= Truckers are often forced to work 16-18 hrs. Norman Garcia

Ss I TOT twelve

hour days for truck drivers

In April the USW sent a submis- Fars aa) aA

pr? Ing Tor

drive. coordina

tor Ron Corbeil noted that driv- ers’ peuormances cetenelate

after 8 h federal regulations, ealliag, for 14 hour days, don’t deal with fatigue or allow sufficient time to rest and recover. Personal health suffers and evidence

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NORMAN GARCIA

BC FOREST INDUSTRY KILLS MORE THAN ANY OTHER

BC deaths hit a 2 5 year high

THE DEATH COUNT in BC workplaces is out of control. Last year there were 43 forest industry workers who were killed in trau-

in th

ig the

as Debbi

facaas of the late "Turbo" Ted Gramlic, a a

Codd,

ce. And thi ers have died as of late June. ‘0 commemorate the worst work death count in 25 years, Steelworkers from Lower Mainland local unions 5 (Locals I oe, 2052

Vancouver Island. Hlanked by Brother Hunt and a close friend f Ted,

Ms. Geddes outlined some of the circum- stances around Ted's deai

He was working alone, some 45 minutes Com hic fall Frct aid 4

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truckers’ h 12 per day, five days a week; there must be 12 hours

and 1-350

Gnioiets fried and friends, who marched through the streets of downtown ee

on Apa 28 - is Day, of Me

reduced to t at |, ot

g

rest per get paid by the hour and not trip; there be expansion of the hauling

season nto 10 ponte in ee for-

th inclusion of trucking in a full- scale, independent review of eva thin cot ayn

g fe}

contributed to forest industry

deaths. The union represent ma (6) A

The symbolic procession ae at the Vancouver Art Gallery and wound down Georgia to Burrard, on northwards to the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre where a huge rally took place.

The sombre atmosphere saw many of the black mae supplied by the Teamsters’ s Union, w.

“Viewing 188 coffins in procession is a

unt. “Things are getting worse. We know ihre Roh An Fite} P

Interior regions of BC.

PP in other industries and workplaces too.”

when his f p

him. Gramlich had been struck in an acci-

dent and lay bleeding on the hill. It took

some 2.5 hours from that time, for Ted to be

evacuated. He was pronounced dead on rrival at the hospital in Duncan

"My message is that the system has been broken and it has to be fixed," Geddes told the crowd, adding that there has to be time to plan logging and evacuation procedures and have proper resources available, in the event of accidents.

She thanked the Steelworkers and the Vancouver Island Safety Support group for their sree and said that labour, the WCB,

employ

o “aL

"You do not realize what you have until it's gone," she said.

16 | JUNE 2006 THE ALLIED WORKER