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Congratulations on your great work from us here in Canada. We wish you could put our Prime Minister Harper in the dock. One of his ministers is the MP for the Quebec region where the last Canadian asbestos mine is located. In a dirty political gam...
November 6
 

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Asbestos Victims Families Casale

5.000 flags for JUSTICE

On December 10th, in occasion of the first public hearing of the lawsuit against Eternit, we'll ask the people of Casale Monferrato and Cavagnolo to expose the italian national flag with the word JUSTICE! on it. This is a civil right fight belonging to everybody and its message should be spreaded around the whole country.

The flags will be distributed at the… Continue

Posted by Asbestos Victims Families Casale on November 11, 2009 at 10:30am

Asbestos Victims Families Casale

Compensation: request close to 4 billion € in favour of the victims

article by Alberto Gaino,
La Stampa, 4 Novembre 2009,
In the big courtroom where, on December 10th, the asbestos impossible lawsuit against the Eternit top management will begin, there will also be the lawyers of a big Belgian firm and five Swiss societies. The Court has decided in favour of their summons for "tort liability".

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Posted by Asbestos Victims Families Casale on November 6, 2009 at 6:00pm

Kathleen Ruff

Thank you from Canada

Congratulations on your great work from us here in Canada. We wish you could put our Prime Minister Harper in the dock. One of his ministers is the MP for the Quebec region where the last Canadian asbestos mine is located. In a dirty political game to win votes in that region, PM Harper has promised that he will give his absolute support to Canada continuing to export asbestos and has promised that he will sabotage the UN Rotterdam Convention and prevent chrysotile asbestos from being listed as… Continue

Posted by Kathleen Ruff on November 4, 2009 at 9:09pm

Laurent Vogel

USA: DuPont sued over asbestos in Argentina

DuPont Co. exposed workers in Argentina to asbestos until the late 1990s despite knowing the risks of the material, according to three lawsuits filed in June 2009 in Delaware.

The lawsuits came from former workers at a Lycra spandex plant in Mercedes, Argentina, that was part of DuPont until the sale of its textile unit in 2004.

DuPont knew that exposure to asbestos could harm workers as early as 1964, the complaints said, but the company continued to use asbestos in the heat pipes and machine… Continue

Posted by Laurent Vogel on November 2, 2009 at 5:33pm

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Mobilization for the trial, join us! Organization and suggestions. 3 Replies

THE MOBILIZATION FOR THE TRIAL DEBUT IS STARTED AGAIN, DATE: DECEMBER 10TH, 2009 VENUE: PALACE OF JUSTICE, TORINO, ITALY A MASS RALLY IN FRONT OF THE PALACE WILL HELD DURING THE TRIAL SESSION. Th...

Tagged: rally, public trial

Started by Asbestos Victims Families Casale in LAWSUIT. Last reply by Annie Thébaud-Mony Apr 6.

Asbestos Victims Families Casale

Eternit Pre-Trial Manoeuvre to impoverish the plaintiff 2 Replies

Right a month before the beginning of the trial, a new proposal has been made by Becon (a firm linked to Schmidheiny) in order to pay compensation to the citizens of Casale victims of the asbestos ...

Started by Asbestos Victims Families Casale in LAWSUIT. Last reply by Enzo Ferrara Mar 22.

Asbestos Victims Families Casale

WHY THIS TRIAL IS SO CRUCIAL ? an introduction to the plaintiff point of wiev

ETERNIT SUED FOR 2,000 DEAD and 1,000 SICK FORMER WORKERS AND CITIZENS The CGIL and the Association of the Asbestos Victims’ Families of Casale Monferrato are paying the workers or their heirs a ov...

Tagged: mobilization, bruno, law

Started by Asbestos Victims Families Casale in LAWSUIT Feb 23.

Niccolò Bruna

Filming the asbestos trial: a documentary to tell the epidemic

For the last two years we projected and developed a documentary film for the international audience called The Great Asbestos Trial (It snows even in summer) in order to represent the tragedy of th...

Tagged: MEDIA

Started by Niccolò Bruna in MEDIA PARTICIPATION Feb 28.

 
 

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