Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Injured workers’ “bake sale” against cuts to compensation

December 8, 2010

At the 19th annual Christmas demonstration outside the Ministry of Labour, injured workers – among Ontario’s most vulnerable groups facing increased poverty and insecurity from benefit reductions due to inflation – wonder if they should hold a bake sale to fill the…

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Who cares about injured workers today?

November 10, 2010

While employers are still protected from lawsuits, injured workers are increasingly without compensation or employment. Open letter outlines their key needs, at a time when the Board seems to be focusing on benefit reductions to attend to its finances.…

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Funding Review mandate and process

October 19, 2010

Letter to the Minister of Labour makes recommendations on inclusion of injured worker and academic community on the Panel and expansion of its scope.…

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New WSIB Funding Review – are Ontario’s injured workers on the chopping block again?

October 4, 2010

Does the new Funding Review mean injured workers will once again face benefit cuts as a result of a false financial crisis?…

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June 1st rally : the elephant in Queen’s Park

May 30, 2010

Since the release of last year’s survey of injured workers revealing they experience nearly 4 times the poverty rate in Ontario, it appears more cuts to benefits are coming following an invented financial crisis – with all roads leading back to the…

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re consideration of the 2009 Report of the Auditor General on the WSIB Unfunded Liability

April 20, 2010

Submission notes the study cited by the A-G in referencing concerns about rising benefit costs is in fact a WSIB report, not one prepared by the independent Institute for Work & Health. Contrary to the report’s claims, data shows a dramatic decrease…

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Workers’ income pre- and post-injury

June 1, 2009

Chart showing impact of injury on annual personal income (from ONIWG 2009 Injured workers and poverty survey)…

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Impacts of workplace injury: key findings

June 1, 2009

Stark statistics from the 2009 Injured workers and Poverty survey.…

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Injured Workers and Poverty Survey 2009 : Impacts of workplace injury

June 1, 2009

Is this what Justice Meredith envisioned? A study of the economic and social impacts of workplace injury and illness.…

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Queen’s Park – 26th annual Injured Workers’ Day

June 1, 2009

ONIWG again calls on the government to end injured worker poverty by bringing in full COLA and eliminating deeming; to extend the Act’s coverage to all workers; end Experience Rating; restore Appeals Tribunal independence.…

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