NAPE says Newfoundland government ignoring mould problem

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NAPE says Newfoundland government ignoring mould problem

http://www.nupge.ca/news_2005/n21oc05a.htm

Nepean,Ontario,Canada

No action on order to clean up motor vehicle building

St. 's - The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public

Employees (NAPE/NUPGE) says the provincial government is ignoring

its own occupational health and safety laws by failing to clean up a

serious mould problem in the basement at the Motor Vehicle

Registration building in Mount Pearl.

The provincial division of occupational health and safety instructed

the province months ago to deal with the problem but nothing has

been done, NAPE says. Hundreds of people pass through the building

each day.

NAPE representative Henley says the province apparently has

one standard of health and safety for the public, and another for

its own employees.

The Department of Transportation and Works is responsible for the

cleanup.

Transportation Minister Tom Rideout says the department has asked

for an extension of the order so a consultant can review the matter

further. NUPGE

Web posted by NUPGE: 21 October 2005