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Macdonald was found by the judicial
inquiry to have breached corporate
laws and may face a prison sentence of
up to seven years.
The exposure of the immoral and illegal
acts of James Hardie came about
GLOBAL One of the first insurance
claims filed by a worker exposed to
asbestos was in the US in 1905. He
lost. Nearly one century later, the
number of asbestos-related deaths
is estimated at 1.9 - 2.3 million each
year.
In November the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) hosted
a meeting on asbestos with trade
unions, employers and the World
Health Organisation (WHO). During
this event the IMF renewed its call
for a global ban.
Asbestos is now banned in 32 countries,
but output continues in many
countries. For instance Canada, the
world’s second largest exporter after
Russia, produces 150,000 tonnes of
asbestos per year employing around
1,500 workers.
IMF director of health and safety,
Rob Johnston, argues that, “the continued
use of asbestos is unacceptable
as much of the new consumption
takes place in developing countries.
Here, workers’ lives are put at risk
as the most basic principles of health
and safety are often ignored.”
Next year the IMF will continue
to pursue a global ban, supporting a
draft resolution at the ILO conference.
The IMF will also continue
to highlight the plight of the many
workers who have fallen victim from
exposure to asbestos, for example by
supporting the Make James Hardie
Pay campaign. AG
The deadly asbestos legacy
Trade union campaign poster
METAL WORLD 9 No 4 • 2004
iImMfF nNews
W W W . I M F M E T A L . O R G
IMF INITIATIVES
GENEVA GLOBAL The International Labour
Organisation’s (ILO) new guidelines
on safety and health in shipbreaking
in Asia and Turkey are now available.
The guidelines, the first of their kind,
will assist in improving the health and
safety of workers in one of the world’s
most hazardous occupations, shipbreaking.
Titled “Safety and health in shipbreaking;
Guidelines for Asian countries
and Turkey”, the publication
provides practical advice on how to
transform a mainly informal activity
into more formal, organised employment.
The guide will also help those
involved in establishing effective
national frameworks in countries
where regulations do not already
exist.
Publication of the guidelines was
approved by the ILO at its meeting
in March 2004, having been previously
agreed upon by an international
tripartite meeting of experts on the
s h i p b r e a k -
ing industry
in Bangkok in
October 2003.
Trade unionists
from IMF
affiliates in
B a n g l a d e s h ,
India, Pakistan
and Turkey
and the
IMF’s regional
representative
for Asia and the Pacific were participants
at the Bangkok meeting.
The guidelines have been published
in book form, English only, and are
also available on the ILO website as a
pdf document. See the IMF website,
for the link. AG
Note: The IMF is conducting a comprehensive
project for organising
metalworkers in the shipbreaking
industry in India.
HAMBURG GERMANY The future of the
global shipbuilding industry was discussed
at the latest IMF Shipbuilding
Working Party in September in Hamburg,
Germany. Over 25 representatives
from 20 IMF-affiliated unions
in 18 countries participated in the
meeting.
Attendees reported on the latest
developments in the industry and the
OECD’s Dr. Wolfgang Hübner provided
information on negotiations for
a new shipbuilding agreement. Paul
Bailey, Senior Technical Specialist at
the ILO, made a presentation on shipbreaking
and David Seligson from the
IMF secretariat briefed the meeting
about the IMF shipbreaking project in
India.
The working party also discussed
International Framework Agreements
(IFAs) and how they can be used
as tools for organising and defending
workers’ rights with transnational
companies.
The group discussed the need for
IFAs and the difficulties in negotiating
them, and identified several potential
companies to target for an IFA. JN
Framework agreements on the agenda
at IMF shipbuilding meeting
after IMF-affiliate the Australian
Manufacturing Workers’ Union fought
for greater public scrutiny of the company’s
dealings. In recent months
　
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