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“It’s just like chunks of your life being taken away from you…” Wayne’s story

April 4, 2026

This 4th video of the series Rights Don’t Retire highlights the impacts of injury on a worker, his struggle to recover when given no time to heal, and the devastating toll he saw it take on his family. Wayne is a sprinkler-fitter…

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“My injuries and pain persist..” – Julie’s story

March 26, 2026

“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…

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“All of a sudden at 65 they no longer care..” Brian’s story

March 12, 2026

In the second of The Rights Don’t Retire videos, Brian tells of his experience running up against the WSIB’s age-related rules. A mason for over 40 years, he was 63 years old when he got injured on the job in a fall…

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“It’s a struggle each day” – Marvin’s story

March 6, 2026

The Rights Don’t Retire series of videos shares the real stories of injured workers impacted by Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s age limits on benefits. Their voices deserve to be heard, and the law needs to change. In 2010 Marv was…

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Research study on family impacts of work injury/illness seeks participants

January 26, 2026

The Thunder Bay Injured Workers is partnering with Lakehead University to document the experiences of family members of injured workers following work-related injury or illness. The study is looking for family members of injured workers who are (or have been) off work…

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Meredith Act, 2025 (Bill 86) introduced in the Legislature

December 10, 2025

Injured workers gained the attention of the public Monday with the 34th annual December rally held in in Toronto and Thunder Bay, followed in the afternoon with the tabling of Bill 86 in the Legislative Assembly by MPP Lise Vaugeois (NDP- Thunder…

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Looking deeper at the WSIB “surplus”

October 26, 2025

In less than 10 years, the Ontario’s Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) went from an alleged “unfunded liability crisis” threatening the very existence of the workers’ compensation system, to a surplus in which employer premiums have been slashed and corporations…

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Labour Pains podcast on WSIB’s age discrimination

October 9, 2025

IWC is pleased to share the newest episode of their Labour Pains injured worker podcast. In this episode, titled “WSIB’s Age Discrimination”, Tebasum Durani interviews legal experts (and co-workers) John McKinnon and Chris Grawey about one of the ways WSIB policies and…

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New research project on claims suppression

April 6, 2025

Claims suppression (employer actions to discourage or hinder appropriate reporting of workplace incidents or illnesses) has long been identified as a key concern by the injured worker community. In a perverse outcome, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s experience rating,…

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Release of the Meredith Act, 2025

February 12, 2025

This past Monday advocates from Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group (TBDIWSG) released The Meredith Act, 2025, proposed legislation to replace the current Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. Developed by the TBDIWSG over the past year together with the…

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