tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44115227647999308502024-03-13T06:28:01.742-04:00Injured Workers CoalitionInjured Workers Coalition (IWC) in Windsor & Essex County, Ontario, Canada - No longer exists. However, if you feel you truly need to speak with someone, e-mail: injuredworkerscoalition@gmail.com and hopefully, there will be someone to speak with you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-86511237406808455812016-01-20T23:09:00.002-05:002016-01-20T23:17:39.998-05:00<div align="center">
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before the end of 2015</div>
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here in Windsor & Essex County, Ontario, Canada</div>
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Even though the group does not exist,</div>
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if you are truly in need of speaking with someone,</div>
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feel free to e-mail:</div>
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<a href="mailto:injuredworkerscoalition@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: large;">injuredworkerscoalition@gmail.com</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-47027200799101353232015-05-08T01:33:00.003-04:002015-05-08T01:34:21.503-04:00National Day of Mourning - Part 2 - Ending...<div align="center">
Lynn McKenzie</div>
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<em> </em><a href="http://www.lifewithlynnie.com/2015/05/national-day-of-mourning-part-2-ending.html"><em>http://www.lifewithlynnie.com/2015/05/national-day-of-mourning-part-2-ending.html</em></a></div>
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April 28th.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-30324794707463318372015-05-06T22:53:00.002-04:002015-05-06T22:53:24.258-04:00Peace Bond... <div align="center">
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click on this link by <em>blogs.windsorstar.com</em> entitled,</div>
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<a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/dont-say-my-name-injured-worker-barred-from-posting-comments-about-wsib-manager">http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/dont-say-my-name-injured-worker-barred-from-posting-comments-about-wsib-manager</a></div>
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Even though the peace bond was issued,</div>
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I'm grateful that God prevented it from being issued concerning</div>
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every WSIB employee, as the Crown Counsel requested.</div>
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Praise God! Hallelujah!</div>
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Thank You, Lord!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-41471131010002595322015-05-05T00:00:00.000-04:002015-05-05T00:00:01.187-04:00June 1st, 2015 Injured Workers' Day Rally & March<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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speak out,</div>
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march (if possible for you)</div>
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on</div>
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in Toronto.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-65106872962651728302015-05-01T00:20:00.001-04:002015-05-01T00:20:51.325-04:00National Day of Mourning - Part 1 - Beginning... As you're probably aware, Tuesday, April 28th was the <em>National Day of Mourning</em>.<br />
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<em>Lynn McKenzie</em>, who is an injured/partially disabled worker, an <em>Injured Workers Coalition</em> member, and creator/promoter of this site, is an author and blog writer, who wrote an entry on her blog: <em>Life with Lynnie</em>. The entry is entitled, <em>National Day of Mourning - Part 1 - Beginning</em>. <br />
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Here is the link that you can click on, and read: <a href="http://www.lifewithlynnie.com/2015/05/national-day-of-mourning-part-1.html">http://www.lifewithlynnie.com/2015/05/national-day-of-mourning-part-1.html</a>.<br />
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Hopefully, you clicked on the link and read about what was done on April 28th, the National Day of Mourning.<br />
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Please know that in order to participate with the group on April 28th each you, you do NOT need to be an injured worker. You can be a family member, or friend of someone injured or killed at work. Or, you can be just someone who supports the group in its efforts to encourage those who have been affected by injury at work.<br />
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Hopefully, we'll see you there, next year! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-43132073347224702402015-04-23T21:41:00.001-04:002015-04-23T21:41:32.225-04:00Join us for the National Day of Mourning...<div style="text-align: center;">
The <em><strong>National Day of Mourning</strong></em> event will happen, on April 28th</div>
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from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. </div>
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The Windsor Star published an article:</div>
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<a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/special-features/day-of-mourning-remembers-workers-killed-injured">http://blogs.windsorstar.com/special-features/day-of-mourning-remembers-workers-killed-injured</a>.</div>
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being celebrated here in Windsor & Essex County. </div>
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This is done to remember workers who were injured and died, </div>
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plus those who were injured and lived. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday, April 28th 5 p.m.</span></div>
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Fight for the living,</div>
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Mourn for the dead...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-85190831327510100712015-03-20T18:49:00.002-04:002015-03-20T18:49:39.730-04:00Central Construction Fined $90,000 After Young Worker Killed While Working At Heights<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
<span class="_3c21">On March 11, 2015, a 25 year old construction worker was killed on the job, in<em> Waterloo</em>, Ontario, Canada.</span></div>
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<span class="_3c21">Here is a link by <em>news.ontario.ca</em> where you can read about what happened: <a href="http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2015/03/central-construction-fined-90000-after-young-worker-killed-while-working-at-heights.html">http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2015/03/central-construction-fined-90000-after-young-worker-killed-while-working-at-heights.html</a>.</span><br />
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Please pray for the worker's family and friends. Thank you. Blessings... </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-86692421999118846032015-03-18T21:44:00.000-04:002015-03-18T21:47:40.684-04:00Court Hearing... & Freedom of Speech...<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2015.</div>
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To read about the court hearing being held against an injured worker,</div>
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please click on this link for the article by <em>The Windsor Star</em> entitled,</div>
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<a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/ontarios-wsib-tries-to-muzzle-online-commenter">http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/ontarios-wsib-tries-to-muzzle-online-commenter</a>.</div>
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What happened to freedom of speech?</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-44317316224635911932015-03-04T01:05:00.003-05:002015-03-04T01:05:39.459-05:00Death of worker... Shane KnappA worker was killed last Friday, February 27th. <em><strong>Shane Knapp</strong></em> 'was pinned between a tractor and a train car', as <em>The Windsor Star</em> wrote on Monday, March 2nd. Here is a link for you to read about him: <a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/loved-ones-mourn-punk-rocker-turned-family-man">http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/loved-ones-mourn-punk-rocker-turned-family-man</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-54289644948288849282015-03-03T01:15:00.000-05:002015-03-03T01:15:36.508-05:00Hiding injuries rewards companies...Here is a link for an article by <em>thestar.com</em> entitled, <em>Hiding injuries rewards companies</em>: <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2008/06/29/hiding_injuries_rewards_companies.html">http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2008/06/29/hiding_injuries_rewards_companies.html</a>.<br />
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Please... click on that link and read the article. Thank you. Blessings...<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-27312163258693073662015-02-27T02:18:00.003-05:002015-02-27T02:18:51.821-05:00RSI Awareness Day! Thank you, Taras Natyshak!Here is an important video posted on <em>YouTube </em>entitled, <em>Taras Natyshak MPP Essex Statement on RSI Awareness Day</em>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91B_wOT_AY&index=1&list=UUeZWByjVFQmyCdbG_PIWv4Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91B_wOT_AY&index=1&list=UUeZWByjVFQmyCdbG_PIWv4Q</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-63730632186927154492015-02-27T02:06:00.003-05:002015-02-27T02:06:42.410-05:00Taxes Done?!This was posted on Facebook (FB) by our group's president, and seemed important to all injured workers, so I thought it should be posted here. Hopefully, it is correct. Check it out!<br />
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<em>As tax season is here.Injured workers can call United Way to get there taxes done free or call 211 for the nearest tax clinic in your area.</em><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-81907147618044253782015-02-23T23:01:00.001-05:002015-02-23T23:01:10.773-05:00Congratulations Rolly Marentette!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Rolly Marentette</em> received this award </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-46562106001713550202015-01-30T20:29:00.001-05:002015-01-30T20:30:51.622-05:00An Eventful Month...This month of January, 2015... has been a rather eventful month of injury. Here are a few links for you to check out:<br />
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* <em>Netnewsledger.com</em> posted this article entitled,<em> Injured Workers Groups Outraged at WSIB Re-appointment</em>: <a href="http://www.netnewsledger.com/2015/01/19/injured-workers-groups-outraged-at-wsib-re-appointment/">http://www.netnewsledger.com/2015/01/19/injured-workers-groups-outraged-at-wsib-re-appointment/</a><br />
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Please keep those who are feeling they need to stand up, speak up/out in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.<br />
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* A worker was hurt falling off a ledge. <em>Thebarrieexaminer.com</em> posted this article entitled, <em>Ministry of Labour called to investigate accident at Barrie job site</em>: <a href="http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2015/01/19/ministry-of-labour-called-to-investigate-accident-at-barrie-job-site">http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2015/01/19/ministry-of-labour-called-to-investigate-accident-at-barrie-job-site</a><br />
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* A worker was injured by a beam in St. Catherines. <em>Stcatherinesstandard.ca</em> posted this article entitled, <em>Worker injured by beam in St. Catherines</em>: <a href="http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2015/01/30/worker-injured-by-beam-in-st-catharines?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_facebook&utm_campaign=Worker+injured+by+beam+in+St.+Catharines+%7C+St.+Catharines+Standard#.VMvX4q6EJk4.facebook">http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2015/01/30/worker-injured-by-beam-in-st-catharines?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_facebook&utm_campaign=Worker+injured+by+beam+in+St.+Catharines+%7C+St.+Catharines+Standard#.VMvX4q6EJk4.facebook</a><br />
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Please, keep these people and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-16681319769393823462014-06-20T20:02:00.000-04:002014-06-20T20:02:05.441-04:002 Injured Workers... 1 Fatally on the Herb Gray Parkway, WindsorUnfortunately, here in the Windsor area, two (2) workers were injured... with one (1) fatally. <br />
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Yes, one (1) survived. The other, died. <br />
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Here is a link published by <em>Blackburn News</em> entitled, <em>Labour Ministry Issues Six Orders</em>, where you can read about it: <a href="http://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2014/06/18/labour-ministry-issues-six-orders/">http://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2014/06/18/labour-ministry-issues-six-orders/</a>.<br />
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In case you are unable to open the link, here is the above published article, written by <em>Kevin Black</em>:<br />
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<em>The Ministry of Labour has issued a half-dozen orders after two workers were injured, one fatally, on the Herb Gray Parkway.</em><br />
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<em>According to the ministry, a 40-year-old man, working for PCR Contractors, was injured critically when he was trapped between two objects. “This happened less than 24 hours ago, so things are still just happening,” according to ministry spokesperson Bruce Skeaff. Skeaff says it happened around 4pm yesterday and orders issued to the employer including ensuring adequate bracing and increased safety training. “The third order requires that the employer production of a list of workers, formwork design specifications, drawings, safe work procedures and other technical documents. There has been a requirement that work on this particular part of the project stop until the orders have been complied with.”</em><br />
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<em>Roughly an hour later a man was using a concrete saw when something broke, seriously injuring his leg. He remains in hospital but is expected to recover. Three more orders were issued in that incident, including an order to the Parkway Infrastructure Constructors requiring them to ensure that all employers and workers on the project comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1178098482" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">1 PM</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1178098483" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday June 1st, 2014</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">Workers’ compensation is being destroyed </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">to save employers’ money.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-52486186382571606522014-05-29T21:49:00.000-04:002014-05-29T21:49:11.697-04:00You Need To Know...WSIB changes will hurt workers, advocates say; Insurance board denying benefits to hundreds of employees due to 'pre-existing conditions'<br />
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<strong>The Toronto Star, May 7, 2014</strong><br />
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William Harris never missed a day of work until his accident on Nov. 23, 2010. <br />
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The burly Great Lakes shipper was opening an 18-tonne hatch to load gravel destined for St. Mary's Cement in Detroit when a faulty hinge sprung open. <br />
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"I was propelled into the air like a lawn dart. I felt every vertebra in my back go pop, pop, pop, pop," he recalls. "I haven't been the same since." <br />
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Under Ontario's 100-year-old no-fault workplace insurance program administered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), the cost of Harris's physiotherapy, prescription drugs and other medical treatment was covered. He also received income support for his lost wages. <br />
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But every time he tried to return to work, he hurt his back again. After his last injury, in October 2012, WSIB stopped paying. The insurance board said X-rays of Harris's back showed evidence of degenerative discs, a pre-existing condition that disqualifies him from further payments. <br />
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Workers' advocates say hundreds of injured workers have, like Harris, been denied benefits for pre-existing medical conditions since 2010, when the former Dalton McGuinty government appointed David Marshall as WSIB president. <br />
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They blame Marshall's marching orders "to reduce and ultimately retire" the board's $12 billion unfunded liability, the difference between current funding levels and long-term payouts to injured workers. They say this financial imperative is behind a proposed new WSIB policy on pre-existing conditions that would "fundamentally change" the system and throw thousands of injured workers into poverty. <br />
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Instead of putting the squeeze on injured workers, advocates say the board should restore cuts to employer contributions made by Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative government that are the root of the WSIB's current financial woes. <br />
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The WSIB counters that Ontario is the only jurisdiction in Canada without a policy on pre-existing conditions, and that workers' advocates themselves requested the clarification. The board denies that money has anything to do with the change. <br />
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The proposed policy "is under consideration given the need for consistency in decision making, not for financial reasons," board spokeswoman Christine Arnott wrote in an email. <br />
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Harris, 40, is fighting the board's decision. His lawyer says he will most likely win because the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeal Tribunal follows<br />
the so-called "thin skull doctrine," a common-law principle enshrined in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. <br />
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The legal principle, well-tested in personal injuries litigation, states that "you take your victim as you find him/her." In the workplace, this means that<br />
compensation for an injury is not discounted due to any pre-existing condition the worker may have. <br />
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The WSIB appeals tribunal has typically interpreted this to mean that if a pre-existing condition wasn't interfering with the employee's work before the injury, then it doesn't negatively affect the amount or duration of compensation an employee is entitled to after an injury. <br />
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But the proposed WSIB policy revision would instruct the appeals tribunal to take a much narrower view, say workers' advocates who are urging against the change. <br />
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Advocates acknowledge they raised the issue during an earlier consultation, but not because they saw a policy gap. They raised it because they noticed the board was denying more people like Harris, and they wanted to know what was going on. They argue the WSIB already has a policy on pre-existing conditions spelled out in a document known as the Second Injury and Enhancement Fund, and that nothing should be changed. <br />
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"This is a seismic shift in the approach to compensation," says Marion Endicott, of Injured Workers Consultants, a Toronto legal aid clinic that advises<br />
the government on policy and helps injured workers with WSIB claims and appeals. <br />
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"The draft policies are evidence of the WSIB's institutional bias in favour of reducing costs, and they are inconsistent with the law," the clinic says<br />
in its response to the changes. <br />
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If they are adopted, injured workers will qualify for short-term claims, but long-term compensation will disappear, Endicott predicts. <br />
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As people age, degenerative changes in knees, necks and backs are common, Endicott notes. Under the proposed policy, the WSIB will be able to point to those changes in injured workers - that often show up on X-rays but don't cause pain or limit ability to work - and deny any long-term claim, arguing the worker had a pre-existing condition, she says. <br />
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Based on the appeals her office is seeing, the WSIB is already applying the policy "illegally," she adds. <br />
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In an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne last month before the election call, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups urged the government to intervene. <br />
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"This is a direct contravention of your government concern about poverty reduction and the historic compromise, in which workers gave up their right to sue in return for fair and just compensation (funded by employers) for as long as the disability lasts," the letter says. <br />
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The WSIB stresses that recent cost improvements in the system are not being made on the backs of injured workers, but "due to improved safety in workplaces resulting in fewer injury claims" and "better medical care and assistance for injured workers returning to work," Arnott writes in the email. <br />
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This is no comfort to injured Burlington worker Richard Renzella, 50, who used to earn as much as $60,000 a year repairing electrical transformers for clients such as Ontario Hydro. He is literally a living example of how the WSIB is ignoring the "thin skull doctrine," advocates say. <br />
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Renzella was injured in 2002 when he fell about five metres inside a transformer tank and struck his head, leaving him permanently injured and unable to work. <br />
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The WSIB awarded him a non-economic loss award for cognitive impairment, which it discounted by 25 per cent for a pre-existing condition because Renzella's medical file showed he was hit in the eye by a tennis ball when he was a child. <br />
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But as his lawyer, Laura Lunansky, notes, Renzella did not have a pre-existing impairment or even a pre-existing condition before the fall. "He was perfectly fine before the accident," she says. <br />
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Since the impact of head injuries can be cumulative, Renzella's injury may have been more severe as a result of his childhood accident, Lunansky acknowledges. The key, however, is that if he hadn't been injured on the job, Renzella would not have any cognitive impairment today. <br />
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Instead, Renzella, who suffers memory loss as well as permanent physical injuries from the accident, is barely surviving on WSIB payments of less than minimum wage. He uses food banks to make ends meet and worries about losing his condo as fees and property taxes rise. <br />
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"I tell everyone I meet to be careful at work," he says. "Because if you get injured, WSIB won't pay you."<br />
<br /><br clear="all" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-23196990679083236622014-05-28T15:25:00.001-04:002014-05-28T15:25:05.830-04:00Chain of Shame: A Creative Revolt By Injured WorkersYou are invited to watch this video about an injured worker, created by <em>Chain of Shame </em>entitled, <em>A Creative Revolt By Injured Workers</em>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNe6x652LGY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNe6x652LGY</a>.<br />
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Here you'll not only see/hear an injured worker's situation and the tiny income they have to live on, you'll also see how this compares to those who work for WSIB and how enormously they are paid.<br />
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This is not right.<br />
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If you are an injured worker, or if you are in support of injured workers, please come to our meetings.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-91154926021802333502014-05-15T00:14:00.000-04:002014-05-15T00:14:06.971-04:00Join Us For An Important Meeting, Wednesday, May 21st @ 4:30 p.m.<div>
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There will be a very important meeting next <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_333470325" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday, May 21st</span></span> at our regular location, the Occupational Health Clinic on Marentette behind the Devonshire Mall to discuss the future of our group and decide where we go from here.</div>
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It is imperative that all members attend to exercise the democratic right of each member in our decision-making process. Both current and past Executive Board members should also attend.</div>
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<b>Updated Notice of ONIWG Annual General Meeting and Conference - New Date</b></div>
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<b>The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1079820585" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 30, 2013</span></span> in Toronto. Business will include general elections for all executive board positions for the next three-year term.</b></div>
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This recently received by e-mail contains information you may be interested in:<br />
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Hello,<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1955382731" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">June 1st</span></span> as you know is Injured Workers Day. In honour of the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Injured Worker’s Day on June 1st the Political Action Committee (PAC) of the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Group (ONIWG) has begun construction of the WSIB Chain of Shame.<br /><br />The purpose of the chain is to allow injured workers unable to attend at Queen's Park, Toronto due to financial or physical barriers to have their information printed on to a link in the Chain of Shame. Given some injured worker’s barrier comes from fear of reprisal for example WSIB adjudicators or current employers, this chain is a vital opportunity to link injured workers to Injured Workers Day.<br />
Please help the ONIWG PAC make THIS CHAIN as impacting as work place injuries are to injured workers. All we ask is that you distribute the enclosed Chain of Shame and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1955382732" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">June 1st</span></span> Flyer within your<br /> organization and your ally groups encouraging participation.<br />
<br />We hope to see you on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1955382733" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">June 1st</span></span>.<br /><br />ONIWG PAC<br /><br />Jo-Anne Hearns<br />ChairAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-64244991898060281412013-04-30T15:56:00.003-04:002013-04-30T15:56:52.417-04:00Thank you, Taras Natyshak, MPP for Essex!<div align="center">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08684994012803595301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411522764799930850.post-79663935614313171772013-04-29T03:06:00.002-04:002013-04-29T03:06:55.324-04:00Day of Mourning, April 28, 2013...Front page of The Windsor Star, Monday, April 29, 2013:<br />
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<strong>Day of Mourning urges more prevention </strong><br />
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<span class="single-author">Dave Battagello, The Windsor Star</span> | Apr 29, 2013 | Last Updated: Apr 29, 2013 - 6:07 UTC</div>
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Ramiro Escoto believes little has changed in the workplace or safety inspection monitoring since his son Takis was killed two years ago when hit by a front-end loader at a local construction site.<br />
Escoto's workplace fatality was the last one in Windsor and Essex County, but injuries continue to be too numerous, said his father, who served as the honorary wreath carrier Sunday during a local tribute and march on the city's east end to mark the 29th Day of Mourning, which recognizes workers killed or injured on the job.<br />
"Today is pretty emotional," Ramiro Escoto said. "It's only been two years since my son was killed."<br />
Takis, 34, was said to be finished work, on his way to his vehicle with lunch box in hand, when he was struck and killed by the front-end loader backing up at a site in the 1200 block of McKay Avenue in June 2011.<br />
In January, employer Coco Paving was hit with a $212,505 combined fine and surcharge after pleading guilty to one count of failing to carry out property safety measures. Provincial safety regulations prohibit operating a machine in reverse unless there's no practical alternative.<br />
A date has not yet been set for a coroner's inquest that will look for recommendations to help prevent deaths like Ta-kis Escoto's.<br />
His father said Sunday he still sees a lack of enforcement by the Ministry of Labour, "to prevent accidents and not just investigate after.<br />
"We should get more (inspectors) in the field to check work sites. Accidents are more frequent now and it should be the other way around."<br />
The WSIB paid out $2.85 billion in claims in 2011. Windsor and Essex County topped the province, with 139.9 allowed claims per 10,000 employed workers.<br />
During a 10-year period starting in 2002, there were 687 men and 50 women across Ontario killed by workplace-related accidents.<br />
Sunday's event at St. Augustine church in the 5100 block of Wyandotte Street East featured reflections from a number of local labour leaders and affected family members who have lost loved ones to workplace injuries.<br />
"More and more, we are seeing the loss of limbs, the loss of lives," said Chris Taylor, president of CAW Local 200. "Today is a time to reflect and ask what can we do to put a stop to this around the world."<br />
Many of the speakers reflected on this week's tragedy in Bangladesh that saw nearly 400 workers killed when an illegally constructed factory building collapsed. Many of those killed were employed at clothing factories within the building which supply garments at low prices in Canada and U.S.<br />
"It begs the question to each of us on what the value of a $5 T-shirt really is," said local MPP Taras Natyshak (NDP-Essex). "Knowing so many lives are lost, is it worth it?"<br />
The tribute was followed by a march led by Escoto involving nearly 200 from the church down to the riverfront where Windsor's monument to fallen workers is located. Red carnations were laid at the monument to honour the dead and injured.<br />
Organizers of Sunday's tribute said it is important to remember those locally who have died or been seriously injured in the workplace.<br />
"The numbers go up and down each year, but it's not getting better as a trend," said Tracey Edwards, chairwoman of the Day of Mourning committee.</div>
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<span class="single-author">Joy Hamilton, The Windsor Star</span> | Apr 23, 2013 | Last Updated: Apr 23, 2013 - 7:06 UTC</div>
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Sunday, April 28, 2013, marks the 29th anniversary of the National Day of Mourning, the day labour organizations around the world adopted to recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job.<br />
Currently, more than 100 countries recognize April 28, although many refer to it as Workers' Memorial Day. The day is acknowledged by the International Labour Organization, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the American Federation of Labour.<br />
The Workers Health and Safety Centre says workers deserve the highest quality occupational health and safety training and when they get the training they need - safer, healthier work follows. Furthermore, when workers don't get the training they need, workers remain vulnerable and tragedy often results.<br />
Our community will come together on April 28 and march to the Injured Workers Monument to lay a wreath and observe a moment of silence. The monument is inscribed with the words "Fight for the Living, Mourn for the Dead."<br />
It is a day to honour the dead and injured and also a day to remind us to protect the living. One day hardly seems enough to recognize workers killed or injured because of their job.<br />
You have the right to a safe and healthy workplace.<br />
JOY HAMILTON, Windsor Occupational Health Information Service (WOHIS), Windsor</div>
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