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CUPE Occupational Health and Safety Committee (L–R) Back row: Rod Kuhn, Bill Davyduke, Barry Jones, Tom Wiebe, Lynda Cuddy (Temp. OH&S National Rep), Susan Zander (Chair), Beverley McKeen, Reynold Sokolik, Jean Poole, Vanessa Wolff (OH&S National Rep). Front row: Timon Azmier (WCB Rep), Frank Lee, Marlene Kantz (Co-chair), Carlos Flores & Lorraine Prouse.
This Committee works to provide a healthy, safe workplace for CUPE members and for all British Columbians. The Committee helps coordinate Health and Safety Conferences, assists with Educational Workshops and develops Health and Safety Campaigns. Use the index below to access our resources:
Committee Members
For Biographical Notes on Committee Members click here.
News Releases
For the latest News Release and the News Release Archives click here.
Occupational Health & Safety News
For our latest Newsletter and back issues click here.
April 28
National Day of Mourning
Webcast online - Day of Mourning protests 188 workplace deaths in B.C. In 1984, CUPE's National Health & Safety Committee was instrumental in recommending the creation of a National Day of Mourning to recognize these workers.
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Fact Sheets
These Fact Sheets are available as pdfs:
Health and Safety Links
Visit these web sites for more information on Occupational Health and Safety issues:
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April 30, 2008 |
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| CUPE Day of Mourning flag hung in Penticton council chambers |
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PENTICTON—If this year’s events are any indication, the international Day of Mourning message is getting through to employers. Just ask CUPE BC OH&S committee member Marlene Kantz, who was part of a delegation that unfurled CUPE’s bright yellow-and-black Day of Mourning flag in the Penticton city council chambers on April 21. |
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April 28, 2008 |
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| UBC Day of Mourning participants urged to fight for the living |
O’Neill, campus locals say 300 workplace injuries last year ‘unacceptable’
VANCOUVER—With a crowd of approximately 75 university workers in attendance, CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill marked today’s international Day of Mourning with a call to end preventable injuries on a campus that saw 300 work-related injuries last year. |
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April 28, 2008 |
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| Delta Workers gather for Day of Mourning |
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Delta workers were up at the crack of dawn, and gathered at 7:30 this morning
DELTA—Early this morning, employees of the Delta Board of Education paused for a moment to remember the workers who have been injured this past year in Delta. On hand to raise the CUPE Day of Mourning flag were, from left, Val Windsor, Teacher Association president Pauline Evans, CUPE 1091 first vice-president Patti Price, Delta Board of Education health and safety officer Vanessa Ezaki, Teachers Association first vice-president Paul Steer, CUPE 1091 president Colin Pawson, and Delta Board of Education vice chair Teresa Townsley. |
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April 25, 2008 |
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| CUPE BC president to join Day of Mourning events at UBC |
Campus locals to honour workers who have lost their lives, urge better job safety
VANCOUVER — CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill will join CUPE members at the UBC campus on Monday (April 28) to honour workers who have died due to work-related injuries and occupational diseases and to stand up for safe working conditions. |
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