Canadian Injured Worker's Alliance
1201 Jasper Drive P7B 6R2 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

Join Justicia as we stream on all our social media platforms our first webinar for the year regarding employment insurance and migrant farm workers. The discuss...ion begins at 8:00pm and ends at 9:00pm (Toronto time) on Tuesday January 12th, 2021. It will steam live on out Facebook page, group, twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts. See more

Important article exposure of compensation systems in Canada. Many of these COVID long-haulers were frontline workers who initially caught the virus while doing... their jobs in hospitals, nursing homes, and grocery stores, and are now staring down the barrel of long-term disability. In the Facebook group, COVID Long-Haulers Support Group Canada, a number of long-haulers report being told by WSIB that it has chosen not to cover residual and long-lasting symptoms of the virus.qq

Five of our brothers in the construction trades were lost in the last week all five tragedies occurred on the job site. John Martens, 21, of Langton, and Hen...ry Harder, 26, of Tillsonburg, died as a result of injuries suffered when a four-storey building under construction in London collapsed on Dec. 11. Andrew Orfanakos, 48, of Newmarket, was killed Dec. 14 while working on a construction site at Widmer and Adelaide streets in Toronto. A 54-year old man died Dec. 15 when crushed by a slab of concrete at an Ontario Tech University jobsite in Oshawa. And the afternoon of Dec. 17, a traffic signaler at a construction site in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough was struck and killed by a motorist. We send our deepest condolences to the families, friends and coworkers of our fallen brothers. One death on the job is one too many.

Please share widely! Make a digital story with us! From Invisibility to Inclusion is hosting an online digital storytelling workshop in March 2021. We are looki...ng for employees of colleges, universities and trade schools who live with chronic illness or fluctuating physical, neurological or mental health conditions to participate in our online digital storytelling workshop about experiences of access and inclusion at work. The workshop happens over 4 sessions: March 6, 13, 20, and 27. For more information please contact Elisabeth Harrison at [email protected] or 647-955-8260. Image description: A digital graphic in black, white, and yellow. The text says, "i2i Call for Participation. From Invisibility to Inclusion seeks post-secondary employees who live with chronic illness or fluctuating physical, neurological or mental health conditions to participate in an online digital storytelling workshop about experiences of access and inclusion at work. Online workshop held over 4 sessions: March 6, 13, 20, 27. For more information please contact Elisabeth Harrison at [email protected] or 647-955-8260. invisibility2inclusion.ca. Principal Investigator: Dr. Donna Lero, University of Guelph. This project has been reviewed by the research ethics board for compliance with federal guidelines for research involving human participants. (REB # 18-12-025)

A national media expose which has documented the disastrous human toll wrought by the failings of Canadas workers compensation boards.

The Steelworkers Union has issued a good media release about the failings of our workers compensation system. Check it out ... https://www.usw.ca//workers-compensation-system-a-national

Todays Sunday Star. Heading to Elliot Lake with some extra copies.

Join us on our webinar this evening at 6 pm to discuss Returning to Work : What to Consider. (in English) https://bit.ly/3gSpn3i

NLFL Statement in Solidarity with people fighting systemic racism. Black Lives Matter!

Especially during this pandemic, we stand alongside workers throughout BC who have been injured or made sick by their work. We will never stop fighting for the ...dignity, respect and justice they deserve. Our statement on National Injured Workers' Day: https://bcfed.ca//bcfed-statement-national-injured-workers See more

This week has brought tragic news: the workplace deaths of three workers in just two days one of them on Injured Workers' Day itself. With the heightened awar...eness of workplace safety because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a harsh reminder that BC is still a long way from our goal: a province where every worker can count on coming home safe and sound at the end of their shift. Our condolences to the families, coworkers and friends of these workers, who are grieving deep, painful losses tonight. And in their names and their memory, let's do all we can to end the toll of workplace injury, illness and death for good.