Letter to the WSIB Chair protests the Consultation's virtual dismissal of worker - side concerns submitted, with considerable time and effort,
by injured worker groups, labour and advocates.
Not exact matches
Sponsored
by the Ontario Network for
Injured Workers»
Groups, this 3rd annual ride left from Ottawa, travelling through communities in southeastern Ontario to reach Toronto for the
Injured Workers» Day rally at Queen's Park.
Since this 1997 letter
by Steve Mantis was first posted in Injuredworkersonline.org, Steve has continued his leadership in the movement through his work with the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers»
Groups, as community lead in the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury, and currently as Executive Committee member of the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy.
Download the questionnaire prepared
by the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers»
Groups (ONIWG) and send it to your local election candidates.
Submission to the WSIB / WCB Funding Review details why the Working
Group finds that experience rating prompts negative claims management behaviour
by employers, produces harmful results for
injured workers.
While they were not in attendance at the rally, the Manitoulin - North Shore
Injured Workers Group (MNSIWG) was in support of the rally and issues raised
by ONIWG.
Lawyers from ARCH legal clinic made the courtroom presentation, supported
by other community legal clinics including
Injured Workers» Consultants (IWC), Industrial Accident Victims»
Group of Ontario (IAVGO) and McQuesten Community Legal Clinic.
A
group of cyclists, sponsored
by the Ontario Network of
Injured Worker Groups (ONIWG), are pedalling from Windsor to Toronto.
The project was initiated and provided research assistance
by Injured Workers» Consultants, the Sudbury Community Legal Clinic, the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers Groups, the Income Security Advocacy Centre and the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy.
The knowledge generated
by this project will be instrumental for effective lobbying of system change
by injured workers and community
groups.
The Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Government Agencies listened to objections
by legal clinics,
injured worker groups and labour unions.
As a result, the Ontario Network of
Injured Worker Groups,
Injured Worker Consultants, and Margery Wardle, an individual affected
by the legislation, have filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court.
Having been involved in the
injured worker movement for over ten years, nine years as the President of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers» Groups (ONIWG), I am appalled by the current government's attack upon injured workers in this great province of O
injured worker movement for over ten years, nine years as the President of the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers» Groups (ONIWG), I am appalled by the current government's attack upon injured workers in this great province of O
Injured Workers» Groups (ONIWG), I am appalled by the current government's attack upon injured workers in this great province of O
Workers»
Groups (ONIWG), I am appalled
by the current government's attack upon
injured workers in this great province of O
injured workers in this great province of O
workers in this great province of Ontario.
I read another article
by the
Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) the other day about the struggles injured worker
Workers Injury Law & Advocacy
Group (WILG) the other day about the struggles
injured workersworkers face.
2018 marks the 12th anniversary of the overnight vigil organized
by the Women of Inspiration
injured workers»
group.
«WSIB premium cuts hurts
injured workers says OPSEU, Injured Workers Group» / Tom Sasvari (Manitoulin Expositor, Sep. 23, 2016) At its recent Annual general meeting, the WSIB announced cuts to the premiums employers pay in 2017, averaging 5 % but decreasing by up to 14 % in some cate
injured workers says OPSEU, Injured Workers Group» / Tom Sasvari (Manitoulin Expositor, Sep. 23, 2016) At its recent Annual general meeting, the WSIB announced cuts to the premiums employers pay in 2017, averaging 5 % but decreasing by up to 14 % in some cate
workers says OPSEU,
Injured Workers Group» / Tom Sasvari (Manitoulin Expositor, Sep. 23, 2016) At its recent Annual general meeting, the WSIB announced cuts to the premiums employers pay in 2017, averaging 5 % but decreasing by up to 14 % in some cate
Injured Workers Group» / Tom Sasvari (Manitoulin Expositor, Sep. 23, 2016) At its recent Annual general meeting, the WSIB announced cuts to the premiums employers pay in 2017, averaging 5 % but decreasing by up to 14 % in some cate
Workers Group» / Tom Sasvari (Manitoulin Expositor, Sep. 23, 2016) At its recent Annual general meeting, the WSIB announced cuts to the premiums employers pay in 2017, averaging 5 % but decreasing
by up to 14 % in some categories.
Organized
by the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers»
Groups (ONIWG) www.injuredworkersonline.org
2013 draft revision (prepared for the Meredith Conference) of the blueprint collaboratively created
by the
injured worker and labour community and endorsed in 2004 by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups and the Ontario Federation of
injured worker and labour community and endorsed in 2004
by the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers Groups and the Ontario Federation of
Injured Workers Groups and the Ontario Federation of Labour.
Seeking relief for those whose cases were denied or are already in the system, a lawsuit has been filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and Ministry of Labour
by labour law firm Goldblatt Partners, representing Ms Wardle,
Injured Workers Consultants Community Legal Clinic and the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers»
Groups.
In June this year the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers Groups filed a lawsuit in Ontario's Superior Court seeking a declaration that the exclusion of chronic stress is contrary to the Charter and has been invalid since the law was changed
by Bill 99.
In the
injured worker community, we see that much of the cutbacks and resulting poverty is disproportionately felt
by marginalized
groups who are economically vulnerable, often due to their immigration status and excluded from entering work that is decent, safe and secure.
The campaign was launched in September 2017
by the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers» Groups (ONIWG), an umbrella organization of injured worker groups in communities throughout the pr
Injured Workers»
Groups (ONIWG), an umbrella organization of injured worker groups in communities throughout the pro
Groups (ONIWG), an umbrella organization of
injured worker groups in communities throughout the pr
injured worker groups in communities throughout the pro
groups in communities throughout the province.
Selected publications — submissions, articles, reports,
Injured Worker History Project bulletins — by Injured Workers» Consultants, ONIWG and other injured worker groups are available here, together with links to external sources of information you may find
Injured Worker History Project bulletins — by Injured Workers» Consultants, ONIWG and other injured worker groups are available here, together with links to external sources of information you may find u
Worker History Project bulletins —
by Injured Workers» Consultants, ONIWG and other injured worker groups are available here, together with links to external sources of information you may find
Injured Workers» Consultants, ONIWG and other
injured worker groups are available here, together with links to external sources of information you may find
injured worker groups are available here, together with links to external sources of information you may find u
worker groups are available here, together with links to external sources of information you may find useful.
The Justice Singers have played at Hirut Restaurant twice, for the community legal clinics» fight against closures in 2014, and for the Joe Hill tribute in 2015, and have toured to Hamilton, sponsored
by the Hamilton & District
Injured Workers»
Group.
Examples include the 1999 - 2001
Injured Worker Participatory Research Project led
by Bonnie Kirsh, and its «Making the System Better» report; the 2002 community research project initiated
by Thunder Bay & District
Injured Workers» Support
Group («Connecting for Change:
Injured Workers in Northwestern Ontario and the Effectiveness of Peer Support») and its 2008 «Poverty in Motion» study; the
Injured Workers» History Project (2005 --RRB-; Windsor's Legacy Costs: Burden or Benefit?
community forums and informal discussions at meetings organized
by injured workers»
groups, community legal clinics, labour, RAACWI etc
Letter signed
by more than 140 doctors, legal clinics, and labour
groups, expresses deep concern about
injured workers who are increasingly unable to get the treatment their doctors recommend,
The proposed law reforms of 1980/1981 recommended
by Weiler saw the creation of another coalition in 1981, the Association of
Injured Workers»
Groups (AIWG), to organize a united response for progressive reform.
They were joined
by progressive law students, some progressive politicians and community legal clinics, in particular,
Injured Workers» Consultants (IWC) and the Industrial Accident Victims
Group of Ontario (IAVGO).
Local
injured workers groups should not think that
by forming a provincial or territorial organization, they will lose their autonomy — in fact the opposite is true.
CIWA will assist in the formation of Provincial and Territorial
Injured Workers Organizations
by providing resources and assistance in coordinating provincial meetings of Local Inured
Workers Groups.
Organized
by the Ontario Network of
Injured Workers»
Groups (ONIWG) @ONIWG Twitter
We were organized
by a
group of
injured worker women who shared the same feelings: feelings of being left alone and feelings of isolation and grief.