Paramedics file WSIB claims at nearly five times the rate of police as union calls for reversal of cuts

Paramedics, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – Ontario paramedics file Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) claims at nearly five times the rate of police officers, according to data obtained by the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO). The committee, which represents 8,000 paramedics across the province, is calling on the provincial government to reverse planned WSIB layoffs and…