US EditionNearly 4,000 WSIB Workers Engaged in ‘Full’ Strike, Union Says
- About 4,000 WSIB employees represented by CUPE Local 1750 began a full strike on May 21, 2025, across Ontario after stalled contract talks.
- The strike followed unresolved disputes over workload, stagnant wages, and a toxic workplace environment that the union says WSIB failed to address.
- The union has condemned WSIB for issuing threatening letters to members and possibly hiring replacement workers while WSIB claims services continue uninterrupted.
- Union president Harry Goslin criticized WSIB for awarding expensive coaching contracts to a U.S. company instead of choosing local providers, emphasizing that Ontario's funding, which comes from provincial businesses supporting workplace safety, ought to remain within the province.
- The strike, the first in WSIB's 110-year history, continues with calls for fair negotiations to resolve workload and wage issues and protect both workers and injured clients.
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'We're anxious. We don't know what to expect' say WSIB workers picketing on the overpass
As tensions mount between the Workplace Safety Board and its workforce, CUPE Local 1750 has accused management of using 'bullying' tactics to undermine a legal strike that began May 21
Locked-out WSIB workers picket outside MPP's office
As their strike enters its second week, striking workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) hope a local MPP and his government will use their influence to get the employer back to the bargaining table.Workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) put the pressure on by picketing outside Windsor-Tecumseh MPP Andrew Dowie's office on Tuesday. Lines of workers carrying signs were on both sides of Tecumseh Roa…
Exchanges are ongoing between WSIB management and the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750), five days after the outbreak.
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