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Sign open letter – restore funding to injured workers groups

May 26, 2026

Hamilton & District Injured Workers Group (HDIWG) is calling on individuals and organizations to sign an open letter requesting that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and Government of Ontario reverses the decision to cut funding to the Injured Workers Outreach Services…

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Hearing details on Bill 105 announced – short timelines to have your say

May 5, 2026

The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs has posted details of how to participate in hearings on Bill 105 : The Committee intends to hold public hearings in Toronto on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Interested people who wish to be considered…

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A call for closer scrutiny of Bill 105’s changes to workers’ compensation

April 28, 2026

Some of the proposed changes to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) in schedule 9 of omnibus Bill 105, Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act, are ringing alarm bells. The Bill could pass very quickly – the injured worker community…

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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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