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ONIWG: WSIB providing a financial bonanza to employers while injured workers continue to get short-changed

June 14, 2022 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

On June 6 the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board announced another financial handout to employers while underpaying thousands of injured workers by misapplying the law on cost-of-living adjustments and failing to increase wage-loss benefits to 90%.

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ONIWG: WSIB short-changes injured workers with 2022 cost-of-living adjustment

April 12, 2022 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) calls on Premier Ford to to meet with ONIWG and to instruct the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to properly apply the law and WSIB policy in determining the annual cost-of-living adjustment…

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Injured workers demand immediate change in province wide day of action

June 1, 2021 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

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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UN highlights the unique challenges faced by disabled injured workers during COVID-19

May 19, 2020 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

UN High Commissioner on Human Rights recently sounded the alarm that Canadians living with disabilities – including permanently injured workers – face disproportionate challenges during the pandemic… In the six weeks that have followed the WSIB’s bailout for employers, no measures have been adopted to assist injured workers themselves – including those who have become […]

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Ontario injured workers bring concerns to the United Nations

September 4, 2019 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

On September 4th and 5th the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will be reviewing Canada, including allegations that Canadian workers’ compensation systems are committing a human rights violation. ONIWG says the practice of “deeming” violates Canada’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Legal Aid cuts will reduce services to injured workers

June 14, 2019 by IWC Community Legal Clinic

The cut of 22%  to IWC’s budget (retroactive to April 1st) means that the clinic will have to reduce staff and services that impact particularly disadvantaged groups, people with work-related disabilities, most of them permanent.  Most of our clients struggle with mental health issues and poverty, and many additional barriers including language, race, gender and […]

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Injured workers rally against poverty and privatization

May 31, 2019 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

Injured workers and supporters draw public attention to the WSIB practice of deeming with the cutting of benefits based on phantom jobs, and fears that the terms of the government’s announced review of WSIB may open the door to privatization.

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Injured workers launch province-wide campaign to stand up to WSIB cutbacks

September 12, 2017 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

ONIWG’s Workers’ Comp Is A Right (WCIAR) campaign calls for legislative changes with 3 clear demands on injustices that send injured workers into poverty…

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Injured workers march to demand right to workers’ compensation

June 1, 2017 by Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups

The WSIB remains singularly focused on cutting its own costs – by cutting benefits to the very people it was designed to protect. In response, injured workers and their labour and community supporters will take to the streets on Injured Workers’ Day 2017…

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Injured workers demonstrate in 7 cities, deliver open letter to WSIB and Parliamentarians to demand better healthcare from WSIB

June 10, 2016 by IAVGO Community Legal Clinic Injured Workers Action for Justice

On June 10, 2016, injured workers and their supporters are holding a province-wide Day of Action to deliver an open letter endorsed by over 140 organizations and individuals, as well as thousands of postcards signed by supporters, calling for changes at WSIB in regard to health treatment and benefits.

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