{"id":22644,"date":"2023-10-16T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/b-c-construction-unions-demand-flushing-toilets-on-work-sites\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:24:08","slug":"b-c-construction-unions-demand-flushing-toilets-on-work-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/b-c-construction-unions-demand-flushing-toilets-on-work-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. construction unions demand flushing toilets on work sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oct. 16, 2023 \u2013 The BC Building Trades Council is calling on Premier David Eby and Minister of Labour Harry Bains to require flushing toilets on construction sites that have 25 workers or more, as has been a requirement in Quebec since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d said Brynn Bourke, executive director of the BC Building Trades Council, which represents 22 craft construction unions and more than 40,000 unionized workers. \u201cNearly every other industry, from film to events and tourism, has found a way to bring clean, flushing toilet facilities to mobile sites. Construction workers deserve flush toilets now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConstruction workers have been faced with unsanitary and undignified washroom conditions for too long. We need the provincial government to step in and stand up for the people who build this province,\u201d said Bourke.<\/p>\n<p>The new Building Trades report is accompanied by a letter-writing campaign urging the government into action. Bourke thinks the campaign will resonate with people far beyond the construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking workers across the province, whether they work in an office, a classroom, or a healthcare setting, to imagine having to use disgusting porta-potties at work,\u201d said Bourke. \u201cThe fact of the matter is, most people would not tolerate porta-potties, and construction workers shouldn\u2019t have to either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BC Building Trades first launched its \u2018Get Flushed\u2019 campaign following significant health and safety concerns in the construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=761779333850340&version=v2.0\";\n\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/canadian-contractor\/b-c-construction-unions-demand-flushing-toilets-on-work-sites\/1003293152\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=b-c-construction-unions-demand-flushing-toilets-on-work-sites\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct. 16, 2023 \u2013 The BC Building Trades Council is calling on Premier David Eby and Minister of Labour Harry &#8230; <a title=\"B.C. construction unions demand flushing toilets on work sites\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/b-c-construction-unions-demand-flushing-toilets-on-work-sites\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about B.C. construction unions demand flushing toilets on work sites\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1090],"tags":[1091],"class_list":["post-22644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-contractor","tag-canada","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}