Selected news of workplace injury, illness and compensation.
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Progress in WSIB strike negotiations | Canadian Occupational Safety (June 13, 2025)
‘They gave more than they ever received’: Monument unveiled in honour of Peterborough workers lost to occupational disease | The Peterborough Examiner (June 2, 2025)
Niagara man who worked tirelessly for 2 decades toward Injured Workers Day dies just months before its 1st official observance this Sunday | St. Catherines Standard (June 2, 2025)
First official injured workers’ day marked with rally at Queen’s Park (video) | CityNews Toronto (June 1, 2025)
Injured Workers’ Day rally taking place in Windsor on Sunday | CTV News Windsor (June 1, 2025)
After 41 years, June 1 is the first official Injured Workers Day | Sudbury.com (May 31, 2025)
First Injured Workers’ Day fosters recognition | Chronicle Journal (May 31, 2025)
Bylaws meant to curb hate and violence actually target dissent | Hamilton Spectator (May 31, 2025)
‘Moral crisis’: former tribunal official urges end to experience rating in workers’ compensation sys | Canadian Occupational Safety (May 29, 2025)
WSIB workers hit picket line, locked out of systems | Canadian Occupational Safety (May 22, 2025)
Union slams Ford’s 4$ billion WSIB rebate as a betrayal of injured workers | EliotLakeToday.com (May 16, 2025)
Strike looms at WSIB after contract expired | Canadian Occupational Safety (May 8, 2025)
WSIB management refuses union offer for independent mediation to prevent a strike | CUPE news (May 6, 2025)
April 28: Remembering the true cost of work | Charlie Angus / The Resistance (Apr. 28, 2025)
National report shows rise in workplace fatalities in 2023 | Canadian Occupational Safety (Apr. 26, 2025)
Injured workers rally against $2-billion WSIB refund | TBnewsWatch (Apr. 17, 2025)
Why a more accurate picture of work-related suffering matters | WHSC News (Apr. 15, 2025)
‘It weighs on me’: worker health champion (Janice Hobbs Martell) reflects on a decade of advocacy | Elliot Lake Today (Apr. 12, 2025)
Ontario announces another $2B WSIB rebate | Canadian Occupational Safety (Apr. 8, 2025)
Concerns about claim suppression in Ontario | Canadian Occupational Safety (Apr. 3, 2025)
WSIB ad campaign reveals their betrayal of Ontario workers according to CUPE members who support injured workers | Businesswire.com (Mar. 31, 2025)
Ontario regulator seeks higher fine for Amazon over workplace safety violation | Canadian Occupational Safety (Mar. 19, 2025)
Ontario regulator seeks larger fine for Amazon for workplace safety violation | Globe and Mail (Mar. 17, 2025)
Ontario Superior Court quashes decision granting cancer benefits to fire dispatchers | Law Times (Mar. 10, 2025)
Court stays class action against workers’ compensation regimes over lack of legal representation | Law360 Canada (Mar. 7, 2025)
Advocates push for Meredith Act | Chronicle Journal (Feb. 11, 2025)
Injured workers’ advocates push to replace Workplace Safety and Insurance Act | CBC News (Feb. 10, 2025)
Creation of research network a ‘game-changer’ | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 28, 2025)
WSIB gives $65M to St. Joe’s hospital for research hub on work injuries, illness | London Free Press (Jan. 24, 2025)
Ottawa should compensate Afghan interpreters, military ombud says | CTV News (Jan 22, 2025)
Criminal negligence trial begins in British Columbia | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 20, 2025)
Ontario concludes investigation into Amazon worker’s death | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 17, 2025)
Chronic pain is a hidden revolution: it’s time for a revolution | New York Times Magazine (Jan. 12, 2025)
Cancer in firefighters: more work remains to be done to improve their fate | CityNews Montreal (Jan. 8, 2025)