Injured workers

Update from the ONIWG AGM & Conference

June 26, 2019

Fair workers’ compensation for victims of occupational disease (and lessons learned in fighting for it) was just one of the topics addressed at last week’s annual general meeting and conference of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups. The OFL/ONIWG joint…

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Legal Aid Ontario cuts specifically target injured worker services

June 12, 2019

Today, Legal Aid Ontario announced how they will implement Doug Ford’s funding cuts. While the cuts will be devastating to a range of services and sectors, of particular interest to injured workers is the fact that the province’s three worker-focused clinics…

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Eugene’s Story: WSIB Helping? Or Not?

June 5, 2019

The WSIB stands for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. This is the Ontario-based Board set up to support and compensate workers who get injured and/or made ill by their jobs. Eugene is a long-time injured worker activist and well-known visual artist…

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Injured Workers Day – a rally against poverty & privatization

June 5, 2019

Fortunately the sun shone Saturday as injured workers, their families, advocates, labour unions and supporters gathered at Queen’s Park for the 36th annual Injured Workers’ Day, following the Friday night vigil. The event was one of several held around the…

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Call for research participants for work mobility study

May 28, 2019

Researchers at Memorial University would like to hear from injured workers with a physical disability on their experiences with work-related travel – either to work or during the work day. You do not have to be currently employed to participate. Share your…

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ONIWG launches whistleblower report on deeming

May 22, 2019

What happens to people who are injured at work? Most of the time, workers heal and they return to their regular jobs and lives. But what about those workers who don’t fully recover? Some of those people are looked after by workers’…

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Day of Mourning – remembering lives lost

April 24, 2019

Communities across Ontario will hold Day of Mourning ceremonies this Sunday (Monday in some locations) to recognize workers killed, made ill or injured on the job. The event, initiated in 1984 by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) workers and adopted…

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Outreach sessions for injured workers

March 28, 2019

Knowing your rights and how to self-advocate, sharing experiences with fellow injured workers, getting expert legal advice … Two outreach events have been organized for April by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) in the Guelph and St Catharines regions…

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Internal audit reveals extraordinarily high rate of denial of chronic mental stress claims

December 6, 2018

“Workers’ compensation board denies over 90 per cent of chronic mental stress claims, audit shows” / Sara Mojtehedzadeh (Toronto Star, Dec. 4, 2018). Since the Bill 127 amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act came into force, Ontario’s workers’ compensation board…

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WCIAR Campaign gets support from Unifor members

December 4, 2018

The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) had an energizing few days at the Unifor Ontario Region Convention from November 29-December 2, having great conversations with so many members about supporting injured workers. We collected hundreds of signatures on our Workers’ …

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