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CUPE reacts to WorkSafeNB taskforce recommendations

by Simon Ouellette
October 15, 2018
1 min read
CUPE reacts to WorkSafeNB taskforce recommendations

Left to right: Patrick Roy, CUPE’s Health and Safety Representative, and Daniel Légère, CUPE NB President, speaking on WorkSafe NB on Oct. 15. Photo from CUPE NB.

Fredericton – CUPE New Brunswick held a press conference on Oct. 15 to challenge the recommendations made by the Taskforce responsible for evaluating WorkSafeNB.

“Like the NB Ombudsperson has said, the Taskforce produced ‘simplistic’ recommendations, and they kept a decidedly pro-employer, rather than a pro-worker stance when they proposed changes to a system made to help injured workers,” said Daniel Légère, President of CUPE NB.

While the union does not oppose all 28 recommendations contained in the report, CUPE has major concerns such as:

  • Unnecessarily limiting the powers of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal;
  • Keeping resources for injured workers services low to support privatization;
  • Insufficient workers’ and injured workers’ input and consultation to future changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act; and
  • The lack of transparency in the appointment of worker representatives on the Taskforce.

There are also concerns around the potential privatization of the WorkSafeNB Rehabilitation Centre in Grand Bay.

“It is troublesome how the Taskforce has recommended annual reviews of service delivery options and results with an eye to ‘finding efficiencies.’ This is a frequent code word for privatization and jeopardizes the future of the Centre,” said Légère.

The Return to work initiatives must put injured workers first. “I fear the recommendations pushes WorkSafeNB to focus on “early” return rather than “safe” return to work,” added Patrick Roy, CUPE’s Health and Safety Representative.

Simon Ouellette works for CUPE NB

Tags: CUPE NBDaniel LegerelabourNew BrunswickSimon OuelletteWorkSafeNB
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