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SAFETY COMPROMISED RIGHTS DENIED
March 7, 2008
A Report on the first anniversary of the death of three farmworkers in BC.
One year ago, March 7, 2007 , a van transporting 17 women farmworkers overtunred on Highway 1 near Abbotsfore killing three farmworkers. ON behalf o the familes of the three women and the Canadian Farmworkers Union the B.C. Federation of Labour submitted a Report and 29 refcommendations to the Labour Minister on March 14, 2007 demanding the government act immediatelyl to protect farmworkers travelling to work, as well as working on the farms.
This is the Report one year later.
To review the Report, please click here.
