Last week the Province of Manitoba proclaimed June 1, 2025 as Injured Workers Day in Manitoba. This means a lot to us at the MFL-Occupational Health Centre, as a worker-centred community health clinic with roots in the labour movement.
We had a good talk with Minister Malaya Marcelino, MLA for Notre Dame about our plans to step up programming for injured workers, how we can partner with the province to accomplish that, and how we can work towards legislation to enshrine Injured Workers Day into law in Manitoba.
Pictured: Thomas Linner (Interim Executive Director), Lisa Houtkooper (Occupational Health Nurse with a focus on injured workers) and Dr. Robert Chase (Occupational Health Physician) from the OHC; Injured worker and community advocate Dixia Zhan; Kevin Rebeck and Rick Rennie from the Manitoba Federation of Labour; Minister of Labour and Immigration Malaya Marcelino.