Injured workers

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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Commemorating workers on Day of Mourning – April 28

April 27, 2020

Although we cannot gather in the same way this year due to COVID-19 safety measures, tomorrow we will commemorate injured workers killed, injured or made ill on the job. A report released today, 2020 Report on Work Fatality and Injury Rates in …

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Tell Doug Ford and the WSIB: Injured Workers Need COVID-19 Relief NOW!

April 8, 2020

In these frightening and unprecedented times, the Province of Ontario and and the WSIB need to double down on protecting workers who get sick or injured on the job. The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) has written to the Premier…

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Injured workers don’t fake pain or poverty

March 23, 2020

In a recent article in social justice newspaper Tough Times, injured worker activist Catherine Fenech addresses the myth that continues to stigmatize: the misplaced idea that injured workers are somehow faking injuries to take advantage of “generous” workers’ compensation benefits. She…

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Find out how the Injured Worker Speaker School can help you

February 25, 2020

Do you want to learn more about the founding principles of workers’ compensation -and the injured workers’ movement? Do you want to learn to speak out and get involved with changing the system? You can do it with the Injured Workers Speakers …

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Happy Family Day

February 17, 2020

A shout-out to all injured-worker support units for their strength and resilience. First introduced to Canada in 1990, Family Day falls on the third Monday of February. Family Day was designed to reflect the values of support, home and belonging, as well…

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The year in review

December 31, 2019

A look back at some of the events and issues impacting injured workers this past year: January Minister of Labour launches review of occupational cancer to be led by Dr Paul Demers, with report due by the end of November. Experts call…

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Focus on workers, rights and disability

December 1, 2019

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an occasion observed annually on December 3 since 1992, launches a weeklong series of events putting the focus on disability rights, inclusion and accessibility. In joining the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons…

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Injured worker activist honoured

November 7, 2019

Last Friday Catherine Fenech, a long-time leader in the fight for fair workers’ compensation and better workplace safety, received the award for injured worker activism at Toronto’s Health & Safety Activist Awards event. Her powerful acceptance speech on the toll of workplace…

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In the news … worker protections

October 12, 2019

Recent media coverage highlights a disturbing lack of progress on longstanding problems raised repeatedly by legal clinics, health and safety advocates and community groups regarding adequate worker protections and safety, compensation and rights. Temporary agency workers – outrage continues over the death …

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