For those forced into poverty by work injury or illness and related disabilities, comfort and joy in the upcoming holiday season is not so easy to come by. Decades of cuts to injured worker benefits through practices like deeming (pretending an injured worker has a job that they cannot get, and cutting their benefits), massive denial rates (especially in psychological injuries and occupational illness), cuts to healthcare, and ignoring the diagnoses and advice of injured worker’s actual treating doctors have left many permanently injured and ill workers in financial and emotional ruin. These practices have created massive surpluses for the WSIB.
The WSIB announced that instead of restoring decades of cuts to injured workers, they are simply handing 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS to the very employers who have left us injured, ill, and poor.
Join injured workers in communities across Ontario to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Injured & ill workers and our allies will gather on December 9th in communities across the province to present the Minister of Labour with a clear list of what that money should and could have been spent on to address even the most basic needs of legitimately injured & ill workers first, before simply handing it over to corporations.
Toronto Ministry of Labour
11am – 400 University Ave.
Thunder Bay MPP Kevin Holland’s Office
Noon – 774 James St. N.
Windsor WSIB Office
4pm – 2485 Ouellette Ave.
In solidarity,
Workers’ Comp Is A Right