Signs set up at Victoria Park | Alex Allan | XFM News
People gathered and held up signs getting Londoners to honk their horns that were driving by to support injured workers. These movements come from the Whistle blow report from seven years ago, that exposes the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Interference in medical care. London’s Occupy WSIB group held a strike at Victoria Park on November fifth in the afternoon.
Kevin Jones Speaking with MPP Terence Kernaghan | Alex Allan | XFM News
“Forty-six percent of permanently injured workers are in poverty, nine or ten percent are in deep poverty, and that’s sad”
Kevin Jones / Organizer of the protest
Kevin Jones is one of the organizers that is pushing the word out and making others aware to “keep the focus on injured workers.” Kevin became injured around the age of twenty-seven and mentioned it has been a struggle doing even daily tasks from his pain. He hopes that a change will be made to help the younger generation avoid any future injuries or pain in the workplace.
Liz Garant Speaking to MPP Terence Kernaghan and other Londoners | Alex Allan | XFM News
“Right now, they took the in-person training, and it is online. I can do anything online, but these people need it hands on.”
Liz Garant / Executive from the Ontario network of injured workers
One in five workers injured in the workplace end up in poverty. Liz Garant is an executive that sits in on meetings for the Ontario network of injured workers. She mentions that the group will be looking to hold Zoom meetings in the near future about supporting injured workers. Members from the picket are looking to hold more protest and demand an investigation.
WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROTEST HERE:
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