Industrial Workers of the World

Another Liberal Party bails out yet more Corporate Crims - this time the Reid's James Hardie Asbestos scammers. Great to know the wage slave victims will get some of their stolen $ back as compo but as usual the Captians of Industry continue to "free-trade" overseas, geeting away with "blue murder"...

A dynasty waits for the dust to settle Although it continued to carry the name of its founder, James Hardie Industries (it quietly dropped the word asbestos from its name in 1979) the company would more accurately be referred to as "Reid Industries". Andrew Reid, a Scottish migrant, bought out his partner James Hardie in 1911, founding a corporate dynasty that would last 85 years...No one is suggesting that Reid is personally legally liable for the deaths and injuries suffered by his workers and customers during his tenure. But it is interesting to note that in France, Claude Chapin, the managing director of a defunct asbestos company, has been arraigned on criminal charges of poisoning, involuntary homicide and involuntary wounding of six of his workers who contracted asbestos disease. http://www.safetyinaustralia.com.au/latest/safety-news/3709-nat-asbestos-article-from-2004-a-dynasty-waits-for-the-dust-to-settle-200907022450.html

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Stick Together | 2 Nov 2009 Today, the ongoing use and dangers of asbestos in Australia and overseas. Stick Together speaks to Karen Banton, widow of the late asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton; and to Omana George, Program Coordinator for the Asia Monitor Resource Centre, about the campaign for a complete ban on the use of asbestos products. Asbestos Awareness Week will be marked on 22-29 November. File Download (27:57 min / 13 MB)

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Australia Government "lends" James Hardie A$320 million for asbestos victims - Sat Nov 7, 2009 SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will lend up to A$320 million ($294 million) to building products company James Hardie Industries NV to ensure it can meet payments to asbestos victims under a 2005 deal, the government said on Saturday. In April, James Hardie informed the Australian Stock Exchange that it would not be able to make any contribution this year to a fund set up under the deal, leaving in doubt compensation payments to many seriously ill people. http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-43767320091107

Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed By Matt Peacock Paperback ISBN: 9780733325809; ISBN10: 0733325807 http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780733325809/ Killer_Company_James_Hardie_Exposed/index.aspx

Blue Murder book by Ben Hills A long time ago in the wild north-west of Australia Wittenoom a seam of one of the world's rarest minerals, blue asbestos. ... www.benhills.com/books/blueMurder/index.html

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Stick Together 04.10.2009

The right to strike. We talk to Chris White, advocate for the right to strike from Australian National University. We also speak to Shirley Winton from the Communications, Electrical and Plumbers Union about the difficult processes that unions must undertake in order to strike legally. Finally we hear from Darcey Waller, Bus Official with the NSW Transport Workers Union about the wild cat strike at Busways in Blacktown http://podcast.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2009-10-04-14844.mp3

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