Greetings,

The Ford government announced on April 7th another $2,000,000,000 give away from the WSIB Accident Fund to businesses.

This is money that was exclusive for injured, ill and disabled workers. This is on top of the more than $2.5 B announced just before the provincial election and rebated to corporations in March.

Let’s look at how workers with a disability are treated by the WSIB. – 92% of all claims for a mental health disability are denied.- 45% of workers with a severe, life long disability end up either under or just above the poverty line.-

In 2022, Ontario had 264 work-related fatalities, with 90 being traumatic and 174 being occupational disease-related.

However, estimates suggest the true toll of work-related deaths is significantly higher, with some studies indicating that over 2,000 Ontarians died in 2022 from traumatic incidents and hazardous exposures, and between 600 and 5,000 from work-related cancer.Stand up for workers rights and join us