What's new... additions to our site

October 21-23, 2011: CAW Ontario Workers' Compensation Conference [details]

October 14, 2011: ONIWG AGM & conference Nov.14-16, RAACWI symposium Nov 17-18 [details]

September 30, 2011: WSIB and KPMG? Sever the links [letter]

September 30, 2011: See what "deeming" really means - why it's just wrong! [Operation Maple video]

September 29, 2011: Injured workers' rally outside WSIB in London [see video]

September 29, 2011:RAACWI Community forum : Election time; work-re-integration [details]

September 23, 2011: Injured workers' demo at Queen's Park 12-4 pm [details]

September 19, 2011: IWC commentary on the WSIB Framework for Policy Development & Renewal [read here]

September 19, 2011 Check your candidates' positions on injured workers' issues [Updated list of GTA meetings]

September 7, 2011: Injured worker protests "legal fraud" over OAS deductions - support Tony Mauro [more]

September 7, 2011:On the record: an open letter to Tim Hudak and Randy Hillier from Karl Crevar

September 7, 2011:Sarnia's Injured Workers' Speakers School to begin new class Sept. 28. For more information, click here

September 5, 2011: Photos from the Labour Day parade! [flyer]

September 5, 2011: On the march - be part of the Labour Day parade! [flyer]

August 31, 2011: Ontario Election 2011 - Where do the parties stand on workers' compensation issues? [letter to the leaders by Michael S. Green]

August 17, 2011: In protest - injured workers occupy Ontario MPPs' riding offices [read more]

August 17: 2011: [YouTube] Sit-in at London MPP's office

August 12, 2011: IWC Response to the Social Assistance Review [read here]

August 4, 2011: Vale widows,USW, MPPs speak out on challenges to survivors' pensions [more]

July 27, 2011: A 20-year struggle for justice - WCB agrees to hear hunger striker [more]

July 13, 2011: WSIB releases Final Work Reintegration ⁄ NEER Policies & consultation report

July 11, 2011: (Toronto Star) "Workplace deaths climb in Ontario" [more]

July 2, 2011: Report on the June 15 Injured Worker Public Meeting

June 26, 2011: Ontario's poverty reduction strategy - making a difference? (Toronto Star)

June 18, 2011: Wally Brooker singing the Joe Hill classic - with new verse for injured workers [listen here]

June 16, 2011: Follow-up submissions to the Funding Review [Injured Workers' Consultants ¦ Women of Inspiration]

June 15, 2011: ONIWG media release - Cuts on the backs of injured workers [read here]

June 15, 2011: Injured Worker Public Meeting [flyer]

June 13, 2011: RAACWI COmmunity Forum - The role of leadership in the Injured Worker Movement [Flyer]

June 1, 2011: Injured Workers Day rally in Niagara [details]

June 1, 2011: Injured Workers Day rally & BBQ in Thunder Bay [Flyer]

June 1, 2011: Injured Workers Day! Queen's Park rally [more]

May 31, 2011: Vigil - "injured workers are sleepless" - at Queen's Park from 3 p.m. on [flyer ¦ ONIWG media advisory]

May 9, 2011: RAACWI Community Forum (Injured Immigrant Worker Study) [presentation]

May 9, 2011: Auditors and other lovers : a skit about WCB funding [video]

April 28, 2011: Day of Mourning / Workers' Memorial Day honours deceased and injured workers : [events] ¦ [media]

April 12-15, 2011: More community meetings on the WSIB Funding Review [details here]

April 11, 2011: Bill 160 before the Standing Committee on Social Policy

March 31, 2011: Joint LOARC/RAACWI teach-in [details]

March 30, 2011: Hamilton injured workers' public meeting on Funding Review [details soon]

March 29, 2011: Injured Workers' Speaker School graduates - compelling personal accounts of dealing with injury and the Board

March 23, 2011: Injured worker public meeting - as we head into an election, help set the agenda [details]

March 3, 2011: Thunder Bay injured workers' public meeting on Funding Review [details]

March 3, 2011: Thunder Bay injured workers' public meeting on Funding Review [details]

March 3, 2011: Bill 160 proposes amendments recommended by Dean Expert Safety Panel

March 2, 2011: Customer Experience Office - WCB asks how you're being treated?

February 28, 2011: RSI Awareness Day activities - Toronto & Sudbury[more]

February 24, 2011: New Canadian documentary Breathtaking - the personal toll of asbestos cancer

February 18, 2011: Agent Orange probe (Toronto Star) - WSIB creates special hotline for forestry workers

February 15, 2011: CCLA opposes coercive relocation of injured workers [under new Work Reintegration policies] - read letter

February 11, 2011: Women of Inspiration 2011 meeting schedule updated

February 10, 2011: Bright Lights send a strong message about the Work Reintegration policy

February 10, 2011: Bright Lights meeting for injured workers

February 8, 2011: A call to participate in the Funding Review [letter to the editor, Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal]

February 7. 2011: RAACWI Community Forum on Economics of WCB, Funding Review [details]

January 30, 2011: Memorial mass for a doctor who worked so hard to help injured workers, Dr Jan Kryspin [details]

January 29, 2011: Hamilton Day of Action [details]

January 19, 2011: Funding Review "Green Paper" released; how to get your voice heard? [more]

January 14, 2011: Broken promise? ONIWG letter to Premier McGuinty on cost of living adjustment

January 14, 2011: Exhibition by injured worker Eugene LeFrancois opens at Blue Angel Gallery, 243 James St, Hamilton

January 11, 2011: RAACWI Community Forum - Work re-integration policies and practice [more]

January 5, 2011: Ontario Human Rights Commission surveys discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere of persons with mental health disabilities (Toronto Star - Carol Goar)

December 20, 2010: Federal-provincial talks on retirement income security begin - CPP and the injured worker [read more]

December 17, 2010: New Minister of Labour announced - Charles Sousa [bio]

December 17, 2010: In letter to Chinese IW Group (Dec. 8), Board confirms reimbursement of public transit expenses to GTA injured workers attending Appeals Hearings

December 16, 2010: Report of Tony Dean's Expert Advisory Panel on OH&S released [more]

December 11, 2010: Thunder Bay injured workers take their protest to MPP's office [The Chronicle Journal]

December 10, 2010: Annual Christmas demo - rally for injured workers! [Flyer]

December 5, 2010: Keynote speaker Terence G. Ison's presentation (on workers' compensation reform) to the joint OFL/ONIWG conference, Toronto (Nov. 26)

December 2, 2010: Public hearings in Stdg Cttee on Finance & Economic Affairs on Bill 135 - a closer look needed at schedule 21: WCB/WSIB funding changes...[more]

November 29, 2010: Just released! Updated fact sheets on cost-of-living, deeming, coverage, experience rating

November 26, 2010: Bright Lights Injured Workers' Group letter to WCB/WSIB President [pdf]

November 25-27, 2010: Health & Safety and WCB Conference, Toronto [details]

November 24, 2010: ONIWG annual general meeting, Toronto [more]

November 13, 2010: Chinese Injured Workers' Group meeting [details]

November 10, 2010: ONIWG open letter : Who cares about injured workers today? [pdf]

November 2, 2010: Workers'compensation platform - a letter to the provincial leaders from Michael S. Green

November, 2010: Workers' compensation finances [Backgrounder on unfunded liability]

October 29, 2010: Age-based discrimination in Ontario's workers' compensation laws [paper]

October 21, 2010: Meeting dates for Women of Inspiration group

October 18, 2010: RAACWI Community forum - the Economics of WCB/WSIB in the 2010s [details]

October 14, 2010: Bright Lights letter to the Premier on the funding review [read here]

October 14, 2010: Three face criminal charges for Ontario workplace deaths (Toronto Star)

October 4, 2010: New WSIB funding review - are Ontario's injured workers on the chopping block again? [ONIWG media release]

September 30, 2010: WCB/WSIB's year-long funding review announced [www.wsibfundingreview.ca]

September 28, 2010: New session of Injured Workers Speakers School announced

September 27, 2010: Ontario Legal CLinics Workers' Compensation Network recommends benchmarks for the WCB/WSIB's new Work Reintegration Program [read here]

September 22, 2010: WCB/WSIB finances raised in Question Period in the Legislative Assembly [debate]

September 21, 2010: ONIWG Injured workers' poverty survey - printable version now available

September 15, 2010: The province addresses monitoring of narcotics use in legislation tabled today (Bill 101) - so why should injured workers be subject to special and arbitrary rules? [more]

September 13, 2010: J4MW speaks out on recent deaths of two agricultural migrant workers [more]

September 10, 2010: ONIWG injured workers & poverty survey released

September 6, 2010: Send a message - join the Labour Day Parade [details]

August 30, 2010: ARCH Disability Law Centre's Strategic planning survey - please add your feedback by Sep. 17th [Survey]

August 20, 2010: New developments on the Christmas Eve scaffolding tragedy [more]

August 18, 2010: Anonymous tip line - Ministry of Labour provides a province-wide toll-free number to report possible unsafe work [WHSC news]

August 10, 2010: Ground-breaking ceremony for Brampton-Mississauga & District Labour Council's Injured Workers' Monument [more]

July 15, 2010: Listen up! Hamilton & District Injured Workers Group's radio show now live every Tuesday morning at 9.30 [more]

June 29, 2010: IWC Workshop at Bridlewood Branch Library on workers' compensation (with interpretation in Tamil) [Flyers - Tamil | English]

June 27, 2010: ONIWG announces dates for joint conference with OFL on health & safety and workers' comp conference [Nov. 18-20] and AGM [Nov. 17]. More details to come.

June 25, 2010: Thunder Bay injured workers present at opening of new OHCOW clinic [tbnewswatch.com]

June 18, 2010: RAACWI Commmunity Forum discusses the adequacy of benefits and labour-market earnings post accident [details]

June 2, 2010: Standing Committee on Public Accounts considers AG's report on unfunded liability - and the submissions from IWC and ONIWG

June 1st, 2010 - Injured Workers' Day - download flyer | vigil | media kit | petition | [more details]

May 31, 2010: St Catharines Injured Workers' Day rally [details]

May 28-29, 2010: CARWH Conference on Worker Health in a Changing World of Work, Toronto

May 25, 2010: LOARC McMaster teach-in for activists on health and safety challenges [more]

May 20, 2010: RAACWI Community Forum on Labour Market Re-entry [details]

May 19, 2010: Injured Workers' Public Meeting for Greater Toronto Region - an evening of information and action [flyer]

April 28, 2010: Day of Mourning [events around Ontario]

April 20, 2010: June 1st injured workers petition [details]

April 1, 2010: We're not laughing - The WSIB/WCB press conference injured workers want to hear

March 18, 2010: Injured workers in pain - responses to the Board's Narcotics Strategy

March 18, 2010:Workplace Safety Review Panel named [News release ‌ Members]

March 17, 2010: Remembering the Hogg's Hollow Disaster [50th anniversary]

March 16, 2010: Bright Lights meeting [details]

March 8, 2010: Fatal workplace accident brings criminal charges against corporation [more]

March 6, 2010: Tribute to Dr. Jan Kryspin

March 4, 2010: Fortunato Rao's radio interview with Minister Fonseca at 8 p.m. [details]

February 28, 2010: International RSI Awareness Day - info and local events

February 26, 2010: Workers continue to suffer repetitive strain injuries in alarming numbers. RSI Symposium, Toronto, considers "Making the case for RSI regulation"

February 24, 2010: Standing Committee on Public Accounts hears from the WCB on the AG's report on unfunded liability

February 14, 2010: New blog online from Michael Green and Gary Newhouse- another good resource for injured workers

February 8, 2010: A dramatic response to the Auditor General's report on unfunded liability [skit]

February 8, 2010: RAACWI Community Forum on the AG's report - what it means for injured workers

February 8, 2010: Temporary worker? Institute for Work & Health seeks your opinions for their new study

January 27, 2010: Government announces Expert Advisory Panel to review Ontario's occupational health & safety prevention and enforcement system [details on the Review]

January 14, 2010: RAACWI community forum - Knowledge mobilization - building public awareness through the media [details]

January 7, 2010: Toronto vigil for construction workers [details]

December 28, 2009: Federal disability report, 2009 points to a growing wage gap between those with disabilities and those without [about]

December 24, 2009: Investigations into deaths of Toronto construction workers [more]

December 7, 2009: Questions in the Legislature on the Auditor General's report and WSIB unfunded liability.

December 4, 2009: Relevant still...latest Injured Workers' History Project bulletin - Meredith's Principles - tells of the decisionmaking in the search for a fair workers' compensation system that prevents injured workers from falling into poverty.

December 4, 2009: WCB update: Minister of Labour nominates David Marshall as new WCB President [news release]; Estelle Caines joins Board of Directors

December 4, 2009: Injured workers' 18th annual Toronto Christmas demo [details]

December 4, 2009: Open Public Forum on the Consequences of Work Injury, Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group [details]

December 2, 2009: 25in5 Network releases progress report on Ontario's poverty reduction strategy

December 1, 2009: Bright Lights Meeting for injured workers, IWC at 10:00 a.m.

November 30, 2009: RAACWI Community Forum on "deeming" for injured workers [details]

November 19, 2009: Bill 218 - that would introduce private insurers into the workers' compensation system - defeated [read the debate]

November 19, 2009: Carcinogens in the workplace - OCRC Research Day looks at shiftwork and nanotechnology

November 19, 2009:WSIB consultation on Joint Health & Safety Committee certification [details]

November 16, 2009: Underreporting of workplace injury and illness - why? U.S. report to Congress looks at the problem [more]

November 13-15, 2009: Workers' Compensation Symposium - protecting vulnerable workers [more]

November 8, 2009: The number of mesothelioma deaths from exposure to asbestos continues to rise (OHS Canada)

October 29, 2009: Honouring injured worker activist - Sylvia Clarke, awarded the 2009 Eddie Cauchi Award

October 28, 2009: Experience rating to be raised in Question Period at Queen's Park - your support needed

October 23, 2009: Edmonton injured worker's act of desperation renews call for non-violent joint action to gain meaningful reforms - media explore the issues behind the story

October 20, 2009: Spread the truth about injured worker poverty - see Steve's letter to the editor

October 19, 2009: MPP Randy Hillier's "political fix for WSIB". His solution - private insurance??! [blog]

October 15, 2009: Focus on Eradicating Poverty (Metronews.ca series in daily commuter paper) - add your comments on poverty faced by injured workers

October 9, 2009: Bright Lights meeting at IWC [details]

October 2, 2009: RAACWI Community Forum: WSIB finances - what does it mean for injured workers?

September 25, 2009: Ever think about putting in a claim for workers' compensation? Research study needs your participation

September 25, 2009: Ombudsman and Toronto Star report on problems with college career training

September 22, 2009: Stan Gray recounts an injured worker's battle for life and dignity in the latest issue of Canadian Dimension

September 21, 2009: Annual national Workers' Compensation Union Coalition meeting discusses need to protect injured workers' rights - Principles of a Fair and Comprehensive workers' Compensation System

September 13, 2009: Thunder Bay injured workers' Speakers School now in session - sign up for the next (February 2010)

September 3, 2009: An armageddon approach? WSIB accuses CFIB of distorting the facts on Board finances to scare the business community [more]

September 1, 2009: join the Toronto Labour Day parade [details]

August 23, 2009: IWC response to article that the WCB is broke [read more]

July 29, 2009: WorkCongress9 postponed

July 9, 2009: When your work causes harm...new study seeks injured workers' participation. [details]

June 26, 2009: Defending the injured worker's right to an oral hearing at the Appeals Branch (IWC letter to WCB Chair re KPMG Value for Money Audit)

June 16, 2009: Injured workers' poverty report skit (script of theatre performed at RAACWI forum and Injured workers' Day)

June 8, 2009: "Injured workers 4 times more likely to be poor: report"
(CanadianHRReporter.com)

June 4, 2009: John Bonnar's blog on the Queen's Park rally

June 1, 2009: Injured Workers' Day (why we rally, photos, media kit)

June 1, 2009: First report from ONIWG Poverty Survey released: "Impacts of Workplace Injury" Report ⁄ Key findings

May 14, 2009: RAACWI Community Forum: Recent 'economic arguments' against injured workers & how to respond

May. 11, 2009: Bright Lights meeting at IWC

Apr. 28, 2009: National Day of Mourning for workers killed on the job or suffering work-related disease or injury [events]

Apr. 24, 2009: Toronto Star reports human rights advocates note surge in firing of pregnant women and injured workers

Apr. 23, 2009: RAACWI Community Forum : research on stigma by Bonnie Kirsh [presentation]; overcoming depression

Apr. 20-21, 2009: Injured workers' groups & advocates make presentations to the Standing Committee on Social Policy re Bill 152, Poverty Reduction Act

Apr. 3, 2009: New to the website - CLEOnet's feeds of news and resources for injured workers

Apr. 2, 2009: Misuse of safety incentive programs - more lessons from NY (A World of Hurt series)

Mar. 31, 2009: "For injured workers, a costly legal swamp" - New York's cautionary tale (NY Times)

Mar 24, 2009: Toronto Star reporters receive national newspaper award nominations for their investigative series on workplace safety and the role of the WSIB

Mar. 13, 2009: RAACWI Community forum - guest speaker, Peter Smith, presents some of his findings from the research on work injuries and compensation among recent immigrant workers in Canada [more details]

Mar. 9, 2009: ONIWG 2009 Poverty Survey of Injured Workers - help us understand how your life has been affected by a work-related injury or illness [click here for more details]

Mar. 4, 2009: "Audit slams Ontario workplace safety rebates" / David Bruser (TheStar.com). Article notes Morneau Sobeco review for the WSIB confirms findings of the Toronto Star's investigative series, Working Wounded.

Feb. 27, 2009: Board releases Morneau Sobeco report and discussion paper on experience rating

Feb. 27, 2009: 10th Annual Repetitive Strain Injury Day activities [Toronto | Sudbury]

Feb. 22, 2009: The Silicosis Files - CBC investigative report on lung disease victims battling bureaucracy

Feb. 18, 2009: ARCH Disability Law Centre study on legal needs - call for participants [details]

Feb. 12, 2009: WSIB Chair's launches consultation on a "sustainable future" in times of "unprecedented economic challenge"

Feb. 5, 2009: Institute for Work & Health seeks immigrant injured workers willing to discuss their experiences with support, workers' compensation & health care. [Read more]

Jan. 29, 2009: Community Forum on Social Activism and the Injured Worker

Jan. 25, 2009: With regret, ONIWG notes the passing of Joan Thorn, tireless supporter of injured workers, president of the Barrie Injured Workers' Group and regional ONIWG vice-president.

Jan. 24, 2009: LMR - "a jobs program that fails"[Toronto Star investigation] looks at the costs and effectiveness of the Board's retraining program for injured workers

Jan.16, 2009: Letter to the Minister addresses how the system is failing injured workers

Dec. 31 2008: Minister of Labour announces 2.5% increase in injured workers' benefits

Facing poverty: how does Ontario's new strategy meet the needs of injured workers?

Dec. 14, 2008: For injured workers: a handy guide from Lubna Daraz (McMaster University. School of Rehabilitation Science) to finding reliable online info: " Health information from the Web : assessing its quality"

Dec. 4, 2008: Latest IWHP bulletin "Miracle at 200 Front Street" offers a glimpse at what a fair compensation system could be...

Dec. 4, 2008: 17th Annual Christmas demo! [Flyer] [Message to the Minister]

Nov. 27, 2008: Bright Lights' presentation to WCB Chair Steve Mahoney details injured workers' concerns in these tough economic times

Nov. 17-18, 2008: Public hearings at Queen's Park on Bill 119 [Coverage for the construction industry] [IWC submission]

Nov. 8, 2008: Honouring the memory of injured worker activist, Joan Crevar

Nov. 7, 2008: Recognition of their work on behalf of injured workers: Dan Ublansky and Theodore Koinis

Sep. 23, 2008: In the headlines again - Experience rating update,