Vancouver City Counsel, please provide these civic workers with training to deal with these encounters. We do it for school employees, why not these folks?

“Incidents have become regular occurrences and more guidance is needed for difficult situations.”

He didn’t cite numbers, but according to WorkSafeBC, acts of violence against employees between 2018 and 2022 jumped 25 per cent in the province.

Neither Enfeldt nor CUPE Local 15, which represents City Hall workers, were available to speak before publication.

The examples of abuse cited by Enfeldt’s presentation to committee cover everything from physical assault and verbal confrontations, to abusive phone calls, emails and social media posts.

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