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Call Out: BC Regional Health and Safety Conference

December 13, 2011 - 11:51am • Health and Safety

update: The application deadline has been extended to January 13, 2012

The BC Regional Union Safety and Health Committee (BRUSH) is happy to host the

BC Regional Council meeting minutes and Coordinators reports - October 2011

December 12, 2011 - 11:20am • Health and Safety, Human Rights, Young Workers, Women

Here are the Regional Council Members reports presented at the October 2011 RC meeting and the minutes of the April 2011 meeting.

WorkSafeBC Caves to Late Night Retailers' Lobby - Waters Down Grant's Law

December 9, 2011 - 9:51am • Young Workers
via BC Federation of Labour

Vancouver, BC  - WorkSafeBC announced today that safety regulations protecting employees working alone will be essentially revoked on April 15, 2012, a move that is being condemned by the family of Grant DePatie and the B.C. Federation of Labour.

The new stripped-down Regulation allows the employers to sidestep requirements that the door be locked and a window used to exchange money and goods between the hours of 11:00 pm and 6:00 am, when employees are working alone.

PSAC members take "Social Justice Studies"

December 6, 2011 - 11:48am • Young Workers

PSAC’s Social Justice Fund is working with CoDevelopment Canada (CoDev) to offer a group of young activists from our union an important and unique opportunity to see first hand the beneficial outcomes of union international solidarity and social justice programs.

PSAC statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women

December 5, 2011 - 5:17pm • Women

The Harper Conservatives are marking December 6 this year by destroying the federal long-gun registry and its more than seven million records.

December 6 is the day we remember and mourn the 14 women killed at the École Polytechnique in Montreal 22 years ago.  We take time to reflect on this extreme example of violence against women.

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