Injured workers
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the injured worker community is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of valued IWC Board member and friend, John Rae. A social justice, disability and human rights advocate, his expertise and boundless energy contributed substantively…
The WSIB’s practice of deeming considered “racist”
Injured migrant workers and their allies wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Ontario’s Premier, Ontario’s Labour Minister and the WSIB President and CEO on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, demanding an end to the Workplace Safety and…
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Remembering Katherine Lippel
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic was saddened to learn of the death of Dr Katherine Lippel, Distinguished Research Chair in Occupational Health & Safety Law at the University of Ottawa, widely respected for her commitment to employment law that advanced workers’…
Support groups like Peel Injured Workers Group offer a lifeline
As injured worker activist Catherine Fenech notes in the Brampton Guardian this week, work injury and illness can severely affect mental health in addition to the physical impacts. For workers with permanent injuries in particular, depression, social isolation and loneliness are all…
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Life & work after work injury – register now for the June 8 Bancroft Institute session
The first 2021 Bancroft Institute session will take place (online) Tuesday June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.
The injured worker community has long sought further study of the experiences of permanently injured workers after they are no longer active with the…
Coming up! Injured Workers’ Day & the Vigil
We hope you’ll join us next week for the annual Vigil (Monday at 4 p.m.) organized by the Women of Inspiration and Injured Workers’ Day (Tuesday at 11 a.m.) organized by the Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign (WCIAR). June…
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Ontario injured workers bring concerns again to the UN
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is holding a general discussion on the Convention’s Article 27, which addresses the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment. The aim of the discussion is to…
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WSIB President Stepping Down. What’s Next?
Recently, Tom Teahen, president of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) announced his resignation, with little fanfare. So far, the only public mention of this has been via his Twitter account. While his departure has yet to make waves, his time…
Petition: Injured Workers should have a say in who runs the WSIB
Today, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) celebrates the three year anniversary of its Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign. The campaign, which has demanded that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) end deeming/phantom jobs, listen to injured…
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A Labour Day message from injured workers
Friends,
Please click below to see a message from injured workers on Labour Day, celebrating the things we can accomplish when workers unite, and setting out a plan for the future.
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