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Lethal lies
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Glad to be alive: Matthew Linnitt with his two sons
MATTHEW LINNITT HAD TO RUN FOR HIS LIFE AND LIE ABOUT IT. It was the only way he could save himself and his job.
Matthew was working on an oil well in northwestern Alberta in May 2016. He was left alone. He shouldn’t have been. He thought the well was properly capped. It wasn’t. A geyser of toxic sour gas spewed out of the well. He searched for the site’s emergency...
SIMPLY CRIMINAL
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Sam Fitzpatrick
SAM FITZPATRICK’S COMPLAINTS DIDN’T SAVE HIM. Sam was killed on the job on February 22, 2009. He was crushed to death under a huge bolder. He had warned his bosses something like that might happen just the day before.
It took a twenty year fight to get his employer into court to answer...
KEEPING ‘EM DOWN
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SOME OLD PEOPLE ARE WORTH MORE THAN OTHERS. At least that’s how the provincial paymasters in Nova Scotia see it. That means some of the workers who care for the elderly in the province will get a promised cash award and some won’t.
Nursing home workers will get a PSA (Public...
This month in labour rights history
The first-ever Study Mission from the International Labour Organization (ILO) led by Sir John Wood came to Canada for two weeks to investigate ILO complaints submitted by the National Union against more...
September 12, 1985