A prominent international workers union wants answers as to the reason behind the 2021 Kelowna crane collapse, and they want them now.

The United Steelworkers union is calling on WorkSafeBC to release the findings in its report on the tragedy, which was announced as completed on May 16. The information is currently being withheld, as the RCMP report into whether there was any criminality in the matter is still ongoing.

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Five people were killed on July 12, 2021, when a crane working on a 25-storey tower collapsed on Bernard Avenue.

Kent said that despite no findings being released yet, he believes there 含羞草研究社渟eems to be an eye含羞草研究社� on any criminal aspect involved.

含羞草研究社淚f employer negligence was found, then it含羞草研究社檚 time to enforce the law. There need to be serious consequences for killing workers, more than just fines. Death cannot be a cost of doing business.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 quite simple, really 含羞草研究社� if you kill a worker, you go to jail.含羞草研究社�

IUOE Local 115, a union based out of Kamloops that represents hundreds of crane operators in B.C., echoes the statements of Kent and USW, calling the non-disclosure of the WorkSafe results 含羞草研究社渆xtremely disappointing.含羞草研究社�

Jake.courtepatte@kelownacapnews.com
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