October 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Your individual
employer has the responsibility to ensure your safety while at work. Unifor is
committed to working with employers to ensure that the health and safety of our
members is at the forefront of any procedural policies enforced.
As a
precautionary measure, some airport authorities have developed plans (consisting
of educational material and protocols on how to deal with infectious disease in
the workplace) should a passenger show signs of having been in contact with the
Ebola virus. If you have not seen any material such as this, request it from a
manager and ask your local health and safety committee member what material has
been provided by the employer.
Unifor 2002
health and safety coordinators: Ian Bennie, Wilf Fischer and Wendy Brennan will
be communicating information with the health and safety representatives in your
workplace as information from the employer is shared with them.
Members
of the Unifor/Air Canada health and safety policy committee have been in
continual communication with Air Canada regarding the Ebola virus. The committee
has been successful in convincing the employer to explore communication options
that will eliminate concerns that our members have brought forward. Air Canada
is said to be releasing information shortly.
For more information, please contact:
Ian Bennie, Unifor 2002 Health and safety Coordinator
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