Solidarity rally for Telus call centre workers fighting forced relocation
Members of the labour movement will attend a July 27 rally to support USW Local 1944, employees of Telus, in their struggle against office closures.
Here is the text of the resolution city councils are passing
WHEREAS it has been more than three decades since the Westray mine disaster in Nova Scotia and two decades since important amendments were made to the Criminal Code of Canada to hold corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for the health and safety of workers; and
WHEREAS more than 1,000 workers a year continue to be killed at work; and
WHEREAS police and prosecutors are not equipped to and are not utilizing the Westray amendments, and not investigating workplace fatalities through the lens of criminal negligence; and
WHEREAS a cultural shift is required in the way that workplace fatalities are addressed and investigated.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council support a campaign to urge the provincial/territorial government, specifically the Attorney General, Solicitor General and Ministers of Labour and Justice, to ensure that:
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