UPDATED April 25, 2005
Press Release In Advance of the
Federation's
4th Annual Provincial Day of Mourning Ceremony
On April 28th, 2005 the PEI Federation of Labour will hold its Fourth
Annual Provincial Day of Mourning Ceremony for workers who have been
killed or injured on the job at Province House at 7:00 with a reception
to follow hosted by the Province.
Once again we invite everyone to join with the federation and the
friends and families of Island workers who have died on the job, as we
come together to honour their loved ones memory, mourn for their loss,
and recommit ourselves to working hard to improve workplace safety
across the Island so that these tragedies never occur again.
Since our last ceremony there were 3 workplace deaths on PEI (not
including deaths caused by occupational illness or diseases not yet
recognized as having roots in the workplace). The only way to obtain
the ultimate goal of having no workplace deaths on PEI is for the
provincial government, unions, workers and employers to make a strong
never ending commitment to make workplace safety their number one
priority.
And with the theme for this year’s ceremony being “Save Lives-Enforce
Health and Safety “ , The PEI Federation of Labour urges the provincial
government to renew its commitment to enforcing Occupational Health and
Safety legislation especially at a time when they are using
Public Service employees and the services they supply as scapegoats for
their mismanagement of Public Funds.
“Because they like a lot of other governments in Canada seem to
have forgotten that the affect OH and S legislation will have on
workplace safety is only as good as the commitment they show to its
enforcement.” says Carl Pursey President of the PEI Federation of
Labour
“As we said earlier, improving workplace safety is not the sole
responsibility of the government but their role is one of the most
important. It is their responsibility through the Worker’s Compensation
Board to make sure that the personnel, the resources, the penalties,
and most importantly the political will are there to make sure that
employers and workers know that creating an unsafe work environment on
PEI will not be tolerated for any reason.” Says Pursey.
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