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Home / Injured Workers’ Community / Injured worker groups / Chinese Injured Workers’ Group

Chinese Injured Workers’ Group

Who we are

Our group was formed in February 1999 with the assistance of Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC). Members are mainly workers who speak Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other Chinese dialects). We:

  • Support Ontario’s Chinese injured workers
  • Share information on workers’ compensation concerns
  • Fight for injured workers’ rights in the workplace
  • Participate in law reform activities to protect and improve injured workers’ rights

How to contact us

We meet at the IWC office at 815 Danforth Ave, Suite 411, Toronto, Ontario M4J 1L2 (between Pape and Donlands subways)

New members are always welcome – if you are interested in joining us or getting more information about our group, please contact Rebecca Lok at phone: (416) 461-2411 or email rebecca.lok@iwc.clcj.ca .

Activities and action

We are part of the injured worker community that raises public awareness on worker’s compensation issues and lobbies the government through rallies such as Injured Workers’ Day, May pickets, and Labour Day parade. Our members are active in the current Workers’ Comp Is A Right campaign, and participate in joint campaigns and meetings with other injured workers’ groups

Chinese Injured Worker Group members meet Richmond Hill MPP Dr Reza Moridi, April 2018, to dicuss workers' compensation issues
Presenting the Workers' Comp Is A Right Campaign to the CIN-Labour Committee, Feb. 2018
Bringing the message to the Liberal Party convention, Feb. 2018
Chinese Injured Workers Group members at the Eddie Cauchi activist awards dinner 2017
Health & Safety Activist awards dinner, 2017
Injured Workers Day 2011
Injured Workers Day June 1st 2011
Chinese Injured Workers Speakers School graduates
Chinese Injured Workers Speakers School graduates

We meet with Ministry of Labour and WSIB officials to discuss in persons problems we and other injured workers face, and have worked with the Board to provide input on Chinese translated material. In advocating for change, we make written submissions, such as the 2017 letter on deeming and the minimum wage (Bill 148) and the 2012 written submission on changes to the appeals system, and deliver oral presentations, such as those to the 2011 WSIB Funding Review.

In September 2019 as a group [read letter] we urged the Attorney General to restore funding to legal aid clinics – and increase it so front line services have the resources to assist injured workers who have language barriers.

Recent meetings have included sessions on dealing with mental stress and using social media. In September of 2015, three of our group graduated from the first Chinese Injured Workers Speakers School. Our members are are particularly active in the Justice Choir

Updated August 10, 2022

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