Primary Goals

• Provide information and support to injured workers and their family members.
• Provide analysis of legislation and make recommendations for reform.
• Educate each other and the general public, advocate and lobby government and the WSIB to establish Justice for Injured and Disabled Workers.

Our Vision For Workers Compensation in Ontario

We believe that Dignity, Respect and Justice must be the foundation for a renewed Workers’ Compensation System.


We need a Workers’ Compensation Act with stated purposes to truly assist and compensate workers injured made sick and disabled at work.


We need an Act that has a clear focus that assists workers with a permanent disability by providing:

• A pension for life for a disability for life.
• Full cost of living protection.
• Real jobs & job security or full  compensation.
• Continuation of workplace benefits as long as the injury lasts.

The Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group is a member of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) and supports their Workers Comp Is A Right Campaign.

We are also affiliated with the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, the National Disability Network, the Thunder Bay District Labour Council, and the Enhancing Prevention of Injury & Disability (EPID)@ Work Research Institute at Lakehead University.   

We work in partnership with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, Disability Without Poverty, 3mpwrApp, Community Legal Clinics across Ontario, many local, provincial and national unions, the Occupational Health Centre for Ontario Workers.

Membership

Membership is open to all injured workers and their family members, supporters and supportive organizations, for a nominal fee of only $10.00 yearly.