YORKTON, Sask. – The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is throwing its support behind a petition prompted by the murder of a gas station clerk.
Jimmy Rae Wiebe, who was 50, died after he was shot three times during a robbery at a Shell station in Yorkton in June.
Kyle Braeden Furness, 21, has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years.
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A friend of Wiebe’s started a petition to try to get the Saskatchewan government to make it the law that there are always two workers on duty, or glass barriers or pre-pay systems are in place.
He’s calling it Jimmy’s Law in memory of Wiebe.
Federation president Larry Hubich says the group will be writing letters to the minister of Workplace Safety, and encourages others to do the same.
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“We find that in those situations when those people have been assaulted it’s almost always when one person is there and when there is not a protective barrier,” Hubich said.
Hubich points out that some gas stations already have policies like this in place.
He says it’s something that’s been talked about in the past, but Jimmy’s Law has been a wake-up call to pursue this legislation.
(CJME)
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