Occupational Health and Safety Act Archives

Statement by CUPE 108 municipal workers on removal of shelters by Halifax Regional Municipality

August 19, 2021

Statement: Members of CUPE 108, representing municipal workers with the Halifax Regional Municipality, were shocked and upset by the direction given to them the morning of August 18 by management to remove shelters used by people without homes. “Our members want the public to know that they would have opposed the removal of the shelters, as they have done previously,” says CUPE 108 President Scott Chetwynd.

Labour views: Kill a worker, go to jail

January 22, 2021

Danny Cavanagh: “Changing workplace safety will only happen about when bosses learn “kill a worker – go to jail”. Otherwise, fines are just a slap on the wrist, viewed as the cost of doing business.”

Rally at Province House calls for protection against workplace bullying

February 26, 2020 2 Comments

On Wear Pink Day some 20 people gathered at Province House to demand that the Liberal government take steps to outlaw bullying and psychological harassment in the workplace..

Donkin mine: “It’s just a matter of time before somebody gets injured or killed”

February 20, 2020

There have been 12 rockfalls at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton in the span of three years. Danny Cavanagh, president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour worries that neither the mine owner nor the Nova Scotia Department of Labour are dealing effectively with safety issues.

NDP proposes legislation against bullying and harassment in the workplace

October 5, 2019 1 Comment

When you are a victim of workplace bullying and harassment in Nova Scotia you have virtually no legal recourse. Yesterday the Nova Scotia NDP proposed la private bill to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act.