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Canadian Injured Workers
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how you can support injured workers. We
will be adding information how to reduce pain and what we all need to do to take WCB injustice to the Suprem Court
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wwwwHome Page"Over the past few weeks, spokespeople from the WCB have repeatedly trotted out results from their annual client satisfaction survey. They've been using... the survey to back up claims that things are running smoothly at the Board and that most people are satisfied with the service they receive," says Audrey Cormack, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour.
"Unfortunately, the survey is deeply flawed. The Board only questioned people whose claims have been settled and whose files have been closed. People who are still waiting for a decision on their claims were excluded - as were people who are still receiving compensation payments or services such as rehabilitation therapy, vocational training, or employment counselling."
As a result of the survey's design, Cormack says the Board has failed to get an accurate picture of how its clients - injured workers and employers - really feel about the service they receive.
"The survey neglects to consider the views of the people who are most likely to be dissatisfied," says Cormack. "Given this situation, it's no wonder the WCB gets such high marks. That's what happens when you only question the people who are least likely to complain."
The WCB's satisfaction survey is conducted every year and the results are published in the Board's annual report. The 1998 survey showed satisfaction rates among the people surveyed were up slightly from 1997.
"I have no problem with surveys - they can be useful tools," says Cormack. "But I'm concerned that be excluding so many people, the survey paints a false picture. I'm also concerned that the Board is hiding behind these numbers and using them as an excuse to not address the pressing concerns about service and accountability that are being raised by workers and employers around the province."
For more information call:
Audrey Cormack, AFL President: 483-3021 (wk) 499-6530 (cell) 428-9367 (hm)See More
Taxpayers continue paying the Alberta Health
Care costs. These costs include medications, doctor visits, and
specialized equipment such as electric wheel chairs, scooters,
crutches, etc. These are costs that WCB should be paying for
claimants. No wonder our Health Care Costs are so high. The onus is on WCB not taxpayers. No wonder employer premiums paid to WCB in Alberta are the lowest of all the provinces in Canada.
April 12/12
The Election is just around the corner and we will have another demonstration April 20th 11-7pm in front of the WCB Edmonton. All welcome to support this serious issue. WCB did not like us there last time we ruffled some feathers. We apologize for not having new information since our last rally but some of us are just getting functional it took a lot out of us. We need to let Albertans know how WCB treats the Injured Workers and their families. Please come out on April 20th and support Alberta's Injured Workers. We will post the response to this letter if we receive one. The Update is in "Class Action Lawsuit".
MLA Incumbents and Candidates
You know that the WCB’s Culture of Denial and Case Manager Bonus Salary Structure has perpetually worked against Injured Workers forcing them onto tax payer funded AISH while WCB is allowed to shirk their responsibilities to Workers Injured in the Alberta workplace. Alberta has the only WCB in the world that operates like this.
We want to know what are you prepared to do with the WCB to correct years of abuse and injustice when WCB Case Managers ignore medical evidence but accept medical opinions? WCB spends millions for opinions.
You all are aware a case manager is 100 percent owner of the injured workers claim and makes medical decisions with out medical knowledge causing extreme suffering and potentially costing their life. Because they are allowed to manipulate, intimidate Alberta doctors it is very hard to get a doctor for a WCB claim, as they know case managers refuse their medical evidence. The injured worker may have eight or more Specialists and medical evidence. WCB has bought one or two fraudulent, biased medical opinions enabling the case managers to over-rule injured workers specialists and decide they are not qualified or right and deny injured workers claims on fraudulent medical opinions, refusing their diagnosis, medical treatment, medical evidence and dismissing their medical team of treating doctors.
In the US the government has gotten involved and is stopping this white collar crime these doctors that work for money and compromise their oath are receiving criminal convictions, as they knew their fraudulent opinion would allow case managers to deny injured workers legitimate claims, withhold medical treatment which has resulted in death for many injured workers. This law is called the RICO Law for Racketeering, Influence through Criminal Organizations. Canada has a similar law.
What will you do?
WCB has every employee and affiliate sign a non-disclosure agreement and if broken they realize they will become a target. This needs to be abolished.
Will you expose WCB?
Will you care about families and children? The injured suffer and are the patients the families are the victims.
We will be having another demonstration in front of the WCB building April 20th /12 at noon. You are all welcome to join this peaceful demonstration if it’s important to you.
We have had the LIBS, NDP Party and AB Party state why WCB has to change and why this system is not working for injured workers. The CONS Party legislated this unfair and discriminatory system of denial and has ignored the cries for help from injured workers and their families for years. Knowing the injured worker would never receive full compensation as the case manager is prejudiced against the workers injury.The case manager refuses the proof with supporting medical evidence and claims the injury's are pre existing, genetic or its all in their head. Case managers fail to remain neutral while adjudicating the injured workers claim, because they have to much uneducated power to abuse and are not held accountable for their actions.
Is it because provinces benefit financially and politically from WCB wrongdoing, injured workers have had no success in resolving these issues provincially and have been left as a marginalized group of Canadians who are left without access to natural law and fundamental justice;
Do you support injured workers?
We would like to bring attention to this issue before election.
Thank you
Canadian Injured Workers Please respond to our email.
canadianinjuredworkers@gmail.com
1) Independent Medical Examinations
- Are wrought with fraudulent reports and diagnoses to enable WCB to deny legitimate claims of Injured Workers
2) Medical Panel Office
- Conducts Medical Panels designed to leave no recourse to the claimant Worker as they are “binding” and biased favoring WCB while ignoring the diagnosis of treating physicians of Injured Workers
3) Case Manager Interference
- Case Managers manipulate and intimidate Worker claimants Physicians when their diagnosis or opinion opposes WCB
- Case Managers operate in a Bonus Salary Structure designed to clear Injured Worker claims off WCB that is discriminatory to Injured Worker claimants.
4) Where is the WCB money that is paid into by employers?
- Why are Alberta Taxpayers paying for Injured Workers who have been denied legitimate WCB claims and forced onto AISH, a taxpayer funded social program? WCB cannot displace Injured Worker to AISH leaving Alberta Taxpayers to foot the bills.
The Injured Workers of Canada, Alberta Chapter
OUR RALLY HAS COME TO A CLOSE FOR NOW
THIS WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE TIME AND WE HAD SOME GREAT SPEAKERS COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR CAUSE.
RALLY INTERVIEWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmD4lontxQg&feature=channel
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Labour+crisis/6250748/story.html
Please find our rally on youtube.com as the media was told to black us out and boy did they ever. Nonetheless two other private groups have put our concerns out to the public.
WCB and the government’s intent to shut us up have backfired. This is just a start we cannot stop the momentum now, we must pull together all citizens and take on WCB collectively the old fashioned way. PEOPLE POWER.
Rally Wrap Up
Welcome all new members and petition signatories. Thank you, everyone! We are pleased that our Rally was a success on two important aspects.
1) Old friends, new supporters, fresh contacts, key information about our strategy
Our most sincere gratitude to Augustana Lutheran for everything but most of all caring. All the OE people worked long and hard to do this Rally, Signs, Buttons, Coffee. Phil, Rob, David, Krystal, Rob, Kirk, Jay and the rest…Thank you. Raging Grannies were their entertaining, raucous selves. Thank you, Grannies.
2) Re-appearance of two Injured Workers as respected authorities for Injured Workers. Thank you, Ralph and Anthony, your insights give us courage.
Wednesday February 29, 2012
Political Speakers started with Rachel Notley Alberta NDP MLA from Edmonton Strathcona, Hugh MacDonald Liberal MLA from Edmonton Gold bar, Dennis O’Neill an Alberta Party candidate from Edmonton Gold bar. Gil McGowan could not attend due to illness but his assistant Terry Inigo-Jones made a presentation in his place. Mike Hrushka an engineer who had accident/injury statistics detailed how Alberta Industry is second only to China in the number of Injured Workers and Workers Deaths on the job. Amazing numbers considering we have 3 million plus residents. Mr. Hrushka left the data and statistics that we will post soon. Dr Sussman spoke of the mistreatment and hardships WCB’s system of culture & denial bestows leaving the injured in despair.
Wednesday was the best-attended day of the Rally with 56 people showing up during the day including members from Barrhead, Calgary, Drayton Valley, Red Deer, Sylvan Lake.
Randall read a heart-wrenching story from Christina Rokoss about her husband Acea who was injured in White court, Alberta and is in the final stages of RSD. Christina donated allowing Canadian Injured Workers to do some pre Rally advertising. Thank you Christina as we all appreciate your generosity when you are supporting Acea, your family and pay your medical costs on your own. I long for the day we can give back to you.
Thursday March 1, 2012
One of the long time Injured Workers came and took the Podium today and spoke off the cuff, without notes and told us where the bear craps in the woods with respect to the Alberta Government, WCB, Attorney General and Alberta Justice. We appreciate all our speakers but some of the most enlightening came from a couple of layman. Anthony spoke and laid out facts about this government, WCB and the injury rate that shocked us all. Anthony is a public speaker like we have not heard in twenty plus years. Since David Orchard. WOW… did we like what he disclosed and his presentation was flawless. Anthony understands what’s goin’ on folks when it comes to this Government.
Not only does WCB pay Case Managers for limiting and eliminating case files as does Alberta Justice and Attorney General. The Alberta Justice Department runs contrary to the Constitution in that the laws legislated are in place to support the Government Agendas against the people of Alberta.
We are the Alberta Governments enemies… US… The Working Public. The Poor. The Disabled. The Homeless. The Weak.
When Allison Redford was Justice Minister she said that the Government will do what is necessary to carry out it’s agenda and if the People of Alberta do not like it they can challenge the constitutionality of the Conservative legislation in the Supreme Court of Canada. Now she is backing out of her promise for a Public Inquiry that is Health Care in this Province and she has clammed up about Doctor Intimidation in Health Care. These are two huge issues that affect Injured Workers.
Bottom line there is no justice in Alberta against the Alberta Government.
Doug showed up and shot some live interviews with Gary and Randall for social media. Thank you Doug, a true professional, much obliged. Look for these clips on this site. Thursdays turn out included people from Drumheller and Fort McMurray to whom we are grateful for making the trip to support our cause. Thank you.
It was a delight and unexpected that mixed blessings captured our event. Thank you.
Friday March 2, 2012
Fridays turn out was scarce about 15 people. Still supporters Gary and Colleen from Sylvan Lake came up again. Colleen had baking umm-good eats Colleen. Yuri showed up all 3 days, Thank you Yuri. Marilyn from Raging Grannies, Lynn from OE, Karen from Ardrossan, the usual suspects who know who they are and choose to remain anonymous. We are OK with that.
Our impact was felt and people know that the Province is at a political crossroads and I call it here. Alberta’s tide is changing. Calgary’s Mayor Neshi for evidence?
The Rally was a success even though we had hoped for better numbers but it is the beginning of a long, creative and rewarding journey. Building communities of solidarity is what’s ahead. Please watch for coming events in conjunction with all our allies. Good things are happening
On Sunday March 4, 2012 members of Canadian Injured Workers and OE attended Mass at Augustana Lutheran and were welcomed warmly. I cannot express how grateful we are to the leaders and congregation of Augustana.
Today March 6, 2012, one of our members spoke with the Medical Manager of WCB and he laughed after hanging up 3 times. He also said “good luck camping out again”
These are not the actions of a person who is stable in their position or the things they have done. It must be hard to live with the guilt that these WCB Doctors have knowingly harmed Injured Workers against the Hippocratic Oath they swore.
Injured Workers…Remember never speak with WCB personnel without recording them!
We will overcome.
We all should be proud.
Good job everyone,
Thank you
Solidarity…
Next Event is being planned for April 26, 2012
Posted March 6/12
We are pleased to announce that Injured Workers, are not fighting the WCB alone anymore. It is with great appreciation we announce and welcome
OCCUPY EDMONTON and the Raging Grannies who have joined our fight for justice. THIS IS A PEACEFUL EVENT
We are intent in pushing the issue right through to the Spring 2012 election
We are going to expose the corruption, the fraud and the lies, with our demands for a Judicial Public Inquiry into Alberta WCB. We are interviewing as many of the MLAs we can, before the election to get their position and views on the WCB problem.
Our Rally will be Feb 29th until March 2 if our demands our met. We need all your support now. This is not the time to give up: it is the time to rise up.
We presented our concerns in the form of our platform supported by our four pillars, which are:
1) Independent Medical Examinations
- Are wrought with fraudulent reports and diagnoses to enable WCB to deny legitimate claims of Injured workers
2) Medical Panel Office
- Conducts Medical Panels designed to leave no recourse to the claimant Worker as they are “binding” and biased favouring WCB while ignoring the diagnosis of treating physicians of Injured Workers
3) Case Manager Interference
- Case Managers manipulate and intimidate Worker claimants Physicians when their diagnosis or opinion opposes WCB
- Case Managers operate in a Bonus Salary Structure designed to clear Injured Worker claims off WCB that is discriminatory to Injured Worker claimants.
4) Where is the WCB money that is paid into by employers?
- Why are Alberta Taxpayers paying for Injured Workers who have been denied legitimate WCB claims and forced onto AISH, a taxpayer funded social program? WCB cannot displace Injured Worker to AISH leaving Alberta Taxpayers to foot the bills.
Our goal is to have the Government change the legislation following a Judicial Public Inquiry into WCB.
We will provide new updates as they happen to make sure this RALLY is a success.
We cant hope for justice unless, you the injured by occupation participate.
Come out and show your support for the injured workers & their families.
We will advance Health and Justice together. Starting with our Alberta Rally.
