{"id":4957,"date":"2022-02-11T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbtu-corporate-site.local\/?p=4957"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:56:55","slug":"statement-by-canadas-building-trades-unions-on-blockades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/en\/statement-by-canadas-building-trades-unions-on-blockades\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions on Blockades"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4957\" class=\"elementor elementor-4957\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510a8343 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"510a8343\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a941449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a941449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions have always supported the freedom to peacefully protest and demonstrate however, the ongoing demonstrations we are seeing across Canada have gone too far, for too long.<\/p>\n\n<p>From Ottawa to Windsor to Coutts \u2013 the protests are negatively affecting local residents, workers and our economy.<\/p>\n\n<p>The protests in Ottawa have caused construction projects on Parliament Hill and in the downtown core to shut down because of lack of access to the sites, concern for worker safety and disruption in supply chain. This has caused hundreds of workers in the Building Trades unable to go to work, unable to earn a paycheque.<\/p>\n\n<p>The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit is strongly affecting the automotive industry; plant shutdowns are imminent affecting thousands of auto workers and building trades contractors and members performing maintenance.<\/p>\n\n<p>In Coutts, Alberta, the blockade is disrupting the agricultural and food supply chain causing job loss and hurting Canadian communities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s Building Trades Unions stands firmly in denouncing the protests and call on the organizers to end the protest. With over 80 per cent of Canadians fully vaccinated, the mandates are winding down regardless. 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