings. Referring also to safety rebates for dangerous employers, the NDP Critic for…

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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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Shortcoming health care for Ontario’s injured workers

December 3, 2014

“How the WSIB is failing the injured workers of Ontario” / Samantha Ponting (Rankandfile.ca, Dec. 3, 2014) Part one of a two-part series on problems in Ontario’s workers’ compensation system focuses on failure to meet the healthcare and medical rehabilitation needs of…

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Government fails to uphold country’s social obligation: response to AG report

November 26, 2014

“Vets needing PTSD benefits face dizzying paperwork, waits: auditor” / Murray Brewster (Hamilton Spectator, Nov. 26, 2014) Opposition parties, following release of the Auditor General report on Veterans Affairs’ handling of disability benefits for veterans with mental health conditions, charged the government…

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AG: too much red tape for veterans in accessing disability benefits

November 25, 2014

Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s Fall 2014 report, released today, confirmed what veterans needing mental health support have long known – they face bureaucratic barriers, unnecessary complexity, dizzying amounts of paperwork. The delays in waiting for medical records and approval of their…

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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Chessari, who lost both legs in a 2009 industrial accident at a Mississauga recycling company, needs to replace outdated artificial limbs…

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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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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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