We Are Not Disposable
February 01, 2014 07:00 ET | Industrial Accident Victims’ Group of Ontario (IAVGO)
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb. 1, 2014) - What: Panel discussion and workshop with several injured...
Community Commemorates International Migrant Workers Day
December 18, 2013 11:56 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 18, 2013) - Who: Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW) and Migrante Ontario What: Vigil to commemorate International Migrants Day Where: Memorial to...
Justice for Migrant Workers
December 17, 2013 07:43 ET | Immigrant Workers Center
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Dec. 17, 2013) - Press Conference: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 10 am at the Immigrant Workers Center, 4755 Van Horne (at Victoria), #110...
OPP Accused of Racially Profiling Migrant Workers in DNA Sweep
December 12, 2013 07:00 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 12, 2013) - Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW), a migrant advocacy organization, is expressing outrage over racial profiling and other questionable...
Injured Workers Demonstration: Stop the Cuts to Workers' Compensation!
December 09, 2013 08:00 ET | Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG)
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 9, 2013) - Following a year of unprecedented cuts and attacks on the integrity of Ontario's workers' compensation system, injured workers will rally outside...
How Far Must an Injured Worker Go to Get a Fair Hearing?
November 15, 2013 16:06 ET | Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG)
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 15, 2013) - That's the question being asked as 72 year-old injured worker, Jimmy Velgakis, began a hunger strike on Tuesday in front of the Workplace...
Sir William Meredith's Ghost "Rises From the Dead" on the 100th Anniversary of His Famous Report That Founded Ontario's Workers' Compensation System
October 30, 2013 14:34 ET | Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG)
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 30, 2013) - MEDIA ADVISORY: Thursday October 31, 2013 The day of ghosts and goblins is a fitting day to witness the ghost of former Ontario...
Migrant Workers Win OHIP Reconsideration TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 7, 2013) - The Provincial Government's attempt to deny migrant workers access to OHIP was dealt a significant blow by the Health Services Appeal and...
Ontario Government Challenges Legal Right to Healthcare for Injured Migrant Workers
September 06, 2013 06:00 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Sept. 6, 2013) - On August 16, 2013, the Health Services Appeal and Review Board issued a historic decision granting OHIP coverage to migrant farm workers...
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario Slams Double Diamond Acres for Racial Harassment of a Migrant Farm Worker
July 29, 2013 11:04 ET | Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 29, 2013) - The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has delivered a decision finding that a major greenhouse operator in Leamington, Ontario, did in...