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4th ICEM World Congress - Opening Speech by ICEM President Senzeni Zokwana

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ICEM affiliate Engineering, Printing, and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) in New Zealand has voiced its sentiments concerning mine safety on two fronts: at home and in China. The country&rsquo;s largest labour union, which represents nearly all of New Zealand&rsquo;s coal miners, issued a statement calling on mandatory mine check inspectors to be included in any new mining regulations. 
 
The EPMU&rsquo;s call follows news in New Zealand that the surviving spouse of a miner killed inside a shaft in 2006 plans to campaign for changes to New Zealand&rsquo;s mining regulations. 
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EPMU National Secretary Andrew Little said dedicated mine check inspectors would be a major improvement in mine safety. &ldquo;Having someone on-site whose express purpose is to check worksite safety, equipment standards, and make sure that the right procedures are followed, and who has the confidence of miners, would make mining that much safer,&rdquo; said Little. 
 
&ldquo;Mining remains one of the most dangerous jobs, and it is about teamwork and trust,&rdquo; he added. 
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EPMU National Secretary Andrew Little 
The EPMU also struck out at New Zealand&rsquo;s National Party for its cynical attack on Kiwi efforts to bring better safety techniques to China&rsquo;s mines. Leaders of the political party were sharply critical of a government-funded initiative to assist the Chinese. The initiative had the involvement of the EPMU, New Zealand&rsquo;s Council of Trade Unions, and state-run Solid Energy. 
 
&ldquo;The EPMU helps Chinese miners because we value human life,&rdquo; said Little in a statement. &ldquo;National&rsquo;s criticism of this (programme) is astonishingly short-sighted and petty, and makes clear where their party stands on decent labour standards &ndash; they don&rsquo;t care.&rdquo;

EPMU Strikes Hard on Mine Safety at Home, and in China

The ICEM Women&rsquo;s Committee concluded its two-day conference yesterday, 18 November, in Bangkok, Thailand, shaping a seven-point work plan for future activities. The 180 women present also elected a new vice president to the ICEM&rsquo;s Presidium. 
 
Angeline Chitambo, a leader in Zimbabwe&rsquo;s Energy and Electricity Workers&rsquo; Union (ZEEWU), was elected to one of two statutory positions for women on ICEM&rsquo;s Presidium. She replaces Binda Pandy of Nepal, who did not seek re-election due to her increased role in the national labour centre GEFONT in her home country. Evgenia Esenina, chair of the Women&rsquo;s Committee from the Russian Oil and Gas Workers&rsquo; Union (ROGWU), was unanimously endorsed to continue serving in the other Women&rsquo;s seat. 
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Chair Evgenia Esenina and Vice-chair Angeline Chitambo
The forward work plan includes: Engaging in more research on best practices regarding maternity protection; active exchange of information through ICEM&rsquo;s Women&rsquo;s newsletter on country by country activities concerning women and work; a continuation of work on the work-life balance, specifically maternity and paternity leave; and the strengthening of work toward and training of workers in informal sectors, including casual workers, migrant workers, and women workers in agency labour or on short-term labour contracts. 
 
The other three points include: Building alliances with NGOs and other civil society organisations, and changing men&rsquo;s mentality to expand gender equality; continuation of women&rsquo;s leadership training and expanding women&rsquo;s representation; and continuing work specifically in Burma, Colombia, Iraq, Nepal, Palestine, Zimbabwe, and other countries in which the fight for trade union and human rights must be engaged. 
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On the left, GUEWT President Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein
A special feature of the Women&rsquo;s Committee meeting, which leads into this week&rsquo;s 4th ICEM World Congress, was a presentation by Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, president of the General Union of Iraq Electricity Workers and Technicians (GUEWT). The union became ICEM&rsquo;s first affiliate earlier this year from war-torn Iraq. She told the assembled about the difficulties fledging trade unions face in Iraq, as well as the struggle to shape a secular society in which women play major roles. 
 
Other reports came from pro-democracy groups in Burma, the continuing fight to form a just society in Nepal, and work being done by women in Thailand to bring full rights and permanent jobs to contract workers. The conference also included two break-out sessions; one on work-life balance and maternity protection, the other on resolutions submitted to this week&rsquo;s ICEM Congress, which runs 22-24 November at the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre in Bangkok.

ICEM Women Elect New Vice President, Adopt 7-Point Programme

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The ICEM mourns the passing of Heribert Maier. He died suddenly in Graz, Austria, on 6 November, from a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 75. 
 
Heribert Maier was one of the champions in the achievement of workers&rsquo; rights on the global level in the 1970s and 1980s, and beyond. &ldquo;We have much to be thankful for because of his work on the ILO&rsquo;s Freedom of Association Committee,&rdquo; said ICEM General Secretary Manfred Warda. &ldquo;The recognition of basic ILO Conventions is a tribute to Heribert Maier.&rdquo; 
 
Warda also lauded Maier for giving strong support to the Mineworkers&rsquo; International Federation (MIF) in getting the Health and Safety in Mines Convention 176 through the ILO. 
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He joined OGB, the Austrian national labour centre, in 1955, and rose from there to prominent careers at the ICFTU and the ILO. He also served as General Secretary of FIET, which merged with two other global unions to become UNI in 2000, from 1973-1979. He was a pioneer then, among global trade union leaders, to work extensively and successfully in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 
 
He held several distinguished positions at the ILO, including Governing Body member, Vice President of Conference, ACTRAV spokesman in the Freedom of Association Committee, and a co-drafter of the 1977 ILO Tripartite Declaration on Multinationals. 
 
The ICEM extends its deepest condolences to Heribert Maier&rsquo;s immediate family, his wife Ren&eacute;e, daughter Christina, and to affiliated unions of UNI on the sad occurrence of his death.

ICEM Mourns Death of Heribert Maier, Ex-FIET General Secretary

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Three retired workers from Continental AG in the US visited Germany with their union, the United Steelworkers (USW), in early November to protest the company&rsquo;s cut-off of medical benefits when it closed two tyre plants. Hosted by ICEM German affiliate IGBCE, the trade unionists, B.A. Hodges, Larry Little, and Jerry McChellan had several meetings with IGBCE shop stewards of the Hanover-based company and handbilled a tyre plant in Aachen. 
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The IGBCE arranged a regional press briefing for the Americans, and they also met with Werner Bischoff, board member of IGBCE and vice chairman of Continental AG&rsquo;s Supervisory Board. The USW members met with IGBCE shop stewards at Continental&rsquo;s technical centre in Northeim, and also explained the US situation of the company to shop stewards and others at IGBCE&rsquo;s training centre outside of Hanover. 
 
The three USW retirees come from closed Continental North America tyre plants in Mayfield, state of Kentucky, and Charlotte, North Carolina. They were accompanied by USW staff member Shawn Gilchrist. 
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Retired USW members B.A. Hodges, Larry Little, and Jerry McChellan 
Continental closed three US operations in 2006, including the Mayfield and Charlotte plants, as well as one in Byron, Ohio. Some 2,000 retirees were left without company-paid medical benefits, and, strongly supported from the USW, filed a class action lawsuit against the company. 
 
In late July 2007, a US federal court judge ruled in a summary judgment that the company had improperly reduced the benefit levels for retirees and their spouses. The judge&rsquo;s decision stated that since the company was unable to force its terms with the USW during contract talks, it unilaterally and illegally began implementing the cuts. Continental has said it will appeal the judge&rsquo;s ruling.

Retired US Continental Tyre Workers Take Protest to Germany

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After months of negotiations with employers, ICEM affiliate Chemical Industries Employees&rsquo; Union (CIEU) of Singapore has signed a fair employment practices contract with 20 chemical companies operating in the nation-city. The pact covers 1,700 workers, and came under the auspices of Singapore&rsquo;s Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices, formed in 2006. 
 
The agreement guarantees equal opportunities for workers regarding recruitment, job allocation, and career advancement. Perhaps the single most achievement of the pact is that it guarantees employment enhancement for older workers, age 50 and above, an age range in which 20% of the 1,700 workers fall. 
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&ldquo;CIEU is confident that the 20 companies will translate their commitments to fair employment practices into action when it comes to fair hiring and in-employment practices,&rdquo; stated Sister Cham Hui Fong, CIEU&rsquo;s Executive Secretary. &ldquo;We believe this is both a pro-worker and pro-business initiative.&rdquo; 
 
The union highlights the fact that a worker who is treated fairly is better motivated to contribute to the success of the company. 
 
Representatives of the companies and CIEU held a ceremony over the agreement at Singapore&rsquo;s National Trade Union Congress on 24 October. Some of the 20 chemical companies signatory to the pact include: Aventis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Eastman Chemicals of Singapore, FujiFilm/Hunt Chemicals, Glaxo Wellcome, and Total Pharmaceuticals.

Chemical Workers’ Union of Singapore Signs Pact with 20 Firms

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The ICEM affiliate, Oil and Gas Workers&rsquo; Union of Azerbaijan (AzOGWU), came to terms over a historic social development contract, covering 65,000 workers of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). 
 
Announcement of the pact came at AzOGWU&rsquo;s Third Ordinary Congress in Baku on 2 November, by the union&rsquo;s president, Jahangir Aiyev, and Socar President, R&ouml;vneq Abdullayev. The agreement amounts to a detailed social plan for all departments, sections, and workplaces of SOCAR. It also comes immediately after sizeable wage gains and working conditions were negotiated. 
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Foremost to the social plan is a SOCAR commitment to provide free of charge housing to 6,000 employees between now and 2010. Assurances of health and safety upgrades is part of the social development plan. Employees in all departments will also realise better transportation allowances, and safer and more modern sea transportation to offshore worksites. The social plan also spells out better catering, creation of sports and cultural centres, and other amenities for workers. 
 
AzOGWU&rsquo;s Congress, attended by 250 delegates, re-elected Jahangir Aiyev as President, and Fetullah Mustafayev as Vice President. Special guests at the Congress included Lev Mironov, ICEM Vice President and President of the Russian Oil and Gas Workers Union (ROGWU); Ivan Mochnachuk, also an ICEM Vice President and President of the Russian Independent Coal Employees&rsquo; Union; Mustafa &Ouml;ztaskin, President of Turkey&rsquo;s Petrol-Iş; and Kemal &Ouml;zkan, ICEM&rsquo;s Chemicals and Rubber Industries Officer.

Azeri Oil and Gas Workers’ Union Achieves Historic Pact with SOCAR

「HIV/エイズと職場」についての問題事項を解説するため、ICEMはいくつかのパワーポイントプレゼンテーションを作成しました。 
 
各地域用に内容が少し異なるバージョンがあります。 
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ICEM のＨＩＶ/エイズへの対応と取り組み

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Please also take into account that, in case you try to&nbsp;contact a staff member directly, he or she may&nbsp;not be in the office for a period of time while traveling. In those cases, the staff member concerned may not answer your e-mail as quickly as you would have hoped. 
All ICEM staff can be reached by e-mail as follows: 
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&nbsp;Management team
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Manfred Warda 
ICEM General Secretary&nbsp; 

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Jim Catterson&nbsp; 
ICEM Director of Organisation&nbsp;
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Kemal Ozkan 
ICEM Director of Industry and Corporate Affairs
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Marie France Sarfati 
ICEM Finance &amp; Human Resources Officer 
 
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Industry Officers<a name="Industry"></a>
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Dick Blin 
ICEM Pulp and Paper Section Officer&nbsp; 
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Kemal Ozkan&nbsp; 
ICEM Chemical / Pharmaceuticals /&nbsp;Rubber Section Officer 
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Phee Jung-sun 
ICEM&nbsp;Materials 
(Cement, Glass, Ceramics) Section Officer 
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Jim Catterson 
ICEM&nbsp;Energy Section&nbsp;Officer 
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Glen Mpufane 
ICEM Mining &amp; DGOJP Section Officer&nbsp;
Functional Officers<a name="Functional"></a>
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Carol Bruce 
ICEM Gender Issues Officer 
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Dick Blin 
ICEM&nbsp;Information and Publications, Campaigns Officer 
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Kurt (Fons) Vannieuwenhuyse 
ICEM Projects Officer 
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Brian Kohler 
ICEM Health, Safety &amp; Sustainability&nbsp;Officer 
 
Regional Contact Persons <a name="Regional"></a>
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Anatoly Surin 
Regional contact person for Central and Eastern Europe
Carol Bruce 
Regional contact person for Latin America/Caribbean 
Brian Kohler 
Regional contact person for North America 
Kurt (Fons) Vannieuwenhuyse 
Regional contact person for Western, Nordic and Central Europe&nbsp; 
Jim Catterson&nbsp; 
Regional contact person for North Africa &amp; Middle East
Phee Jung-sun 
Regional contact person for Asia-Pacific <a href="mailto:phee.jungsun@icem.org"> 
 
</a>Support Staff<a name="Support"></a>
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&nbsp;Fanja Rasolomanana 
Personal Assistant to the General Secretary 
and Conference Coordinator 
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Steeve Latt&eacute; 
Finance &amp; Administration&nbsp;Assistant
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Tom Grinter 
Communications &amp; Campaigns Assistant
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Maria Paula Davidson 
Travel &amp; General Administrative Assistant 
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Maita Wyss 
Receptionist &amp; Database Assistant

ICEM Staff

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2005年8月22日38号 
 
 
ロックアウトされた全米ボイラー労組の化学労働者 
米国の投資会社はICEMに加盟する全米ボイラー労組（IBB)の化学労働者をロックアウトしているが、このロックアウトは製造業の企業の経営権が移行される際に冷酷な資本が米国の労働組合の破壊を試みる施策となっている。イリノイ州ミレドシアにある化学企業セラネーズの経営権を手中に収めた持ち株会社、ブラックストーングループは 
乳剤、接着剤及びポリマーを製造する工場を買収した4ヶ月後の6月6日に労働者をロックアウトした。当該工場に働く148人の労働者たちが会社側の医療保険制度の大幅譲渡案と41名の雇用機会の契約労働者への移行を拒否し、3年間継続する賃金凍結に不満の意を提示したためだ。6月末に労働者たちは再び賃金カット案を否決したが、これに対して、セラネーズ側は20-４０％の賃金カットを提案した。ICEMはすべての加盟組織に対しIBB第484支部労組への連帯支援要請の回状を出した。 
 
カナダCEP労組、UPMキメネと暫定協約を締結 
CEP労組が組織するニューブルンスウィック州ミラミチにあるＵＰＭキメネ工場経営中枢は、8月1日同労組689支部労組と暫定労働協約を妥結した。12日間の交渉の結果妥結した今回の協約はミラミチ工場を完全に閉鎖する案に反対して8ヶ月間続いている労働紛争の解決の糸口となることが期待されている。新協約を求めてストライキをしている700名の従業員の中には2004年12月に完全に閉鎖されたクラフトパルプ工場の従業員も入っている。解雇手当、年金などの問題は協約交渉事項の一部となっていた。これまでに689支部労組の組合員の大半が協約賛同票を付した。 
 
18年来の南ア金鉱業のスト、８月10日に終焉 
ICEM加盟の南ア全国鉱山労組（NUM)と他の小規模な労働組合は経営側が示した賃上げ案を受け入れ、ここ１８年来初めての金鉱業全体に波及したストライキが終った。11万人もの多数の労働者が自宅待機し、ストライキに参加したため、ピケを張る必要もなかった。また、ストはゴールドフィールド、ハーモニー、アングロゴールド・アシャンティなどの当該産業の大企業の操業が停止した。金鉱業企業を代表する南アフリカ鉱業協会と関係労働組合間の交渉で６％－７％の賃上げが妥結した。 
 
南アのNUMとNUMSA、電力会社の合併で声明を発表 
ICEM加盟の南ア全国鉱山労組（NUM)及び南ア全国金属労組を含む労働団体はESKOMの７送配電事業部と自治体が経営する１８７の送電事業会社の合併の結果、雇用機会が大幅に失われることを懸念する声明を出した。電力事業再編に関する文書によれば、1年間に1000人の雇用機会が失われることになる。この報告文書の内容は電力事業再編のために設置された国営のEDI(電力送配電持ち株会社)が出した事業再編過程での雇用喪失はないという内容の声明と矛盾する。 
 
ナイジェリアの石油労組、国内石油価格の上昇に反対 
ICEM加盟のナイジェリアの石油労組は国内の石油価格上昇に反対している。国営のナイジェリア石油公社（NNPC)と石油製品規制局 (PPPRA)はPENGSSANとNUPRNGなどの労働組合を含む公営企業の関係当事者の反対を押し切って、石油価格値上げを実施することを今月の初めに発表した。高い燃料料金によるナイジェリア社会全般への影響を緩和する措置が施行されるまで、組合として強力な反対運動を展開するとPENGASSANは言っている。NUPENGは民間産業及び公共産業に働くすべての労働者のための社会福祉制度の改善措置が取られるまで、石油価格上昇に反対するよう、ナイジェリアのすべての労働者に呼びかけた。NNPC及びPPPRAは 精製された石油の輸入価格の上昇のため、石油価格の上昇が必要となっていると断言している。しかし、労働組合はグローバルレベルでの高い石油価格に対するナイジェリアの唯一の解決策は自国の石油精製能力の増設であると強く主張している。 
 
エクワドールとナイジェリアでデモ隊が石油輸出を阻止 
エクワドールの二つのアマゾン流域の州で外資系企業の投資について抗議デモがあった先週、１日１０万バレルの石油輸出が数日間ストップした。抗議デモは同国の石油から得る利益をもっと雇用創出やインフラストラクチャーに注入するべきだ、と主張した。エクワドールの石油歳入はGDPの２５％を占めている。国営会社のペトロエクワドールは この週末に生産は「軍の支援を受け」再開したと述べた。他方、シェルはオゴニコミュニティの怒る原住民の抗議行動の結果、ナイジェリアでは南部の石油埋蔵量が多いニジェールデルタのリバース州にあるアグバーダ１フローステーションをシャットダウンしなければならなかった。抗議行動は主に５００ヘクタールを汚染した２００３年の石油流出の補償についてであった。 
 
連続する中国の鉱業惨事 
もう一つの悲しいニュースは中国でまた起きた鉱山惨事である。今回の惨事は８月７日に広東省の非合法炭坑で発生し、１２０人の労働者が多分坑内洪水で溺れて死んだ事故である。広東省深ニンの自治体役員がここの炭坑の経営権を一部所有している。報道によれば、まったく安全衛生問題を無視し、諸管理が行き届いてなかったようだ。中国政府の労働安全衛生監督局長のリ・イージョン氏によれば、「炭坑所有者の利益追求と安全規則を大幅に違反して結果がこの悲劇に繋がった。」彼はまた、この炭坑は操業許可なしで生産するとともに、７月１４日の坑内洪水発生のあと政府が生産停止を命令したが、この命令をまったく無視した。広東省当局と中国中央政府はこの惨事の事情調査を開始し、６９人の管理職を事情徴収に召還した。二名の市長はすでに停職処分を受けた。 
 
毛沢東派の嫌がらせでユニレバー、８月１７日、ネパールの工場を閉鎖 
閉鎖されたのはマクワンプール地区のマサマディにある工場。工場操業停止の決定はネパールの毛沢東派ゲリラが「工場を武力で閉鎖する」と脅迫したからである。この１ヶ月前にはもう一つの多国籍基調であるコルゲートが同じ地区にある歯磨き工場の閉鎖を強いられた。ユニレバーネパールは同国でも有数の輸出企業であるが、これまでにもゲリラのターゲットとなってきたため、また、この数年、何回か爆弾の爆発事件のテーゲットとなったからだ。ICEM加盟組織、ネパール独立化学及び鉄鋼従業員組合は全国人権委員会並びにゲリラとの仲介役として知られているその他の人権組織に対しゲリラに脅迫の取り消しを求めてくれいるよう、要請した。 
 
ヨルダンのICEM加盟組織、鉱山鉄鋼産業一般労組 
同労組は８月半ばから２７日までストライキを延期した。この決定はシディエ鉱山の硫黄鉱山事業所の経営中枢に労働者の要求を満たす措置／対応に対処するための時間を提供することを目的としている。この争議は同社が労働者のために建設している住宅についての争議で、労働組合委員長であるカリッド・ファナサが主導的役割を果たしている。 報道によれば、ヨルダンのアブドゥラは労働者に住宅を供与するべきである、との労働者を支援する声明を出した。 
 
ポーランドの鉱山労働者年金闘争で流血 
年金制度を勝ち取るため、ポーランド鉱山労働者はデモ集会を開き、警察隊と衝突し、流血事件となった。ポーランド議会下院で年金法が通過した後、下院の議長は過去に鉱山労働者として就労した人の年金法の投票を拒否した。しかし、NSZZ連帯の全国鉱山部会の１３の労働組合支部はワルシャワ市の議会前でデモ集会を開き、７１名のデモ参加者が逮捕され、デモ隊と警察から数人のけが人が出た。しかしながら、この６月末の抗議行動の結果、下院議長は自分の決定を覆し、当該年金法は上下議会を通過した。そして、つい最近、大統領が署名し、この法律は発効した。 
 
日本のアスベスト問題 
この夏、あるアスベストスキャンダルが日本で大きな話題となり、それ以後、各報道機関がアスベスト問題に注目するようになった。報道によれば、日本では毎年約３０００人の人々がアスベストが原因のガンで亡くなっている。また、この数は今後大幅に増えると危惧されている。１９８７年、ロビイストが青石綿使用の全面的禁止、とりわけ日本の学校での使用全面的禁止を求める運動を開始した時、日本政府は必要な措置や対策を取らなかった。さらに、１９９０年代にはアスベスト禁止の動きはアスベスト産業界からの激しい反対で阻止された。 
 
ICEMアジア太平洋地域グッドイヤー労組ネットワーク会議 
当該ネットワーク会議は８月８日―９日にフィリピンのマニラで開催された。会議ではタイ及びマレーシアにおける契約労働者の組合組織化運動への同社の厳しい反発に焦点が当てられた。グッドイヤー工場の組合幹部は天然ゴムの需要不足が継続する現状において天然ゴムプランテーションを手放そうとしている。日本、インド、インドネシア、マレーシア、タイの２１人の組合リーダーがこのネットワーク会議に参加した。 

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ICEM InBrief - 2005年8月22日38号

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