WSIB, union say they've reached tentative deal

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 05, 2025 1:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 6

More than a period aft talks broke down and workers deed the picket lines, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU) accidental they person reached a tentative agreement.

About 3,600 members of the OCEU, besides known arsenic CUPE Local 1750, which represents workers astatine the WSIB, person been connected onslaught for amended wages and moving conditions since May 22.

The WSIB announced the tentative woody successful a quality merchandise connected Saturday.

"We convey Ontarians for the patience they've shown america during the labour disruption," WSIB president and CEO Jeff Lang said successful the statement. "Our squad is committed to delivering better, easier, and faster work to Ontarians and we can't hold to get backmost to doing what we bash champion — helping people."

The connection did not supply immoderate details astir the agreement.

On Sunday, CUPE said its members person voted to judge the tentative woody and volition instrumentality to enactment connected Monday. 

"I americium arrogant of my co-workers and the spot of our union, we are a captious information nett for Ontario workers and Ontarians spoke up, sending thousands of messages to the WSIB leadership," Harry Goslin, president of OCEU/CUPE 1750, said successful a statement.

CUPE 1750 said successful an earlier connection that nary further details of the statement volition beryllium made nationalist until a ratification ballot takes spot successful the coming days.

"Our members were clear — they wanted existent investments successful frontline staffing, a halt to outsourcing Ontario jobs, and safer workloads. While we'll beryllium presenting the afloat details to our members first, I tin accidental this, our bargaining squad believes we've made meaningful advancement connected those priorities," said Goslin.

The WSIB provides workplace wounded and unwellness security to much than 5.3 cardinal radical successful much than 300,000 Ontario workplaces, according to the board's statement.

As WSIB work returns to normal, the committee says radical tin proceed to spell online to study an wounded oregon illness, taxable documents for existing claims, registry a caller business, entree clearances oregon spot up-to-date claim, outgo and wellness payment information.