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Following a media push for improved washroom facilities for construction workers in the province, B.C. Premier David Eby has announced the B.C. government will legally require flush toilets on construction sites of 25 workers or more.<\/p>\n

Once enacted, the requirement for flushing toilets with running water will improve the lives of construction workers across the province.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be bringing in a legal requirement for flush toilets on job sites with 25 employees or more,\u201d said Eby at the BC Building Trades constitutional convention in Victoria. \u201cIf we want people to work in the trades, if we want to show people that this is a great way to support your family and build your community, the basic ability to go to a bathroom that doesn\u2019t stink, that isn\u2019t a mess, where you can flush a toilet, is a basic requirement for a decent job site.\u201d<\/p>\n

While full details of the plan are in development, the BC Building Trades is celebrating the Premier\u2019s promise to deliver flush toilets for construction workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited about the Premier\u2019s responsiveness to this important issue,\u201d said Brynn Bourke, executive director of the BC Building Trades Council, which represents more than 40,000 unionized construction workers. \u201cWith the Premier\u2019s help, construction workers across the province will have markedly better sanitary conditions on site. They\u2019ll also be given the dignity they deserve at work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BC Building Trades recently re-launched its \u201cGet Flushed\u201d campaign to an onslaught of media coverage and far-reaching discussions on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe extent to which the flush toilet campaign was covered in the media and the intensity of the discussion that followed really proves that this is an important issue that requires action from government now, and clearly the Premier agrees.\u201d said Bourke.<\/p>\n

The BC Building Trades will continue to work with government to ensure the forthcoming requirements deliver the washrooms facilities construction workers deserve.<\/p>\n

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