New Report Looks at What People Need to Be Able to Deal With Legal Problems TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 15, 2016) - CLEO today released important new research on the challenges Ontarians face when trying to deal with legal problems in their lives. A framework for...
Injured Workers Decry Secretive WSIB Annual General Meeting
September 14, 2016 06:30 ET | Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 14, 2016) - In the wake of mounting public criticism, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is holding what advocates believe to be its first Annual...
Employer to Send Chatham-Kent Injured Migrant Worker Home Despite Needing Medical Care
September 08, 2016 10:00 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers;Harvesting Freedom
CHATHAM-KENT, ON--(Marketwired - September 08, 2016) - Kevin Campbell, an injured migrant worker from Jamaica, is being forced to return home before receiving the necessary healthcare for an injury...
Justicia for Migrant Workers Urges the Ministry of Labour to Take Immediate Action to Protect Agricultural Workers From Heat Stress
August 11, 2016 07:00 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - August 11, 2016) - Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is urging the province to undertake proactive inspections of agricultural workplaces and to implement heat stress...
Community Supporters Organize Solidarity Vigil for Migrant Workers Killed/Injured in Flamborough
August 07, 2016 07:00 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers;Harvesting Freedom
HAMILTON, ON--(Marketwired - August 07, 2016) - Where: Hamilton City Hall (Injured Workers Monument), 71 Main Street WWhen: Sunday, August 7th @7:00pmOn Sunday, July 31st, Andres Dominguez Moran and...
Justicia for Migrant Workers Condemns OIPRD Report on Systemic Review of DNA Sweep and Demands an End to Racist Policing
July 12, 2016 18:35 ET | Justicia for Migrant Workers;Harvesting Freedom
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - July 12, 2016) - Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW), a migrant rights advocacy organization, strongly rejects the Office of the Independent Police Review Director's...
10th Anniversary of Chinese Head Tax & Exclusion Act Redress TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - June 20, 2016) - In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the parliamentary apology (June 22, 2006) for the Chinese Head Tax & Chinese Exclusion Act, the Chinese...
Injured Workers Take to the Streets to Protest $2 Billion Gift From WSIB to Employers
June 01, 2016 08:00 ET | Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups
TORONTO,ON--(Marketwired - June 01, 2016) - Coming on the heels of a series of exposés about the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board's (WSIB) mistreatment of injured workers, the Ontario...
ADVISORY: Injured Workers in Crisis Demand to Know Why WSIB Is Gifting $2 Billion to Employers
May 30, 2016 10:00 ET | Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 30, 2016) - Coming on the heels of a series of exposés about the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board's (WSIB) mistreatment of injured workers, the Ontario...
Study Finds Ontario Government Is Failing to Protect Chinese Restaurant-Workers From Workplace Exploitation TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - April 25, 2016) - The Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (MTCSALC) today released the report, "Sweet & Sour: The Struggle of Chinese...