web site<\/a> to demonstrate potential hazards. But they have created a hazard of their own at the corner of Yonge and Dundas, one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the city. By using a flipped over car to highlight the dangers of high-risk jobs that are low-paying (like pizza delivery jobs), they are creating a walking obstacle of their own for the disabled and the blind, not to mention every able-bodied person. Even though the display sits on Dundas Square, and not on a sidewalk, it still impedes the natural flow of pedestrian traffic all in the name of a commercial campaign.<\/p>\nIf the WSIB is going to make a dramatic scene to drive their point home, they should think through every angle. I find this situation no different than an anti-sweatshop campaign which outfits their canvassers with Nike shoes and t-shirts.<\/p>\n
It makes me think the WSIB doesn’t care about other hazards outside the workplace (I’m sure they do, but that’s my point).<\/p>\n
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