2012 ONIWG community outreach meetings [more]
"2010 Injured workers and poverty survey" now available [here]
Who are we? [ONIWG brochure]
We are a group of workers (and family members) who have been injured or made sick on the job.
We have first hand experience of the WCB/WSIB system and know it needs improvement!
ONIWG is growing. We now have 21 member groups and more are joining.
ONIWG groups in your community:
- Offer peer support - meet other workers who face the same difficulties and challenges that you do
- Supply information regarding the compensation system
- Provide an opportunity to join the fight
What we are fighting for!
Reform of the Workers' Compensation Act and Policy and return to the founding principles.
Dignity, Respect and Justice must be the foundation for a renewed Workers' Compensation System.
We want a new Workers' Compensation Act, with stated purposes to truly assist and compensate workers
injured, made sick and disabled at work.
Current Campaigns:
- Bring in full cost of living protection for all injured workers' benefits.
- Provide pensions for workers with permanent disabilities and eliminate the deeming system - injured workers need real jobs and job security or full compensation
Learn more about the Network:
- ONIWG submissions, news releases, reports [click here]
- Mar. 15, 2012: ONIWG press conference on WSIB President's bonus [media advisory] [letter to the Premier]
- Feb. 2, 2012: Summary results from 2010/2011 Injured Workers & Poverty Survey [pdf]
- Jan. 27, 2012: ONIWG letter to Premier McGuinty on experience rating [pdf]
- Nov. 14-16, 2011: ONIWG AGM & Conference 2011: Agenda ; ONIWG media release
- Sept. 28, 2011: ONIWG calls on the WCB to break its links to KPMG [letter]
- Sept. 23, 2011: Ontario election - ONIWG asks all 3 party leaders to state their positions [letter] - Responses received by October 5 : [NDP] ¦ [Liberal Party]
- Interview with Peter Page about the Funding Review (TML Daily, Apr. 28, 2011)
- OFL/ONIWG Health & Safety and WCB Conference, Toronto (Nov. 25-27, 2010)
- ONIWG AGM, Toronto (Nov. 24, 2010)
- ONIWG Poverty Surveys
- Updates from the ONIWG Conference Oct 17-19, 2008