The Injured Worker Justice Project strives to support and advocate for workers injured on the job. This international campaign has been in progress for several years following a National COSHCON conference. This group connects injured workers, organizers, activists and others who are interested in advocating for injured workers.
Workers injured by unsafe job conditions suffer from the physical and emotional trauma by work, and also from neglect by the system that is supposed to help them recover, both financially and physically. It’s often been said they are treated like trash by a legal and health care system whose goal is to minimize cost for the sake of profit. We will not have a fair and just safety and health system for all workers until we win justice for those who are getting injured by work and disposed of without fair treatment.
Our goals
Some goals and action items for the project include:
- Identify how this group can best serve workers injured on the job.
- Please fill out our survey.
- How to build a movement for recognizing June 1 as “Injured Worker Day”. This movement has been active in Canada for many years.
- Provide resources to assist workers get support to recover from workplace injuries and trauma. This includes regional support groups accessible to all injured workers.
- Provide resources, staffing and materials to assist injured workers in recovery and a meaningful life.
- Advocate for better policies and rights for all injured workers.
Visit our page on the National COSH website for additional information: Injured Workers Deserve Justice.