Coverage

Tell the Premier that the time for universal coverage is NOW!

May 6, 2020

Dear Friends and Allies, re: Universal Workers’ Compensation Coverage and the COVID Pandemic The Women of Inspiration (WOI) is an injured worker activist group. We strongly believe that all Ontario workers should be covered under the umbrella of the workers’ compensation (WSIB)…

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On the Day of Mourning, workers who risk their lives MUST be covered

April 28, 2020

Each year on April 28th, we gather to remember workers who have been killed, made ill or suffered a workplace injury and to once again commit to continuing the fight to protect all workers with safe and healthy workplaces. COVID-19 has forced…

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What would expanding coverage mean?

September 12, 2019

One in four workers in Ontario, approximately 1.7 million workers, are not covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, giving the province one of the lowest coverage rates in the country. Most provinces automatically cover all workers under workers’ compensation, except…

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Who’s left out? Calling for coverage for all

June 12, 2019

At a time when labour reforms for a changing workplace with increasingly precarious employment have been rolled back and recent funding cuts leave Ontario workers, especially temporary workers, with less protection from injury, there are renewed calls for universal workers’…

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OFL calls for universal workers’ compensation coverage

February 7, 2019

As part of their submissions to the Ontario Government’s pre-budget consultation, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) calls on the province to extend workers’ comp coverage to everyone in the province. Though many people assume everyone in Ontario is entitle to WSIB…

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Hazards of working in the gig economy

January 18, 2019

Debate continues on the pros and cons of the gig economy. In this ‘sharing economy’ based on freelance, temporary or contingent on-demand project or piece-work arrangements, workers contract their labour through internet-based platforms such as Uber, Hyr, Upwork. According to staffing company…

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Injured workers and the Assembly

March 29, 2018

It’s been a busy week in Ontario’s Legislative Assembly as the province moves towards the June election. MPPs raised several issues facing injured workers: Questions in the House Deeming – on Monday Cindy Forster (Welland) again questioned why “the government continues to…

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Women workers speak out on need for universal coverage

July 20, 2017

Women of Inspiration is a group of activists who come together and have built ties around their shared experiences of being survivors of workplace injuries and the Ontario Worker’s Compensation System. A fight that many of us in our group hold close…

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Meanwhile in the House…

June 5, 2017

As injured workers were gathering outside the Assembly for Injured Workers’ Day, John Yakabuski (MPP for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) raised a question in the Legislature on the WSIB’s hearing aid program: “This past January, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board made significant changes to…

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OFL: Make it fair

January 25, 2017

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) called on the government in its Jan. 18 submission to ongoing pre-budget consultations of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs to create an economy that is fair, decent and equitable for all –…

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