Injured Workers Coalition: protest

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Here is a photo of a few injured workers protesting

at the court house in Windsor, Ontario

Tuesday, March 17th, 2015.

To read about the court hearing being held against an injured worker,

please click on this link for the article by The Windsor Star entitled,

Ontario's workplace safety board tries to muzzle

online commenter:

As the article says,

there seems to be no proof that the person who had to appear in court

is the correct person, being accused.

What happened to freedom of speech?

This month of January, 2015... has been a rather eventful month of injury. Here are a few links for you to check out:

* Netnewsledger.com posted this article entitled, Injured Workers Groups Outraged at WSIB Re-appointment: http://www.netnewsledger.com/2015/01/19/injured-workers-groups-outraged-at-wsib-re-appointment/

Please keep those who are feeling they need to stand up, speak up/out in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.

* A worker was hurt falling off a ledge. Thebarrieexaminer.com posted this article entitled, 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 worker was injured by a beam in St. Catherines. Stcatherinesstandard.ca posted this article entitled, Worker injured by beam in St. Catherines: 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

Please, keep these people and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.

Injured Workers' Day

Protest at WSIB, Windsor

2485 Ouellette Avenue

1 PM Sunday June 1st, 2014

Call for justice for all injured workers.

Workers’ compensation is being destroyed to save employers’ money.

Demand justice! Oppose austerity!

Not on the backs of injured workers!