“It doesn’t mean that injured workers’ pain and injuries disappear right after turning 65..”
In this third video in the Rights Don’t Retire series, Julie, an advocate and active member of the Chinese Injured Worker Group, tells of her experience. While working at a café, she slipped and fell on ice, resulting in three fractures in her left arm and an injury to her hip.
Unable to return to the job she had before her workplace injury, Julie undertook the re-training provided by the WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board). Despite working very hard to complete her training courses, she was not able to find a job.
After a long struggle, with the support of community legal clinic, she got the Board to finally recognize the full extent of her injuries and their significant permanent impacts. But when she turned 65 years old, she got a letter from the board cutting off her lost wages compensation – becoming one more injured worker frustrated by the Board’s discriminatory age-based benefits cutoff. 
Watch Julie’s whole story here [Youtube, 2:48 mins] and videos of Marvin’s and Brian’s stories here.
The Minister of Labour has promised to change how the workers’ compensation system treats older workers. Now it’s time for action. Let the Minister of Labour and your MPP know how you feel about this issue using our easy tool by visiting https://win.newmode.net/rightsdontretire.
To learn more about the Rights Don’t Retire campaign and our vision for a more just approach to age-based cut offs, visit injuredworkersonline.org/RightsDontRetire