{"id":631179,"date":"2026-04-27T04:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631179\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:36:08","slug":"rally-calls-for-safer-workplaces-in-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631179\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally calls for safer workplaces in B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

Workers and allies gathered at Thornton Park in Vancouver on Sunday, holding a Day of Mourning Rally honouring those who lost their lives in the workplace and demanding safer working conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel that ultimately workers need to organize themselves to make the changes that we see fit,\u201d said Justin Solyom, lead organizer of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cConditions are not getting better, workers are still getting injured, and the system is stacked against us,\u201d said Skadi Green, member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.<\/p>\n

The Day of Mourning is typically commemorated as a joint event hosted by the BC Federation of Labour, the Business Council of B.C., and WorkSafeBC at Jack Poole Plaza.<\/p>\n

But starting last year, this alternative rally began as a form of protest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey seem more interested in standing side by side with the same bosses and governments whose policy and attitude result in our injuries and deaths,\u201d argued Green.<\/p>\n

Those attending also called for stronger enforcement and proper penalties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we are injured or killed on the job, there should be consequences for people who put us in those situations, and those are our employers,\u201d explained Che Baines, co-chair of Coast\/VRC Local Hospital & Employees Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cPenalties for workers being injured and killed on the job need to increase, which is why we say bosses need to be behind bars for allowing their workers to be injured and killed on the job,\u201d Solyom added.<\/p>\n

CityNews reached out to the Business Council of BC and WorkSafeBC for a statement responding to the calls made, but they did not get back to us in time for the broadcast deadline.<\/p>\n

However, the BC Federation of Labour provided a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s provincial commemoration will be worker-led, with BCFED hosting the ceremony. And it is moving from Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver to the grounds of the B.C. Legislature, to underline to decision-makers how urgently we need change.\u201d<\/p>\n

That ceremony will be held on Tuesday in Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that moving forward today we can keep coming together, getting organized and fighting for working class power,\u201d said Noa Sison, a representative of Bayan BC.<\/p>\n

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