RSI Day: Friday Feb 27, 2009
Imagine not being able to lift your children or continue
leisure activities you’ve always enjoyed—all caused from repetitive strain
injury (RSI) pain originating from the workplace.
Friday February 27, 2009 marks the 10th annual “RSI Day,” a
day when workers and unions gather to call for a stop to these preventable
injuries. Not much has changed from ten years ago when one injured worker
stood up to call for prevention of these debilitating workplace injuries.
With over 40% of WSIB claims, the sheer number of RSI
injuries in Ontario demonstrates that workers cannot rely on voluntary
employer actions alone—such as the “MSD Guideline” to prevent these
injuries. No worker should have to hear what many workers hear from their
doctors, “Get used to the pain, because it is part of life now.”
The best way for Ontario to get employers to begin to
address these injuries in a comprehensive way is to enact legislation that
forces employers to adopt work practices that will not sentence workers to a
life of pain. Such legislation will also raise awareness about the
debilitating effect of these injuries so that Ontario workers’ health will
not always fall second to the cost of doing business.
Join workers, unions and organizations in Toronto, Sudbury,
and Windsor for a day of information and action to explore the impact of
these injuries and call for the legislation needed to prevent these
crippling injuries that thousands of workers across Ontario needlessly
suffer from.
RSI Day Events:
Toronto:
Location: 31 Wellesley Street E, (across from Wellesley
subway)
Time: 9:30-4:00
Free event with light lunch provided
Register by emailing
rsiday@rsicanada.org or call 416-461-2411
Click here for flyer
Windsor:
Location: Fogolar Furlan Club, 1800 North Service Road
E
Time: 9:00-4:00 Pre-registration $20, at
the door $25, full lunch and conference package
Contact: Joanne at 519-973-4800 ext 210
Click here for flyer
and registration details
Sudbury:
Location: Sudbury OHCOW Clinic, 84 Cedar Street 2nd
Floor
Workers Health and Safety Centre will be offering training
workshops at a discounted price during the week Feb 23-27. Click here for
locations and details
http://www.whsc.on.ca/products/cert.cfm
