From our friends Alec & David. Hello everyone Injured Workers’ Day is the main annual event focused on justice for injured and ill workers. And this is a vital year for our workers’ compensation system. After years of massive rebates to employers and benefit cuts to injured workers, we have made some modest gains – … Continue reading Support Injured Workers’ Day

Please promote and participate in this year’s Injured Workers’ Day events.  May 29 in Thunder Bay and June 1 in Hamilton and Toronto (see attached).This year is particularly important.  After years of campaigning, we’ve made some progress on loss of earnings benefits after age 65 (although more needs to be done) and won an increase … Continue reading Get involved for workers’ rights

https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/when-mental-health-conditions-and-physical-disabilities-co-occur-examining-service-needs/?mc_cid=12dc1d5fc3Key findings  Compared to community mental health service users with mental health conditions only, those with co‑occurring physical disabilities had significantly higher overall and unmet needs related to:physical healthself‑carelooking after the hometransportationpsychological distresssocial connection Implications and directions forward “The findings highlight the need to move beyond a narrow focus on mental health symptoms toward addressing the broader … Continue reading interesting research report – 

When mental health conditions and physical disabilities co-occur: Examining service needs

April 26, 2026    Letter to the Editor Re: National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job - April 28 Greetings, As we approach April 28th, the National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job, I want to invite everyone to join us on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00 PM at the … Continue reading Letter to the editor – National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job – April 28

Hello again, You may have heard that the Minister of Labour announced today proposed changes to the WSIB. Here’s the link: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007285/ontario-increasing-wsib-benefits-to-protect-injured-workers -LOE from 85% to 90% -Workers can receive LOE past age 65 if they planned to keep working -“Proposed changes would, if passed, apply to eligible workers on or after the date the legislation … Continue reading Minister announces improvements for injured workers

Good morning, It has been quite a week so far. We wanted to send along some media coverage as well as links to events on Tuesday around the second reading and debate on the Bill 86, the Meredith Act. The press conference can be found here: M-260414-Tue-0900_Vaugeois-Bill86 The debate is now up on you tube here: … Continue reading Media coverage – Meredith Act and more