Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
Written by Jeff Cottrill, Editor
Safety issues in British Columbia’s social-worker sector have resulted in “no-go zones” throughout the province that aboriginal child-youth and family workers avoid, according to a report from the BC Government and Service employees’ Union (BCGEU).
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
Original report by Jean Lian, Editor of the magazine)
The wage data used by Alberta government officials to determine which Temporary Foreign Worker Program to approve are deeply flawed, according to documents uncovered by the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL).
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by James Dick Construction Limited of Caledon, Ontario, fell into a quarry when a catwalk gave way. The catwalk had not been maintained in a safe condition.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
The B.C. Nurses’ Union (BCNU) Is calling for increased worker protection at a hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia, after a male nurse was attacked while trying to de-escalate an argument between two patients on October 26, 2015.