Campaigns & rallies

ONIWG / IWC media advisory: Injured workers call for end to discriminatory age-based cut-offs at WSIB

November 21, 2025

TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On November 25th, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic and the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups will be releasing a report entitled Rights Don’t Retire: Working Together to End Age Discrimination at the WSIB and…

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ONIWG media release: After 40 years, Ontario finally recognizes Injured Workers Day

June 1, 2025

On June 1st 2025 injured and ill workers will come together for the first ever provincially proclaimed Injured Workers’ Day, thanks to the passage of Bill 118 – The Injured Workers’ Day Act.…

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InjuredWorkerCast #3: Toronto Protest Zone bylaw

April 16, 2025

The City of Toronto is considering a bylaw that would restrict protest around what they are calling “vulnerable areas”. In episode 3 of InjuredWorkerCast IWC staff lawyer Tebasum Durani discusses the broader implications of this proposal on the community – and on…

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What injured workers need: a community response

December 9, 2024

“A community response to WSIB’s $2.5 billion gift to employers” . There is no surplus until there is full compensation: the recent round of reckless payouts to employers must be cancelled until every injured worker’s basic needs are met. The demands in…

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ONIWG letter re New Years’ resolutions

January 23, 2024

“New Years Resolutions” for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and Minister of Labour collected from injured workers and their allies make clear that changes are urgently needed to have Ontario’s workers compensation system serve their needs better and more justly.…

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Media release: ONIWG seeks fair cost-of-living adjustment for injured workers

December 13, 2022

Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) is challenging the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) unreasonable calculation of the annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2022……

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Injured workers demand immediate change in province wide day of action

June 1, 2021

On the 38th annual Injured Workers Day frustrated injured workers have come together and drafted a message to the Government of Ontario, which will also be posted on MPP office doors across the province on June 1st …..…

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Justice Bike Ride – Press release

May 22, 2015

Injured workers take on a 600 km bike ride to draw attention to the dismantling of the workers’ compensation system! The ride will take them from Ottawa to Toronto – finish line will be Queen’s Park on June 1st for the Injured…

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Workers to air the WSIB’s dirty laundry outside Ministry of Labour

December 8, 2014

Annual demo will highlight all that’s toxic at the Board – and why injured workers shouldn’t pay the price for WSIB austerity measures…

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How far does an injured worker have to go to get a fair hearing?

November 14, 2013

72-year-old injured worker Jimmy Velgakis begins a second hunger strike outside the WSIB offices to get a fair decision based on the merits and justice of his case (for a back injury). Despite promises made at the time of his 2011 hunger…

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