The United Steelworkers union is making a new call for a public inquiry into two fatal British Columbia mill explosions based on a document a coroner’s inquest has already considered.
The Steelworkers, WorkSafeBC and the BC Coroners Service all agree the document was entered into evidence at last spring’s inquest into the 2012 explosion at Lakeland Mills in Prince George, B.C. “What was their strategy at that time,” asked Stephen Hunt, the union’s director. “Was it enforcement or were they being pressured by the industry not to enforce? And those are the questions that have to be answered. That goes to the heart of every worker in this province.”
But the union — which withdrew part of the way through the inquest — said Friday that it only received a copy of the document recently through a freedom of information request.
Keven Drews – Canadian Press – Globalnews.ca – October 9, 2015 .
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