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Government rejects Coroner’s Jury recommendations, ignores farmworker safety
April 9, 2010
Farmworkers in British Columbia are the losers after the Minister of Labour and the provincial government failed to act on important recommendations made by a Coroner's Jury.
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Agriculture and Labour Ministers hear call for prompt action to protect farmworkers travelling to work
March 15, 2010
Families also demand public inquiry into the dropping of 33 criminal charges of the company owners
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Coroner's jury calls on government to improve safety for farmworkers
December 10, 2009
The B.C. Federation of Labour welcomes the recommendations released this afternoon by a Coroner's jury that was looking into the deaths of three farmworkers who died in a van crash in 2007.
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Systemic inspection and enforcement problems failed to protect workers
December 9, 2009
Jim Sinclair, President of the B.C. Federation of Labour, testified today at the Coroner’s Inquest into the deaths of three farmworkers who died in a van crash in 200
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STILL NO ANSWERS ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MUSHROOM FARM DEATHS
September 4, 2009
A year after a deadly incident at a mushroom farm in Langley, family members of the men killed and injured at the farm are still waiting for answer
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Victims' families call on Labour Minister to clean up dangerous working conditions on farms
April 17, 2009
Vancouver - family members of killed and injured farmworkers, alongside Jim Sinclair, President of the B.
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Victims’ families and advocates still waiting for justice in death of three women farmworkers
December 18, 2008
Abbotsford—Victim
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Driver of Van Involved in Fatal Crash Killing Farmworkers to be Sentenced Tomorrow in Abbotsford Provincial Courthouse
December 17, 2008
Harwinderpal Kaur Gill the driver of the passenger van involved in a fatal crash last year killing three women farmworkers, will be sentenced tomorrow in the Abbotsford Provincial Courthouse.
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Victims’ families join Federation in call for public inquiry into agricultural sector
October 17, 2008
Farm work exacting a terrible toll in BC and the carnage must stop
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Crucial Changes still needed on first anniversary of farmworkers' deaths
March 7, 2008
VANCOUVER - On the first anniversary of the death of three farmworkers, the B.
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