Support to the Workers Memorial Day in the UK/ Apoio ao Dia dos Trabalhadores na Inglaterra na luta contra o amianto
Prezados Amigos Estou repassando o press release que os companheiros ingleses estão divulgando sobre o Dia em Memória dos Trabalhadores, 28/4, com o slogan "Lembrar os mortos e Lutar pela vida" onde várias atividades irão lembrar e exigir do governo trabalhista sua promessa de proibir a importação do amianto ou asbesto no Reino Unido. Saudações.
Fernanda Giannasi
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CAMPAIGN
PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE 28TH APRIL 1998
WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY PROTEST MARCH DEMANDING GOVERNMENT BAN ASBESTOS NOW AND STRENGTHEN SAFETY LAWS REMEMBER THE DEAD & FIGHT FOR THE LIVING
Construction Safety Campaign, MSF London Region, Hazards Campaign and others will be holding a protest march from MSF, 50 Southwark St to the government's Health & Safety Executive's (HSE) headquarters at Southwark Bridge. Leaving MSF at 10.20am.
When they arrive they will present a wreath in memory of those killed by asbestos and call for the government to urgently deliver on their promise to ban all asbestos imports to the UK and for stronger safety laws and enforcement - NOW.
The government has back slid on it's promise to ban all asbestos imports. A ban now looks unlikely before 2,000 which is why the CSC and others are calling for urgent action now.
Further to this the government is consulting on UK workplace asbestos safety laws and if the proposals are adopted they will allow workers to continue to be exposed to deadly asbestos dust.
The CSC protest will also focus on the many cases of construction workers killed in site accidents in London in recent weeks.
April 28th is Workers Memorial Day, a day to remember workers around the world who have been killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work. It highlights the preventable nature of the greater majority of workplace accidents and ill health, promoting campaigns and union organisation in the fight for improvements in workplace safety.
Our slogan for the day is "Remember the dead - fight for the living". Many events are currently being organised around the country and around the world.
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CAMPAIGN (CSC), TRUSSLER HALL, 78 GRUNDY ST, LONDON, E14 6BF. 0171 537 7220. TONY O'BRIEN SECRETARY CSC. 0171 358 0322. GLYN BAKER, MSF LONDON REGION SAFETY OFFICER. 0171 873 2896 ANN ELVIN, RELATIVE'S SUPPORT GROUP. 01634 720 104. HSE PRESS OFFICE. 0171 717 6700. PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE 28TH APRIL 1998 WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBER THE DEAD & FIGHT FOR THE LIVING April 28th is Workers Memorial Day, a day to remember workers around the world who have been killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work. It highlights the preventable nature of the greater majority of workplace accidents and ill health, promoting campaigns and union organisation in the fight for improvements in workplace safety.
Our slogan for the day is "Remember the dead - fight for the living". Many events are currently being organised around the country and around the world. London: Construction Safety Campaign, MSF London Region, Hazards Campaign and others will be holding a protest march from MSF, 50 Southwark St to the government's Health & Safety Executive's (HSE) headquarters at Southwark Bridge. Leaving MSF at 10.20am.
When they arrive they will present a wreath in memory of those killed by asbestos and call for the government to urgently stop back sliding and deliver on their promise to ban all asbestos imports to the UK and for stronger safety laws and enforcement.
Contact: Glyn Baker, MSF London Region safety officer 0171 873 2896. Construction Safety Campaign (CSC) 0171 537 7220. Tony O'Brien Sec. CSC 0171 358 0322.
London: The GMB union will be taking a barge along the Thames from Westminster passing parliament to the site of the Marchioness disaster where they will lay wreaths on the Thames. They will then go up the Thames to the Millennium Dome site where they will release commemorative balloons at the site where Mr Mandelson has given a commitment to a Workers Memorial Garden. Many MP's will be on the barge. Contact: GMB Health and Safety Dept or press office 0181 947 3131.
There are many more events, big and small going on. For more detail on Workers Memorial Day and events going on in cities and locally in the UK and around the world contact the London Hazards Centre 0171 267 3387.
