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WDLC Health & Safety

@WDLC_HandS

The Windsor and District Labour Council Health and Safety Committee plans local training and conferences

 Windsor, ON
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Joined April 2015
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ONIWG@ONIWG20 Dec 2017
A good level-headed analysis of the pre-existing conditions changes. A step in the right direction, but we continue to fight for full justice. manitoulin.ca/2017/12/20/wsi… via @man_expositor #WorkersCompIsARight
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Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care fined under the Occupational #HealthandSafety Act after a patient attacked several workers bit.ly/2zfnBFK #makeworksafe #canlab
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4 Hydro One employees killed in helicopter crash in Tweed, Ont. bit.ly/2ks1seQ #healthandsafety #canlab #makeworksafe
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Toronto Star
@TorontoStar15 Dec 2017
The provincial workers’ compensation board will reverse a controversial policy that slashed benefits by blaming injuries on “pre-existing conditions,” even if they had no physical impact on workers before they got hurt on the job, the Star has learned. thestar.com/news/gta/2017/12…
WSIB to abolish policy that slashed benefits for thousands

WSIB to abolish policy that slashed benefits for thousands

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to review some 4,500 claims made by injured workers whose compensation may have been unfairly cut due to controversial guidelines.

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Prevent these leading causes of fires during the holiday season . #YQG #HolidaySafety
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We are devastated by the news that four workers perished in today's Hydro One helicopter crash. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost their loved ones today. We continue to monitor the situation closely.
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Prevention Link@Preventionlink13 Dec 2017
Have you heard about our Lighthouse Initiative aimed at helping vulnerable and marginalized workers in Ontario? ow.ly/Q0ev30h26L6
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ONIWG@ONIWG13 Dec 2017
Remember when @cindyforster asked @MPPKevinFlynn why his government allows the #WSIB to pretend people have jobs that don't actually exist? And then he didn't answer the question? youtube.com/watch?v=Vreyt7mP… #NoMorePhantomJobs #WorkersCompIsARIght

Injured Workers Deeming

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Injuredworkersonline@IWO_org11 Dec 2017
Getting out the message - listen to the podcast of interview about the #WorkersCompIsARight campaign broadcast last Saturday on Buena Paga, the weekly radio program for Spanish-speakers on labour issues buenapaga.ca/
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ONIWG@ONIWG8 Dec 2017
#WorkersCompIsARight, now in Spanish! Check out the radio interview on @chha1610am program ¡Buena Paga!, about the Campaña Workers’ Comp Is a Right injuredworkersonline.org/cam…
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OHCOW@OHCOWclinics8 Dec 2017
Read about migrant workers' barriers to accessing healthcare and how you can help: rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/act… via @rabbleca
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Winter storms arrive in #ON over the next few days. Snow + wind can bring down wires. If you see a downed wire stay back, call 911 & the local utility. For more winter storm safety tips: bit.ly/2okCMWp #onstorm
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Jason Viau@JasonViauCBC6 Dec 2017
Memorial held across from Chrysler plant to remember MaryLou, a former #Windsor auto worker who died as a result of domestic abuse, Lori Dupont & the 14 women who died in the #MontrealMassacre
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Ontario At Work
@ONTatwork6 Dec 2017
Ontario proposing to increase PTSD presumption to include all front-line nurses who provide direct patient care. bit.ly/2BP6Hgn
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ONIWG@ONIWG6 Dec 2017
Research team shocked by extent of violence against health workers ottawacitizen.com/news/local…

Research team shocked by extent of violence against health workers

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Seven moving stories of worker loss as retold by the CBC. Each clearly demonstrates uncontrolled hazards are at the root of workplace tragedies. bit.ly/2zCPHsw #healthandsafety #canlab#makeworksafe
The price of death

The price of death

A look at seven Canadians who died at work — and the families wondering whether justice was served

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New study calls for more government funding to address understaffing in hospitals, changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act to better protect staff, and whistleblower protection for those who speak out bit.ly/2zt6zl3 #healthandsafety #canlab
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ONIWG@ONIWG1 Dec 2017
More workplace violence... thestar.com/news/canada/2017… via @torontostar

Kids are going through trauma. Staff are getting assaulted. ‘We are all in the trenches together’

Caregivers at Ontario’s group homes deal with chilling violence and low pay while struggling to help kids with serious problems, a Star investigation has found. Workers from the Lindsay-area group...

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ONIWG@ONIWG29 Nov 2017
#Bill148 was long overdue and will make a real difference for thousands of workers. But #WSIB has a trick to make sure #injuredworkers don't see the benefits of it, via a perverse practice called deeming. Read our letter to @MPPKevinFlynn demanding action injuredworkersonline.org/urg…
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ONIWG@ONIWG29 Nov 2017
On December 11th, join us in communities across Ontario for our province-wide holiday outreach blitz! If you're lucky, there may even be an appearance from #injuredworker Santa! Join the action nearest you: facebook.com/events/52622498…
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