“Every worker deserves to survive their shift.” - MPP @Wayne_Gates, after two workers were buried alive in Ajax. @Fordnation’s Sol General @MPPKerzner and AG @douglasdowney have ignored our letter to create policies & protocols for police to criminally investigate worker deaths.
🏃♀️🏃 Run don't walk because there is just ONE WEEK left to register for Prevention Link’s Level 1 introductory course: Rights & Obligations, for it’s Fall session!
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This updated story includes a response from Min Fullerton's office. A one-time 5% increase to #ODSP is not enough. And we have heard nothing from Premier @fordnation about increasing OW. Leaving nearly half a million OW recipients in destitution is not ok. https://t.co/afWInhDAzS
My friends & I have watched for years as people have struggled to survive in #HamOnt. We need changes to our healthcare & education systems, & an end to the criminalization of the poor. This work needs activists too, & I intend to seek the NDP nomination in Hamilton Centre 1/
Ontario must increase @WSIB pay to injured workers, just like @FordNation and @MonteMcNaughton promised they would before the election.
Read more here: https://t.co/HeTULZHXUi
Did you know brain injuries are the leading cause of disability worldwide? 🧠
Shannon Devine, USW has published an op-ed on the need for policy changes, so one’s income and knowledge of the law no longer determine the possibility of recovery.
Read more: https://t.co/oxA8dN70MA
I wrote this piece in today's @TorontoStar on why workplace accommodations, #paidsickleave or income replacement, access to mental health care and more are all crucial to recovery for the 1.5 Canadians living with a #braininjury#braininjuryawareness#TBI https://t.co/LAqKM4rCi1
We’re in solidarity w/ the @SEIUHealthCan nurses injured by Ford gov’t security guards while peacefully assembled. It’s deplorable & shameful. @fordnation needs to apologize to these heroes + scrap Bill 124 that freezes their wages!
https://t.co/MqbcKkYc57
*TONIGHT @ 8PM* come learn about @hmcghee’s New York Times bestseller, The Sum of Us, about the devastating true cost of racism - not just for people of colour, but for everyone.
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Workers kept Ontario moving through the pandemic. Now it’s time to elect leaders that have our backs. We’re calling on ALL party leaders to do better for Ontario.
RT if you’re with us, then take action here: ⬇️
https://t.co/lm8ykWyqg0
Recapping its record, during 4 years in power, @fordnation#Dofo Ford Government made Ontario a more dangerous less #accessible place for vulnerable people with disabilities. Read 8 illustrations of this https://t.co/HOPzQzVa3J #accessibility#AODA#onpoli
Ford Government 2022 Budget is a slap in the face for 2.6 million Ontarians with disabilities! Read @aodaalliance analysis of the budget, viewed through a disability lens https://t.co/AzAXqxDNdN #accessibility#AODA#Onpoli@fordnation#DoFo