Flush Toilets Now.
Tell Premier Eby and Minister Bains to implement the flush toilet regulations as soon as possible.
WorkSafeBC reviewed all the evidence, listened to construction workers, and agreed that flush toilets on larger job sites can and should be a reality. WorkSafeBC is finalizing regulations to require flush toilets on construction sites. Proper sanitation is a pressing health-and-safety concern, and the regulations should be brought into effect immediately. While some of the industry will try to delay implementation for months and months, workers can’t wait. Urge Premier Eby and Minister Bains to implement the regulations as soon as possible.
Show your support for B.C.’s construction workers and send a message to Premier Eby.
There are more than 200,000 construction workers in B.C. Most of them don’t have access to flushing toilets and running water at their workplace.
This is a matter of health and safety. Currently, construction workers are forced to endure dirty, smelly, overfilled and unlit porta-potties.
This is about dignity. If a porta-potty was the only washroom you could use at work, you wouldn’t tolerate it either.
It costs construction companies less than $1 per day per worker to provide flushing toilets on job sites but they refuse to do so.
The B.C. Government has committed to requiring flushing toilets on construction sites and WorkSafeBC is finalizing the regulations.
Some of the industry will try to delay the implementation for months and months. Send Premier Eby a message and tell him to bring these regulations into force as soon as possible.
We’re so close! WorkSafeBC is currently finalizing the regulations that will require flushing toilets at construction sites where the project has 25 workers or more.
Workers have waited years. It’s time to bring these changes into force as soon as possible. That’s why we need to:
Make sure there are no delays once the regulations are finalized by WorkSafeBC.
Send Premier Eby and Minister Harry Bains letters urging them to bring the regulations into force as soon as their government is able to.
Be loud to counter the arguments from industry.
The porta-potty was so dirty there were maggots.
Lindsay S., Insulator
It makes you feel like a second-class citizen. Office workers would never accept these conditions.
Matt B., Electrician
I’ve been on construction sites where they have trailers with flushing toilets. It’s safe, it’s secure and it’s completely possible.
James M., Safety Rep
There’s a lot of profit made in the construction industry for the developers but construction workers still don’t get flushing toilets.
Crystal T., Painter
Being forced to use filthy porta-potties is degrading and dehumanizing.
Peter W., Ironworker