Commentary and advice on taking a role in the campaign
Too many Australians are killed at work each year. In NSW, in the past twelve months alone, over 100 workers have lost their lives on the job while someone suffers a major workplace injury every five minutes. Tomorrow, Friday 28 April is International Workers’ Memorial Day when we stand in solidarity with workers and families around the world in[…]
A Purposeful Conversation Telling your story can be difficult at the best of times – but it’s added complexity when you are trying to use that story to convince someone else that something needs to be done to change your situation, and everyone else who have been injured at work. Perhaps it is something simpler,[…]
Wouldn’t it be great to get your story into the papers? Or a feature on A Current Affair? It is always possible to do that but some realism is needed to succeed. So here are a few rules that can help you get that story into the papers. If you don’t try, you won’t get[…]
The workers compensation system is controlled by the government legislation. If you want to lay the blame for the system you are under it lies there with the government. The parliament, specifically the liberal National government has the capacity to make changes to that legislation and talking to their MP’s and decision makers (both in[…]
Why should someone write to a politician? For each letter about an issue a local politician receives the general theory is that at least 100 people in their electorate feel the same way. Whether that’s true or not the important thing is that if a local MP doesn’t hear about an issue, they are unlikely[…]
Social media is a great tool to find and inform a large number of people without a great deal of expense, but does require time and effort.The IWSN uses social media, in particular Facebook and Twitter to get our message across. What we do you can do too. […]
Injured Worker Support and Representation in Tasmania – Do we need more? Author: Dr Peter Sharman Posted on December 17, 2016 In the early days of this site I wrote an article about Injured Worker Support Websites where I asked for comments about the best approach to provide such support. There was a lot of negativity about the WorkCover Victim website at[…]
Are you standing with us today at 12:30? Picture: Sylvia Liber (Illawarra Mercury)The Upper House Inquiry Starts Today. At 12:30 outside of NSW Parliament Injured Workers Support Network members, Unions NSW and our supporters will be protesting outside of the parliament on Macquarie Street Sydney to show that we aren’t just manilla folders on an insurers desk. That[…]