Injured workers

ONIWG court challenge to WSIB Cost of Living Adjustment

July 25, 2023

When the rate of inflation rose sharply in the late 1960’s and 70’s permanently injured workers on fixed pensions saw the value of their pension drop sharply due to the increased cost of living. In 1985 injured workers won a long fought…

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Delivering the message

June 4, 2023

Injured workers and their allies came out in force in Toronto, London, Thunder Bay, Windsor this past Thursday for the 40th anniversary of Injured Workers Day. Among the many speeches and interviews a clear message was delivered to the government and…

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40 years ago, over 3,000 injured workers gathered…

May 26, 2023

Click to read full article … on the lawn at Queen’s Park outside the Legislative Assembly. Why? In 1980 the Conservative government launched a government inquiry, led by Harvard professor Paul Weiler, into Ontario’s workers’ compensation system. Although injured worker groups had…

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Talking Radical Radio – Thunder Bay injured workers fighting for compensation and care

February 22, 2023

Talking Radical Radio host Scott Neigh recently interviewed activist leaders from the Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group: one of the founders, Steve Mantis; president Eugene Lefrançois; and vice-president Janet Paterson (Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups…

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Add your story on Dryden Mill RB4

January 5, 2023

Between 2002 and 2004, Dryden Weyerhaeuser Paper mill built Recovery Boiler #4 as part of reducing air emissions from their mill. Weyerhaeuser had already completed pretty much the same project at their mill in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where they installed manifolds on…

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ONIWG turns to the courts for fair cost-of-living adjustment for injured workers

December 14, 2022

Inflation was not an issue when the workers’ compensation system was introduced back in 1915. But by the 70’s and 80’s injured workers saw their benefits being swallowed up by rising prices and increased cost-of-living. Annual indexing is supposed to protect injured…

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Calling on injured workers to take part in Human Rights Commission survey on poverty

November 18, 2022

The Ontario Human Rights Commission is doing a survey of people who are experiencing poverty, or have experienced poverty in the past, and also family members, friends or service providers who know someone who has experienced poverty. This is part of a…

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Tony Mauro: the passing of a long time fighter for injured workers

October 12, 2022

(By Orlando Buonastella, IWC community legal worker and long-time fellow advocate) Many injured workers in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond have come to know Tony Mauro. He passed away and he will be remembered with pride. (Visitation for family and friends…

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Remembering Jim Nugent

July 7, 2022

Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the injured worker community is deeply saddened by the passing of valued community member and friend, Jim Nugent. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his partner Christine Nugent and their family. A lifelong social justice,…

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ONIWG continues to speak out on key issues facing injured workers

June 15, 2022

In two recent communications, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) continues to raise its voice on issues of long-standing concern to the injured worker community. Claims suppression, non-reporting and abandoned claims A letter to the President and CEO of the…

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