By: B.Stegner

B.Stegner — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:25:26 +0000

The problem with excessive safety on jobsites and having trades workers that are over-skilled has been a complaint from contractors for years and the province has finally given in. With working at heights legislation and training there are still deaths, the right to refuse unsafe work still leads to permanent layoffs and blacklisting. We have a shortage of skilled trades workers and now the province has a new plan to increase employment with less skills and safety. Don’t dare get in the way of contractor profit margins, I wonder how safe the skilled employees at Doug Ford’s work camp are.

By: Marv Breen

Marv Breen — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 01:59:40 +0000

Before you through the city to the wolves you might want to take a look at fatalities and work related injuries between union and non-union on jobsites , also the number of calls to the M.O.L. to enforce safety violations on sites between the two. If you, as elected officials, have never worked on a construction site, there is enough going on, all around you, that having to fear for your job because you won’t work unsafe should be unheard off. I will tell you this, that contractors would like you to believe that safety is first and foremost but it just becomes a word when it impedes production. Please think long and hard before you decide on open for business model, you may be putting public safety at risk. Thank you for taking the time to read this, a retired plumber/ pipe fitter.

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