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June 18, 2020 - No. 42
Canada-Wide Campaign Demands Status
for All!
Migrant Rights Network
Launches Campaign
• Mexican
Government Stops Sending Temporary Foreign
Workers to Canada
• National Farmers
Union-Ontario Issues Statement
• Coronavirus Spreads to
Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers in
Quebec
Situation
of Frontline Workers During Pandemic
• Ontario Paramedics'
Urgent Need for Adequate Protective Equipment
- Interview, Jason Fraser, Chair, Canadian
Union of Public Employees Ontario Ambulance
Committee
• Quebec Health Care
Unions Demand Preparations to Face Possible
Second Wave
Canada-Wide Campaign Demands
Status for All!
On Sunday, June 14, Migrant Rights Network
hosted a historic Canada-wide digital rally to
launch a campaign to have the government of
Canada regularize the status and recognize
rights for all migrant workers. It is a call to
put an end to a Canadian state sponsored system
of human trafficking which targets migrant
workers, undocumented workers and refugees.
 More than 700
people were logged onto the English language
forum Sunday afternoon. The event was held in
Spanish later the same day. Many more watched
the broadcast on social media platforms and at
least 40 rights organizations endorsed it. This
digital rally brought into sharp focus the fight
that is being waged by the most vulnerable
sections of the Canadian working class, standing
up to affirm their rights as working people and
human beings. This is a struggle and cause of
the entire Canadian working class and people.
The June 14 digital rally began with an
acknowledgment by migrant workers that the land
they have come to for work is stolen land, where
Indigenous sovereignty is not recognized by the
same authorities who deny migrant workers'
rights; where Indigenous women go missing or are
murdered as a matter of course; where Indigenous
people are incarcerated and murdered by police.
The host also noted that in response to Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau saying Canada must do
better, migrant workers say to Trudeau: "Do it
today, and take action to ensure full status for
all." Racial injustice and migrant rights, she
said, are an issue for the entire Canadian
working class and people. She stressed that
recovery from the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic cannot be complete without full
immigration status for all, so migrant children
can get an education and medical treatment, so
migrant worker families can be reunited and the
systemic discrimination in wages and living
conditions of these most vulnerable working
people is ended. Every worker without status
should be regularized, she said, and called on
anyone who is not a member of a migrant rights
organization to join, to become a member and
part of this struggle.
Below is a brief summary of the interventions
made by those who spoke out for their rights on
June 14.
Caregivers Action Centre, Toronto
 Winnie said that
she, like many others, came to Canada to take
care of Canadian families, children, the sick,
'you.' "We are care workers. We live with your
family, prepare your children for their future.
We work many hours yet are the lowest paid and
sometimes not even paid for many extra hours
worked." She has been separated from her family
for six years. "We're forced to stay in our
employer's home, even when we are not working.
We will be fired if we leave. We are like
slaves. When I lost my job I had no money, no
place to live. My employer treated me very badly
and many care workers experience the same thing.
But I was strong and stood up for my rights and
got help from migrant workers support
organizations. We demand status now. We want
status without preconditions of language,
education and so forth. We are women of colour.
We are essential workers. We are in mourning.
Two migrant workers died in recent weeks. We did
not come to Canada to die. We came to work and
support our families. We will not work and live
in fear any more. We are not asking for special
treatment. Today we demand status for everyone.
We demand our rights. Join us!"
Jamaican Farmworker in Niagara, Ontario
Claude said he is one of 60,000 migrant
farmworkers across the country, based in the
Niagara wine and fruit growing area of southern
Ontario. "I have to be separated from my family
to provide food for yours. We do the most
dangerous and dirty jobs. Our health and safety
are at risk. There have been two deaths of
agricultural workers due to COVID-19. We come to
Canada for a better life, not to die. No more
deaths! Canada says it is a family oriented
country. We need to be united with our families.
We want to bring ours back together. We want
full status."
Niagara Greenhouse Worker
Blanca works in a greenhouse in the Niagara
region. She has been working in Canada for 18
years. "My husband died in 1990," she said, "due
to these conditions. The Canadian government
should give permanent resident status to us
migrant workers in recognition of the important
work we do, in memory of my husband and others
(Blanca then read the names of migrant
farmworkers who have died in Canada). We want
permanent status now!"
Migrant Workers from Mexico
Laura said she moved to Canada with her husband
and baby daughter five years ago. "We were
scammed by people who took our money and did
nothing to help settle us. At that time I was
pregnant with my second baby. We did not even
have shelter. A local migrant support group
helped us. Our second child is Canadian born but
is denied everything because of our lack of
status. My husband is a cleaner and construction
worker. We are active in community groups and
contribute to Canadian society in many ways. Our
work is dignified. It is essential to the
Canadian economy. Permanent status for all
migrant workers, farm workers, care givers, is a
completely just demand. We strongly believe we
have the right to all basic necessities:
shelter, education for our children, and decent
treatment at work -- the same as everyone else.
Status for all!"
Migrante Alberta
Evalyn Royo from Migrante Alberta said she came
to Canada under a temporary workers program. "We
were invited here to work in jobs that are
dangerous -- hard work and poor pay. For any
number of reasons, many have had to make the
decision to stay and continue to live and work
here undocumented. Many migrants, and especially
the undocumented, have no supports. It was so
before COVID-19, but it is now glaring. In
Alberta many migrant workers employed in meat
packing, for example, have to choose to go to
work and risk infection or be forced to return
home. We work like any other worker. These are
permanent jobs, not temporary jobs. Why do we
not have the right to permanent status? Support
the call of our organization. Support status for
all!"
Haitian Undocumented Worker in Montreal
Mamadou is an undocumented Haitian worker
living in Montreal. "I am tired of living in
fear of being stopped for an ID check on the
metro, in fear of becoming sick, in fear of
losing my apartment. That's why I'm speaking up
today on my own behalf and on behalf of others
like me, to tell Trudeau that we are tired of
hiding and living in shadows and seeing families
divided because of lack of status. We have no
health care. Injustices are forced upon people
without status. COVID-19 didn't make us
essential. We were essential before COVID-19 and
are essential now. That's why we are demanding
status for all!"
South Asian Refugee in Mississauga, Ontario
Mika is a South Asian refugee living in
Mississauga. She said she applied for status but
has no idea what her status is. She has been
abused; by her husband, by immigration lawyers,
by immigration itself, by police. "But I cannot
even complain," she said, "because I don't have
status. If I have status I can fight for my
rights. I am not alone. We need to be heard. We
need your help to fight for our rights."
Migrant International Student
Rahil spoke about the situation many migrant
and international students are facing.
"International students," she said, "work in
many essential services, in third world
conditions, with very low wages. We are
mistreated because of our temporary status.
Often we can't find jobs, pay our rent, pay our
bills. But we are connecting with other student
organizations around Canada to demand full
status for all. We will continue building
collective power with migrants and others to
fight for basic rights."
Migrante Canada Member in Toronto
Marisol said she came to Canada in 2012. "Today
I have to live in the shadows, breaking my back,
enduring abuse and exploitation in my work
place. We are not machines. We are human beings
with needs and rights. That is why we migrant
workers, care workers, refugees, undocumented
workers want status for all. Canada must
acknowledge our rights. It is high time to
organize ourselves, unite and fight. Let our
voice be heard across Canada. Let us stand
together, strong and invincible. We are the
backbone across this country. We want our rights
and we want them now!"
Workers' Forum calls on our readers to
take up this important struggle. To read the
text of the statement "Full Immigration Status
for All" click
here. Add your name to the
telephone campaign to tell your local MPs and
the Prime Minister to provide Status for All by
visiting the Migrant Rights Network website.
  
The digital rally was preceded by a solidarity
caravan that travelled from Toronto to Niagara
on June 13, 2020. It rallied in Hamilton,
Beamsville and St. Catharines. At the
constituency office for Liberal MP for St.
Catharines Chris Bittle, messages were chalked
in the parking lot and signs taped to the door
demanding full status for all migrants. (Migrant Workers Alliance for
Change)
On June 15, Mexico's Ambassador to Canada
announced that his government will not be
sending any more temporary foreign workers to
Canada until it has more clarity on why two died
due to COVID-19. The two workers were 31-year
old Bonifacio Eugenio Romero who died on May 30,
and 24-year-old Rogelio Muñoz Santos who died
June 5 in Southwestern Ontario. Bonifacio was
employed at Woodside Greenhouses in Kingsville
in Essex County and Rogelio at Greenhill Produce
in Chatham-Kent.
 In an interview,
His Excellency Juan José Gómez Camacho said that
the change is so the Mexican government "can
reassess with the federal authorities, provinces
and farmers why this happened and if there is
anything to correct." His government needs
assurances that the situation can be brought
under control, he said, before allowing more
workers to arrive. Ambassador Gómez Camacho
informed that across Canada, 300 Mexicans are
believed to have been infected with the novel
coronavirus.
This change affects at least 5,000 temporary
foreign workers who were expected to travel to
Canada in the coming months, as well as numerous
agricultural operations across the country where
they were to work. These operations have already
been greatly affected by measures to contain the
pandemic that prevent normal operations. It is
reported that workers from Mexico make up about
half of the temporary foreign worker population
employed in the agriculture sector, which in
2018 amounted to 25,060 people employed on
farms, in greenhouses and other related jobs.[1]
The ambassador noted that some agriculture
firms who have reported outbreaks are asking
Mexico to keep sending people, and said "that
will not happen." He did say that the pause is
intended to be temporary, respecting the fact
that farmers often need workers at specific
times. However he said the workers would not be
allowed to leave for Canada until Canadian
officials increased their monitoring of the
implementation of health and safety rules, and
ensured that workers are paid while in
isolation.
The ambassador made reference to measures
adopted by the Canadian government to put
protections in place to limit the spread of
COVID-19, including requirements for migrant
workers to spend 14 days in quarantine when they
arrive. The federal government has provided
funds to employers to cover 60 hours of pay per
worker and other costs of the mandatory initial
quarantine requirement as well as the purchase
of personal protective equipment. Gómez Camacho
said the Mexican government worked with Canadian
officials to design some of those supports,
including a provision that workers be paid while
quarantined upon arriving in Canada. How and
even if these measures are being implemented and
enforced varies from province to province and
workplace to workplace, while the working
conditions and especially living conditions of
migrant workers continue to make social
distancing and strict sanitation measures
problematic, if not impossible.
The Mexican government also put in place a
program this year that saw only workers who were
requested by name by Canada's farms and
greenhouses be allowed to travel here. The
ambassador said many workers are connected to
small family farms and have developed
relationships over time. The pause on allowing
more to arrive is a nod to that relationship, he
said. "We are doing this out of solidarity with
Canada," he said. "We understand the role these
workers play in your food chain."
While the ambassador referred
to small family farms and solidarity with Canada
by helping guarantee its food supply during the
pandemic, the Mexican government is also aware
that Canada relies on the value created by these
workers in the form of agricultural exports. In
a communiqué announcing the departure of this
year's first contingent of workers in early
April, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
mentioned among other things that Canada is the
world's fifth largest exporter of agricultural
products, and that this represents a core part
of its economy. Furthermore, some two-thirds of
migrant workers are employed by large farms with
gross receipts of more than $2 million annually.
In addition to the
announcement by the Mexican government that it
was calling a temporary halt to workers coming to
Canada, there are reports that the Mexican
National Human Rights Commission has launched an
investigation into the deaths of the two workers
and the conditions faced by Mexican migrant
agricultural workers in Ontario. It will also
investigate alleged lack of attention by Mexican
consular authorities to these workers, which the
Commission said could constitute human rights
violations.
Note
1.
Statistics Canada reports that, "Temporary
Foreign Workers (TFW) are critical to the
agriculture sector and have been steadily
increasing in Canada over the past twenty
years. In 2018, there were nearly 55,000
jobs filled by temporary foreign workers in
Canada's agriculture industry and these
accounted for 20 per cent of total employment in
the primary agriculture sector. Although
temporary foreign workers in 2018 came from
nearly 100 countries, the majority came from
Mexico (51 per cent); Guatemala (20 per cent)
and Jamaica (18 per cent)."
On May 30, Bonifacio Eugenio Romero, a
31-year-old Mexican migrant farm worker, died of
COVID-19. He lost his life to feed us and to
provide for his family back home.
 The National
Farmers Union [1]
is devastated by the tragic death of Bonifacio
Eugenio Romero. We extend our deepest
condolences to his family, friends, and to all
the essential agricultural workers who are
risking their health and safety to bring food to
Canadian tables every day.
More than 400 migrant farm workers have tested
positive with COVID-19 in mass outbreaks across
Southern Ontario. It is spreading among migrant
workers due to overcrowded, unsanitary housing
and unsafe working conditions, and/or a failure
to quickly identify and isolate infected
workers.
The National Farmers Union-Ontario (NFU-O) is
concerned that not all farmers are complying
with government regulations regarding the
pandemic. We worry that government inspections
of farms and migrant worker accommodations are
being conducted remotely and will not be
effective in the absence of surprise on-site
inspections for verification. We are troubled
that some migrant workers are not receiving
adequate and ongoing information on health and
safety protocols in the language of their
choice.
Migrant farm workers are contracting the virus
in the local community. They arrive in Canada in
good health and are compliant with the 14-day
quarantine protocol. Uncoordinated quarantine
measures are unfairly stigmatizing these
workers, despite the fact that they are not the
source of the outbreaks. The NFU is against
discriminatory exclusionary measures that target
migrant workers, such as identification cards
and restricted and prohibited movement on and
off of the farm. We find the ongoing and
systemic racism migrant farm workers experience
abhorrent, including reports that they are being
denied entry into local grocery stores. Migrant
workers deserve to live and work in safety and
dignity.
The NFU has a long-standing position in support
of migrant workers. The NFU has joined calls for
regulatory changes so that migrant workers can
change jobs without threat of deportation, have
full access to health care and other employee
benefits, and be granted permanent resident
status. We stand in solidarity with the Migrant
Rights Network and Justicia for Migrant Workers
in their outrage over the death of Bonifacio
Eugenio Romero and their efforts to improve
migrant workers' housing, working, and status
conditions.
Note
1. The National Farmers Union is a
direct-membership organization made up of
Canadian farm families who share common goals.
One of its goals "is to work together to achieve
agricultural policies which will "ensure dignity
and security of income for farm families while
enhancing the land for future generations." It
is organized on a regional basis. Each Region
holds an annual convention where regional
officers are elected and resolutions brought
forward by members of the region are debated.
Resolutions that are passed at the regional
level are then debated and voted on at the
annual National Convention. One board member
from each of its regions serves as the Regional
Coordinator.
It is committed to:
- ensuring family farms are the primary unit of
food production;
- promoting environmentally-safe farming
practices;
- giving farm women equal voice in shaping farm
policy;
- working for fair food prices for both farmers
and consumers;
- involving, educating and empowering rural
youth for a better future;
- building healthy, vibrant rural communities;
- ensuring an adequate supply of safe,
nutritious food for Canadians.
- solidarity with family farmers internationally
It states that it "is unique among farm
organizations in working for people's interests
against corporate control of our food system."
On Thursday, June 11, the media reported a
COVID-19 outbreak at Vegpro International[1],
located in the town of Sherrington, in
southwestern Quebec's Montérégie administrative
region.
Vegpro International is one of the largest
produce growers in North America, which sells
ready-to-eat and pre-washed produce such as
lettuce under the trademark Fresh Attitude.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on May
28, after a Guatemalan worker presented
symptoms.
Temporary foreign workers on the farm share
cramped quarters and many common areas and the
virus has quickly spread. A spokesperson for the
Integrated Health and Social Services Centre
(CISSS) for the Montrégie-Centre region reported
that out of a total of 23 workers who have
tested positive for the virus, 18 are temporary
foreign workers.
 The outbreak has
caused a slowdown in the operations of the
company, which is anticipating the arrival of
other Mexican workers, who will be placed in
quarantine upon arrival. Quebec Associate Deputy
Minister of Health and Public Health Director,
Dr. Horacio Arruda, has told the press that the
pandemic protocols in place to make sure
temporary workers arrive in Quebec in good
health and stay that way, are to "get special
attention in the coming days."
Quebec's Union of Agricultural Producers (UPA)
has said that this year Quebec has only received
half of the temporary foreign workers it was
expecting. For example, just over 5,000
temporary foreign workers from Guatemala and
Mexico have arrived thus far, out of an expected
12,660. By June 11, based on the original
planning forecast, there would have been close
to 10,000 foreign agricultural workers in
Quebec.
Note
1. Vegpro International,
which was founded in 1998, claims to be the
largest vegetable producer in Canada. It
distributes its produce across Canada as well as
in the northeastern United States. Specialized
in the washing and packaging of baby lettuces,
Vegpro also sells a wide range of vegetables
grown on its land and has fields in Quebec and
Florida. Its retailers include the major food
distribution chains and such giants as Walmart,
Sobeys, Costco, Metro, IGA, Maxi, Loblaws,
Foodland and Provigo.
Situation of Frontline Workers
During Pandemic
- Interview, Jason Fraser,
Chair, Canadian Union of Public Employees
Ontario Ambulance Committee -
Workers' Forum: What are the
main concerns of paramedics at this time?
Jason Fraser: Our concerns, I
think, are very similar across Canada. We are
facing the same challenges -- the shortage of
personal protective equipment (PPE).
 Our Chief Medical
Officer of Health in Ontario has downgraded what
we consider to be the standard of using a N95
mask, which is like the gold standard. They have
downgraded it, saying that wearing a surgical
mask is sufficient to fight COVID-19 and protect
the workers from contracting the virus.
We have taken the position that surgical masks
are not appropriate. It should be an N95. The
PPE issue, I would say, is very similar to what
is going on across the country and worldwide. We
need to be cautious on how much PPE we are
wearing or using on calls. Different paramedic
services in Ontario are taking different
approaches. Some services have the approach that
only one paramedic needs to put on their PPE and
can manage the call as a single provider, while
the other paramedic just stays at 2 meters back
to assist, in order to conserve the PPE and make
it last longer. The orders for equipment are not
coming in as quickly as we would like to see
them coming in, that is for sure. I have not
heard of anybody running out of things as of
yet, but definitely services have reached
critical levels and we have had to rely on the
province to supply PPE. Months ago the province
was continuously saying that they had an
adequate supply of PPE but there are shortages
and this is creating a difficult situation for
the workers.
In our opinion the reason that the Chief
Medical Officer of health in Ontario downgraded
from N95 to surgical masks is solely based on
the lack of available PPE. If we look back to
2003, when SARS was happening, we wore N95
masks, gloves and gowns on every call. It did
not matter what the nature of that call was.
That was the standard, the best available
protection.
When we fast forward 17 years to COVID-19 and
the lack of available resources for PPE
supplies, it is now all of a sudden downgraded
to surgical masks. It just does not make sense.
We do not want a bare bone or minimal standard.
We want to have the best available to us and the
best is N95. We should not be in the position of
having to make decisions based on what crucial
equipment we have available to us. That
equipment should be readily available. The
provincial government had plenty of time to
prepare for this. There were plenty of
indicators back in late December, early January,
that the virus was heading our way, that Canada,
including Ontario, was not going to avoid the
virus coming here. There was adequate time for
them to prepare and get a stockpile of N95 masks
and gowns to ensure that every front line worker
was protected. They failed to do that. They
failed to properly plan. We are playing catch up
and we have never really been able to catch up.
We should never be in that position. The
equipment should be there and every worker
should be protected.
WF: Is your volume of calls going
up now that more places are opening in Ontario
and confinement restrictions are getting
loosened?
JF: Back at the end of March,
early April, call volume had dropped. People
were cautious about having to go to the hospital
or use the 911 system if it was not urgent to
use it. They listened to the advice from the
Province to stay home and only go out for
essential things. Call volume has started to
creep back up again in the last couple of weeks,
which is going to put another strain on us,
making the need still more urgent to get proper
PPE. The one thing that might actually have
saved us in our PPE situation was that the call
volume was down. If our call volume had stayed
at the level it was pre-COVID-19 we would have
been in big trouble. That can still happen as
our call volumes go up as more places are
opening up and people are doing different types
of things. That can vary according to what type
of calls we are going to see, like more motor
vehicle collisions. If our PPE supplies are not
coming in we may get into a very difficult
situation at some point. That is without talking
about having a second wave, like we are hearing
about.
WF: Do you want to say something
in conclusion?
JF: We need to remain diligent as
things in the province start to loosen up. We
need to keep in mind that the virus is still
active. We need to continue wearing our PPE on
calls. Paramedics are going into many different
places -- businesses, homes, long term care
facilities, and in and out of hospitals on a
regular basis. We do not want paramedics to be
transporters of the virus in those facilities.
The view should be that everybody is positive
until proven otherwise and be protected
accordingly.
There are serious concerns among workers and
people at this time about a possible second wave
of COVID-19 in the coming months. Concerns are
high because terrible tragedies are still
happening in what is called the first wave,
especially in the health care system which has
been weakened by over thirty years of
anti-social offensive by successive governments
in the service of narrow private interests. In
Quebec, the number of deaths from COVID-19 has
reached 5,298 as of June 17, with over 4,700 of
them either in CHSLDs (Residential and long-term
care centres -- 3,642), seniors' residences or
in what are called intermediate
resources (residences such as group homes, or
supervised apartments for people experiencing a
loss of independence and needing help with their
daily tasks). Another source of major concern is
the view put forward by the ruling circles that
now is the time to "reopen Quebec" by striking a
balance between the "economy" and the health and
safety of workers and people. This is a false
and self-serving equation to justify the
continued pay-the-rich economy for which the
health and the safety of the people is being
sacrificed.
 On June 8, Quebec
health care unions issued a press release
entitled "Better preparations needed in the
health and social services system for the 2nd
wave." The health care unions are the Health and
Social Services' Workers' Union-CSN, the
Interprofessional Health Care Federation of
Quebec, the Alliance of Professional and
Technical Health and Social Services Staff, the
Quebec section of the Canadian Union of Public
Employees, the Quebec Health Federation, the
Quebec Union of Service Employees-FTQ and the
Federation of Professionals (FP-CSN).
The unions point out that "The first phase of
the COVID-19 crisis was a failure; aside from
claiming the lives of six workers in the health
and social services system, it highlighted
prevention shortcomings in workplaces, as
witnessed by the 5,000 workers who were
infected."
They state that this long-standing situation
must be rectified in anticipation of the second
wave of COVID-19. They identify as one of the
most significant problems the lack of prevention
of workplace illness and injury, which, in the
health care sector, is directly related to the
health and safety of patients and residents in
long term care homes. This problem has reached
new proportions in the conditions of the
pandemic, they say.
The unions also state that right from the start
of the pandemic, the recommendations of the
Quebec National Institute for Public Health were
guided by the low inventories of personal
protective equipment (PPE). They believe that
health directives varied according to available
inventory, and say that the Quebec government
has refused to give the workers accurate
information on inventories of available PPE, and
that several residences and CHSLDs were short of
supplies right from the beginning.
They also point out that the increasing
mobility demands arising from the restructuring
of health care which forces workers to move
between many sites in a huge geographical area,
the use of contract labour hired through private
placement agencies, and wages and working
conditions that force workers in long-term care
homes to work in several long-term care
facilities to make a living, all have
contributed to the conditions that foster the
spread of COVID-19. In addition to adequate
equipment, they say, the stability of health
care teams must be a priority.
The unions are presenting the following demands
which they say are needed to rectify the
situation and adequately prepare for a second
wave of COVID-19.
"Reliable data is needed on the number of
employees affected per institution, mission,
department, activity centre and job title to
better plan the available resources.
"An accurate picture is needed of the status of
protective personal equipment (PPE) inventories
to ensure an adequate supply and the highest
level of protection for personnel in the system.
"Means must be provided to do prevention in the
field to limit the number of infections.
"The four prevention mechanisms spelled out in
the Act
respecting occupational health and safety
must be implemented in full, on an urgent basis
and in all of the institutions in the system,
starting with the identification of a prevention
representative. This should be followed by the
implementation of prevention programs, health
programs and health and safety committees."
The current Act
respecting occupational health and safety
was passed in 1979. Among other things, it
arbitrarily divided the sectors of the economy
into 'priority' and 'non-priority' sectors in
terms of health and safety hazards and need for
health and safety measures. It set four
mechanisms for the prevention of work-related
injuries and diseases which are: the prevention
representative, the prevention program, the
health program, and the joint health and safety
committees. The specifics of how this applies
depends on the sector workers are part of. It is
estimated that only about 11 per cent of Quebec
workplaces are currently covered by these
mechanisms. Even the construction sector, which
is the deadliest sector in term of workplace
casualties and is considered by the Act as a
priority sector, is not fully covered by the
mechanisms because of the long-standing
opposition from the construction companies and
the refusal of the Quebec government to even
implement what is in its own legislation.
The unions consider that the immediate
appointment, by the workers in all sectors and
work places, of a full-time prevention
representative selected from among their peers,
is of first-rate importance. The only job of the
prevention representative would be to make sure
that working conditions are safe and healthy.
This would contribute to improve the situation
and adequately prepare for what lies ahead.
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