‘Nobody should have to be reporting to work in an environment where traumatic incidents are happening on a day-to-day basis’

The union representing employees at Winnipeg’s Millennium Library is warning it may take legal action against the city unless immediate safety improvements are made, following a fatal fall inside the facility earlier this month, according to a report.

On Aug. 6, a 40-year-old man died after jumping from a fourth-floor balcony — the second suicide at the downtown library in eight years. Railings at the site are about stomach height, with no additional barriers in place, reported CBC.

Gord Delbridge, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 500, said the incident has caused significant trauma for staff, framing the issue as a workplace health and

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