With summer in full swing, it’s important to remember to keep cool wherever you are.
Soaring temperatures mean your body is potentially at risk for heat stress, which occurs when your body’s cooling system is put under pressure.
According to Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act, employers are legally required to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances to protect workers. To prevent heat-stress related illnesses, the Ministry of Labour has guidelines for employers. These include developing policies and procedures to protect workers in environments that are hot because of hot processes and/or weather.
On April 28, your union encourages you to join thousands across this province in observing the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job.
On this day, we come together to remember workers killed, injured, or suffering from illness because of unsafe conditions at work. We come together to help create safer workplaces so workers can end their working lives in dignity and health – not premature injury, disease or death.
We remember lost and injured co-workers, friends and family members while renewing our commitment to safer workplaces under the slogan, “Remember the dead. Fight for the living.”
On February 28, join your union, UFCW Canada Local 1000A, in raising awareness about International Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Day.
Also known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), RSIs are the most common form of workplace injuries and describe injuries that affect the body’s muscles, joints, nerves, and tendons. Some common RSIs include tendinitis, tenosynovitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Saturday June 1, 2013 is the 30th anniversary of Injured Workers' Day. One workplace injury is too many. Know your rights and stand up for fairness from employers and governments for those who have been injured on the job.
