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Why ask your union for help when your claim is conveyed to WorkSafeBC’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services?

by Doug Cook | May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020 THE TITLE OF THIS COLUMN is in the form of a question. What’s the answer? Simply this: Without a representative to assist you with vocational rehabilitation, you stand a good chance of getting your butt kicked! The first thing I tell the workers I...

It shouldn’t take a crisis to create a safe workplace

by BC Building Trades | May 20, 2020

May 18, 2020 By Andrew Mercier, Executive Director With the public debate focused on the question of dialling-up our economy in these trying times, it is important that we do not forget the important role of workplace safety enforcement going forward. Construction is...

BCBT calls for public inquiry into construction site sanitation

by BC Building Trades | May 19, 2020

May 19, 2020 The BC Building Trades Council is calling for a public inquiry into health and safety in the construction sector. The inquiry is one of the council’s recommendations to the Premier’s Economic Recovery Task Force, which brings together leaders from labour,...

83% of construction workers have experienced a mental health issue

by BC Building Trades | May 6, 2020

May 6, 2020 Psychologically safe workplaces are imperative to the mental health of construction workers. That’s why the Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan has introduced several new initiatives designed to improve mental health safety in the workplace and to...

Kitimat millwright uses skills savvy to assist health care workers

by BC Building Trades | May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020 There is something a little different about the personal protective equipment worn by health care workers at Kitimat General Hospital. It’s been improved by the ingenuity of local millwright Devin Baer. Now, nurses and other health care professionals can...

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