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a - WAi‘iemrx) CHRONICLE - Wednesday. April 30. zou Q 0 O 0 Day of Mourmn , recalls two workers killed on the job 8750an I M \ After the ceremony. Xuereb said he was (fluni'de Sta/f / looking forward to a discussion with Wilmer l g . and said the Ontario Federation of labour * he National Day of Mourning cere» ‘ f a» ‘ ’ has been speaking to the WSlB about those mony to remember workers killed or ,. ~“ “ ' * "a continuing concerns. injured on the job Monday at Water- ‘, s ' “i know she's disputed some of the num loo (Iity Hall remembered two local con~ 3m ’ bers that I quoted and I'd love to sit down struction workers killed on the job site in and talk about those, but you can't dispute the last year M Nick Lalonde and Chris the fact that one in five injured workers is on Crawford. ‘* ~ social assistance and that the benefits being Lalonde. a 23~year-old construction paid out is less than it was 20 years ago." said worker, died last October when he fell from Xuereb. “She is saying it's because work, the roof of a building being built on Regina places are safer, but respectfully I beg to (lit Street in Waterloo. He was not wearing a fer.” harness and the lack of safety training on the MPP Catherine Fife. who also spoke at site led to 17 work orders. including five stop _ the ceremony, said that work was completed work orders due to unsafe conditions from G - - - on a provincial fall prevention strategy ,, regBobter,KenRetdandBobHovingapauseforamomemoflitencedunngtheDayof , . the Mimstry Of labour. _ Mourning ceremony Monday at the memorial to workers at Waterloo City Hall. haw moro ”ij“? [alondes death bl" [he film/”WWW Crawford, 3 Kitchener restdent. was a failed to implement it. welder on a job site in Mississauga when a 50 per cent and the average benefit amount Witmer invited Xuereb to meet and dis, It was only after the death of laltinde, the roof collapse claimed the life of the local has decreased by 30 per cent. cuss those concerns at a face~to»face meet- ninth to occur at heights recently, that Fift- father of three in lanuary. Workers rights “This past December the board proposed ing after acknowledging that one death on said the government finally acted. advocates speaking at the ceremony new policy changes that would attempt to the work site is one too many. “That was supposed to be implemented claimed both deaths were preventable and legitimize and legalize those cuts i just men- “Today we are reminded of the terrible in 2009," said Fife, who rose in the house argued that their deaths should have led to tioned, and the proposals would make it human, social and economic toll that ill, three times to press the liberal government criminal negligence charges. much easier to deny claims based on we nesses. injuries and fatalities take,” said Wit on their inaction. “But basically it was sham , The ceremony also included pointed existingconditionsf' iner. “Today helps us to remember the ing the government into doing the right comments towards the head of the Work- Because of those changes, Xuereb said human face ofthese tragedies. thing. place Safety and Insurance Board, Elizabeth more injured workers have to subsist on "We've heard about (Ihris and we've “Finally. before Christmas, there was an Wilmer. who attended the ceremony and social assistance. heard about Nick, and we know there is an announcement that fall prevention training was asked why benefits were being cut back “What is happening today at the W518 is impact not only on the workers but also on would be implemented this year, but we still or denied to the province's sick and injured an outrage,” said Xuereb. “They're succumb- their families and friends. and l have to tell have no details and businesses and contrat' workers. mg to pressure from businesses tokeepthelr you I have seen that impact far too many tors are still looking for clarity around the “WSlB cheques have been reduced by 20 premiums low and many injured workers times." policy. per cent in real dollars.” said Marc Xuereh, end up living in poverty because they've In the past year alone. almost a worker a ”lite Minister of labour can say this is a president of the Waterloo Region Labour allowed unsafe conditions to exist. day has died from a workplace accident or priority but this government's actions speak (louncil. “And according to the W518 the "()ne in five injured workers today end illness, giving Ontario one of the highest differently. 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