Rick Bertrand, President of United Steelworkers Union Local 6500
Rick Bertrand, President of United Steelworkers Union Local 6500

By Angela Gemmill

Heading underground everyday is stressful for workers who aren’t sure if they’ll get home safe to their families, at the end of their shift.

The recent Ministry of Labour Mining Review is expected to alleviate that fear once recommendations are implemented in mines across the province.

President of United Steelworkers Union, Local 6500, Rick Bertrand says a whole lot of people provided input into the process.

When media spoke with Bertrand Wednesday he hadn’t read the review page-by-page, but says he’s confident in his team members who helped work on it.

Bertrand is especially glad to see water management issues in the report, since that was the concern following the Stobie Mine double fatality in 2011.