⚠️ CBC reports Ford’s Bill 105 could strip injured workers of WSIB’s six-year “lock-in,” exposing them to indefinite re-assessment.
After years of cuts, privatization fights & scandals from Greenbelt to Ontario Place, is this another case of shifting risk onto Ontarians instead of protecting them?
After years of cuts, privatization fights & scandals from Greenbelt to Ontario Place, is this another case of shifting risk onto Ontarians instead of protecting them?
September 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
⚠️ CBC reports Ford’s Bill 105 could strip injured workers of WSIB’s six-year “lock-in,” exposing them to indefinite re-assessment.
After years of cuts, privatization fights & scandals from Greenbelt to Ontario Place, is this another case of shifting risk onto Ontarians instead of protecting them?
After years of cuts, privatization fights & scandals from Greenbelt to Ontario Place, is this another case of shifting risk onto Ontarians instead of protecting them?
Washington state pension and tuition funds hold ~$128,581.44 in CoreCivic, a private prison company that operates ICE detention facilities, according to WSIB’s June 30, 2025 annual holdings report
It’s a small amount, but not a single public dollar should fund ICE detention facilities.
It’s a small amount, but not a single public dollar should fund ICE detention facilities.
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Washington state pension and tuition funds hold ~$128,581.44 in CoreCivic, a private prison company that operates ICE detention facilities, according to WSIB’s June 30, 2025 annual holdings report
It’s a small amount, but not a single public dollar should fund ICE detention facilities.
It’s a small amount, but not a single public dollar should fund ICE detention facilities.
Today I joined OCEU/CUPE 1750 members on the picket line at WSIB in OWN. These workers support injured Ontarians, but face a toxic work environment, overwhelming workloads, and refusal from management to bargain fairly.
Now they’re on strike for the first time in WSIB’s 100+ year history.
#onpoli
Now they’re on strike for the first time in WSIB’s 100+ year history.
#onpoli
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today I joined OCEU/CUPE 1750 members on the picket line at WSIB in OWN. These workers support injured Ontarians, but face a toxic work environment, overwhelming workloads, and refusal from management to bargain fairly.
Now they’re on strike for the first time in WSIB’s 100+ year history.
#onpoli
Now they’re on strike for the first time in WSIB’s 100+ year history.
#onpoli
We can’t help the injured workers of Ontario when my co-workers themselves are drowning under unmanageable caseloads, micromanagement, with high rates of mental health issues! Don’t believe the WSIB’s lies about the strike ! They have failed Ontario’s injured workers and harming their own! #WSIB
June 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We can’t help the injured workers of Ontario when my co-workers themselves are drowning under unmanageable caseloads, micromanagement, with high rates of mental health issues! Don’t believe the WSIB’s lies about the strike ! They have failed Ontario’s injured workers and harming their own! #WSIB
Striking workers at WSIB had been doing rolling strikes to minimize the impact on injured workers. But they’re now locked out—presumably to MAXIMIZE impact on injured workers!
$2B handed back to employers, workers locked out, the injured left to suffer! What are WSIB’s values?
$2B handed back to employers, workers locked out, the injured left to suffer! What are WSIB’s values?
May 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Striking workers at WSIB had been doing rolling strikes to minimize the impact on injured workers. But they’re now locked out—presumably to MAXIMIZE impact on injured workers!
$2B handed back to employers, workers locked out, the injured left to suffer! What are WSIB’s values?
$2B handed back to employers, workers locked out, the injured left to suffer! What are WSIB’s values?
WSIB’s Shortcut Will Cost Employers. Auto-approved claims now = clawbacks+premium hikes later. Employers will foot the bill. Take action: cupe.ca/oceu
There are other ways to help by signing the petition to the WSIB Board of Directors oceu.ca/wsib-board-e...
#OCEU #CUPE #Solidarity #UnionStrong
There are other ways to help by signing the petition to the WSIB Board of Directors oceu.ca/wsib-board-e...
#OCEU #CUPE #Solidarity #UnionStrong
June 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
WSIB’s Shortcut Will Cost Employers. Auto-approved claims now = clawbacks+premium hikes later. Employers will foot the bill. Take action: cupe.ca/oceu
There are other ways to help by signing the petition to the WSIB Board of Directors oceu.ca/wsib-board-e...
#OCEU #CUPE #Solidarity #UnionStrong
There are other ways to help by signing the petition to the WSIB Board of Directors oceu.ca/wsib-board-e...
#OCEU #CUPE #Solidarity #UnionStrong
A surplus earned at the expense of injured workers: Eligible Ontario employers to get share of WSIB's $2B in surplus funds | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eligible Ontario employers to get share of WSIB's $2B in surplus funds | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says eligible businesses will be getting a share of $2 billion that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is returning due to a surplus.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2024 at 10:41 PM
A surplus earned at the expense of injured workers: Eligible Ontario employers to get share of WSIB's $2B in surplus funds | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Filling out our application to join WSIB’s new program, and it’s so frustrating—I can’t save a partially completed application. Every time I have to shut it down bc I need another piece of information I have to start all over again.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Filling out our application to join WSIB’s new program, and it’s so frustrating—I can’t save a partially completed application. Every time I have to shut it down bc I need another piece of information I have to start all over again.
#WSIB needs to table their best offer and allow #OCEU workers to vote. WSIB's apparent deliberate strategy of delay and of deception of the public is shameful. 👉🏻👉🏻Help end the nearly 6-week lockout of #OCEU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ws...
WSIB Board: exercise your governance responsibilities and end the lockout!
Add your name to call on the WSIB Board of Directors to exercise their governance responsibilities and compel the management team to table their best and final offer for OCEU members to vote on. OCE...
actionnetwork.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#WSIB needs to table their best offer and allow #OCEU workers to vote. WSIB's apparent deliberate strategy of delay and of deception of the public is shameful. 👉🏻👉🏻Help end the nearly 6-week lockout of #OCEU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ws...
#WSIB needs to table their best offer and allow 3600 locked out #OCEU workers to vote. WSIB's apparent deliberate strategy of delay since May 21 is unacceptable. 👉🏻👉🏻Help end the nearly 6-week lockout of #OCEU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ws...
WSIB Board: exercise your governance responsibilities and end the lockout!
Add your name to call on the WSIB Board of Directors to exercise their governance responsibilities and compel the management team to table their best and final offer for OCEU members to vote on. OCE...
actionnetwork.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#WSIB needs to table their best offer and allow 3600 locked out #OCEU workers to vote. WSIB's apparent deliberate strategy of delay since May 21 is unacceptable. 👉🏻👉🏻Help end the nearly 6-week lockout of #OCEU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ws...
A big thanks to Lise Vaugeois for questioning WSIB's unsustainable workload, the 20,000 claims that have been suppressed, cutting 26 positions &sending their jobs to an American firm.
Let's right the wrongs in this fight against injustice
www.cupe.ca/wsib
#ondp #onpoli
youtu.be/CqtPJRtoNKc
Let's right the wrongs in this fight against injustice
www.cupe.ca/wsib
#ondp #onpoli
youtu.be/CqtPJRtoNKc
Question Period
YouTube video by OCEU Reception
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A big thanks to Lise Vaugeois for questioning WSIB's unsustainable workload, the 20,000 claims that have been suppressed, cutting 26 positions &sending their jobs to an American firm.
Let's right the wrongs in this fight against injustice
www.cupe.ca/wsib
#ondp #onpoli
youtu.be/CqtPJRtoNKc
Let's right the wrongs in this fight against injustice
www.cupe.ca/wsib
#ondp #onpoli
youtu.be/CqtPJRtoNKc
Tomorrow at 1pm, our friends at Injured Workers Legal Clinic are hosting a meeting to present some new research about Mental Health and WSIB's Return to Work practices (on Zoom). This will be followed by a group discussion about issues facing injured workers.
To join, register at buff.ly/iXn5Hnk
To join, register at buff.ly/iXn5Hnk
September 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tomorrow at 1pm, our friends at Injured Workers Legal Clinic are hosting a meeting to present some new research about Mental Health and WSIB's Return to Work practices (on Zoom). This will be followed by a group discussion about issues facing injured workers.
To join, register at buff.ly/iXn5Hnk
To join, register at buff.ly/iXn5Hnk
Marv is an injured worker hurt in 2010. He hasn’t worked for over fifteen years as a result of his injury, and WSIB's age discrimination will ensure he ages in poverty.
We're sharing injured worker stories at tinyurl.com/RightsDontRe...
We're sharing injured worker stories at tinyurl.com/RightsDontRe...
March 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Marv is an injured worker hurt in 2010. He hasn’t worked for over fifteen years as a result of his injury, and WSIB's age discrimination will ensure he ages in poverty.
We're sharing injured worker stories at tinyurl.com/RightsDontRe...
We're sharing injured worker stories at tinyurl.com/RightsDontRe...
Episode five of Labour Pains: An Injured Worker Podcast (by our friends at IWC Legal Clinic) is now out and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or listen on YouTube here. The episode is about WSIB's Age Discrimination practices. buff.ly/AdEQAg7
October 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Episode five of Labour Pains: An Injured Worker Podcast (by our friends at IWC Legal Clinic) is now out and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or listen on YouTube here. The episode is about WSIB's Age Discrimination practices. buff.ly/AdEQAg7
#WSIB needs to table their best offer and allow #OCEU workers to vote. WSIB's deliberate strategy of delay and of deception of the public is shameful. 👉🏻👉🏻Help end the 5-week lockout of #OCEU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ws...
WSIB Board: exercise your governance responsibilities and end the lockout!
Add your name to call on the WSIB Board of Directors to exercise their governance responsibilities and compel the management team to table their best and final offer for OCEU members to vote on. OCE...
actionnetwork.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#WSIB needs to table their best offer and allow #OCEU workers to vote. WSIB's deliberate strategy of delay and of deception of the public is shameful. 👉🏻👉🏻Help end the 5-week lockout of #OCEU: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ws...
This is Marvin's story about how WSIB's age discrimination effects him and his family.
#RightsDontRetire
For more information on the campaign visit injuredworkersonline.org/RightsDontRetire
#RightsDontRetire
For more information on the campaign visit injuredworkersonline.org/RightsDontRetire
Rights Don't Retire • Marvin's Story
YouTube video by Workers' Comp Is A Right
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
This is Marvin's story about how WSIB's age discrimination effects him and his family.
#RightsDontRetire
For more information on the campaign visit injuredworkersonline.org/RightsDontRetire
#RightsDontRetire
For more information on the campaign visit injuredworkersonline.org/RightsDontRetire
Introducing InjuredWorkerCast, a podcast featuring conversations about health & safety and workers' compensation. First episode launches today featuring a conversation about #WSIB's $2.5 billion giveaway.
https://buff.ly/403ALly
https://buff.ly/403ALly
December 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Introducing InjuredWorkerCast, a podcast featuring conversations about health & safety and workers' compensation. First episode launches today featuring a conversation about #WSIB's $2.5 billion giveaway.
https://buff.ly/403ALly
https://buff.ly/403ALly
Great article in Spring Magazine about WSIB's plan to give employers 2.5 billion dollars of injured worker's money, while we continue to struggle in poverty.
WSIB’s “employer surplus” is injured and ill workers’ deficit
On November 21st, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) confirmed that they will be rebating $2.5 billion, with employers receiving the lion’s share of this rebate ($2 billion). The…
buff.ly
December 6, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Great article in Spring Magazine about WSIB's plan to give employers 2.5 billion dollars of injured worker's money, while we continue to struggle in poverty.
Hamilton advocates condemn WSIB decision to cut outreach funding.
Hamilton advocates condemn WSIB decision to cut outreach funding
The WSIB's Injured Worker Outreach Service was cut off on Tuesday, a move advocates say will leave Hamilton workers without the support they rely on.
www.chch.com
July 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Hamilton advocates condemn WSIB decision to cut outreach funding.
Big Surplus, Empty Pockets: The WSIB’s Injustice Towards Injured Workers
In a shocking revelation, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has reported a staggering…
https://injuredworkersunite3.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/big-surplus-empty-pockets-the-wsibs-injustice-towards-injured-workers/
In a shocking revelation, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has reported a staggering…
https://injuredworkersunite3.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/big-surplus-empty-pockets-the-wsibs-injustice-towards-injured-workers/
November 29, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Big Surplus, Empty Pockets: The WSIB’s Injustice Towards Injured Workers
In a shocking revelation, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has reported a staggering…
https://injuredworkersunite3.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/big-surplus-empty-pockets-the-wsibs-injustice-towards-injured-workers/
In a shocking revelation, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has reported a staggering…
https://injuredworkersunite3.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/big-surplus-empty-pockets-the-wsibs-injustice-towards-injured-workers/
The consequences of WSIB dragging out the labour dispute are real and growing for Ontarians. WSIB should not be allowed to use scab labour. @WSIB, table your best offer now! 3600 #OCEU members have been locked out with no pay for 5 weeks due to WSIB's deliberate delays.
x.com/CUPEOntario/...
x.com/CUPEOntario/...
CUPE Ontario on X: "Important call from @OntarioNDP. Labour disputes would be resolved sooner and more effectively under an anti-scab law; "only" right-wing ideology and antipathy to #workerpower prevent @fordnation @OntarioPCParty from following the federal example." / X
Important call from @OntarioNDP. Labour disputes would be resolved sooner and more effectively under an anti-scab law; "only" right-wing ideology and antipathy to #workerpower prevent @fordnation @OntarioPCParty from following the federal example.
x.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The consequences of WSIB dragging out the labour dispute are real and growing for Ontarians. WSIB should not be allowed to use scab labour. @WSIB, table your best offer now! 3600 #OCEU members have been locked out with no pay for 5 weeks due to WSIB's deliberate delays.
x.com/CUPEOntario/...
x.com/CUPEOntario/...
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WSIB’s “hidden language of denial” just got decoded. @3mpwrApp
I analyzed 11,430 ONWSIAT decisions (2020-2026).
“Pre-existing” appears in 13.3% of rulings — 20% for knees.
@3mpwrapp.bsky.social
#3mpwrApp #DataDrivenJustice
WSIB’s “hidden language of denial” just got decoded. @3mpwrApp
I analyzed 11,430 ONWSIAT decisions (2020-2026).
“Pre-existing” appears in 13.3% of rulings — 20% for knees.
@3mpwrapp.bsky.social
#3mpwrApp #DataDrivenJustice
The Hidden Language of Denial: WSIB Keyword Patterns Revealed in 11,430 Cases
Practical tools and community for injured workers and persons with disabilities.
3mpwrapp.pages.dev
April 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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WSIB’s “hidden language of denial” just got decoded. @3mpwrApp
I analyzed 11,430 ONWSIAT decisions (2020-2026).
“Pre-existing” appears in 13.3% of rulings — 20% for knees.
@3mpwrapp.bsky.social
#3mpwrApp #DataDrivenJustice
WSIB’s “hidden language of denial” just got decoded. @3mpwrApp
I analyzed 11,430 ONWSIAT decisions (2020-2026).
“Pre-existing” appears in 13.3% of rulings — 20% for knees.
@3mpwrapp.bsky.social
#3mpwrApp #DataDrivenJustice
Using AI to do scab work at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board? What could possibly go wrong 🤡
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
Union blasts WSIB’s decision to use automation to approve more injury claims during strike
The union representing thousands of WSIB employees is blasting the government agency for using automation to handle a backlog of claims.
www.thestar.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Using AI to do scab work at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board? What could possibly go wrong 🤡
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
www.thestar.com/business/uni...
Heckling the Truth: Calling Out WSIB’s Empty Promises
When it comes to injured workers, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another. Their tagline, "We care about workers!" is starting to sound more like the punchline to a bad joke.…
When it comes to injured workers, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another. Their tagline, "We care about workers!" is starting to sound more like the punchline to a bad joke.…
Heckling the Truth: Calling Out WSIB’s Empty Promises
When it comes to injured workers, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another. Their tagline, "We care about workers!" is starting to sound more like the punchline to a bad joke. It's no wonder many injured workers and advocates are calling out WSIB for their lack of transparency, compassion, and fairness.
injuredworkersunite3.wordpress.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Heckling the Truth: Calling Out WSIB’s Empty Promises
When it comes to injured workers, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another. Their tagline, "We care about workers!" is starting to sound more like the punchline to a bad joke.…
When it comes to injured workers, the Workers' Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has mastered the art of saying one thing and doing another. Their tagline, "We care about workers!" is starting to sound more like the punchline to a bad joke.…
I wrote this for Spring Magazine last week. I hope you all find it interesting.
springmag.ca/wsibs-employ...
#justiceforinjuredworkers
#justforillworkers
springmag.ca/wsibs-employ...
#justiceforinjuredworkers
#justforillworkers
WSIB’s “employer surplus” is injured and ill workers’ deficit
On November 21st, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) confirmed that they will be rebating $2.5 billion, with employers receiving the lion’s share of this rebate ($2 billion). The provinci...
springmag.ca
December 9, 2024 at 2:59 PM
I wrote this for Spring Magazine last week. I hope you all find it interesting.
springmag.ca/wsibs-employ...
#justiceforinjuredworkers
#justforillworkers
springmag.ca/wsibs-employ...
#justiceforinjuredworkers
#justforillworkers