In response to recent racist and hateful acts that have taken place at construction sites across Toronto, the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (the “Carpenters”) have expressed their disgust of the incidents.
Photo courtesy of he Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
The organizations state that they ?denounce these acts in the strongest terms and commend our industry employer colleagues for their actions in promptly addressing these repulsive incidents by launching internal investigations into what happened, contacting the Toronto Police Service, and overtly characterizing these acts as hate crimes.?
After reports of two incidents of nooses being found by subtrade workers on June 10 at the Michael Garron Hospital construction site, which is being built by EllisDon, community members rallied together and started pasting posters to the hoarding. Photo courtesy of he Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
The Carpenters state that they will not tolerate any behaviour that makes anyone feel unsafe on their worksites.
?Now’s the time for all employers in the construction industry, as well as governments at all levels, to implement more safeguards to protect employees and focus more resources on long-term education to help eradicate racism in the workplace,? said the Carpenters in a recent release.
Photo courtesy of he Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
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