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	Asbestos Strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners.
		These included elimination of asbestos dust inside and outside of the mill; a fifteen cent an hour general wage increase; a five cent an hour increase for night work; a social security fund to be administered by the union; the implementation of the Rand Formula; and "double time" payment for work on Sundays and holidays.
		Jean Marchand was the general-secretary of the latter, and is often seen as the de facto leader of the strike.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asbestos_Strike (927 words)

	Asbestos - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Asbestos (Greek a-,“not”; sbestos, “extinguishable”), the fibrous form of several minerals and hydrous silicates of magnesium.
		Environmental diseases are caused by chemical agents, radiation, and physical hazards.
		arsenic, asbestos, asphalt, bauxite, carbon, clay, coal, coke, feldspar, fluorite, graphite, gypsum, jet, lime, mica, pyrite, quartz, rock, silicate,...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Asbestos.html (95 words)

	Asbestos Strike
		The Asbestos strike began 14 February 1949 and for the next 4 months paralyzed major asbestos mines in Québec, the most important of which were American-owned.
		From the start, this strike of 5000 workers affiliated with the CCCL (later CONFEDERATION OF NATIONAL TRADE UNIONS) presented a challenge to the entire union movement, to the anglophone management in Québec, the province's political system and the Roman Catholic Church, and disrupted their former relationships.
		The strike became a historical and political event of symbolic import that introduced Québec to an era of embittered labour conflict and presaged the QUIET REVOLUTION.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0000346 (200 words)

	FACT SHEET: Asbestos
		Asbestos was sprayed on steel beams in buildings to prevent structural members from collapsing in case of fire.
		Asbestos was also used as a thermal insulator on boilers and pipes and as a sound insulator in plaster.
		The asbestos NESHAP requires the owner or operator of a demolition or renovation activity, prior to the commencement of the demolition or renovation, to thoroughly inspect the affected facility or part of the facility where the demolition or renovation operation will occur for the presence of asbestos, including Category I and Category II nonfriable ACM.
	www.p2pays.org /ref/07/06044.htm (3582 words)

	Asbestos Overview
		Asbestos litigation has demonstrated that asbestos was used for pipe covering, roofing, wall insulation, siding, flooring and the insides of boilers.
		Asbestos lawsuits have established that, asbestos was used for decades in the insulation of naval ships in San Diego, at the NASSCO shipyard as well as at the 32nd Street Naval Shipyard, exposing both military and civilian personnel to this highly dangerous fiber.
		Asbestos and mesothelioma lawsuits have established that these fibers present a significant danger to anyone exposed, and asbestos is highly regulated by OSHA and the EPA.
	www.cglaw.com /apg_pg13_Asbestos.html (449 words)

	The Baie Verte Asbestos Mines: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage
		Asbestos mining in Newfoundland dates back to the 1890s, when two small-scale mines were established on the west coast, in the Bay of Islands and Port-au-Port areas.
		The Baie Verte miners' strike was significant in a number of ways, not least because it was one of the first strikes in Canada fought almost solely on the issue of occupational health and safety.
		Though the asbestos reserves were estimated to still be very extensive, the higher-grade material which was readily accessible in the open pit was in short supply.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /society/baieverte.html (670 words)

	Massachusetts Attorney General: ASBESTOS ABATEMENT CONSUMER ADVISORY
		In cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Environmental Strike Force, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Developmentâs Division of Occupational Safety Attorney General Tom Reilly is vigorously enforcing the Commonwealthâs asbestos removal, disposal and contractor licensing regulations.
		Asbestos was widely used before the health risks of repeated exposure to asbestos fibers became recognized during the 1970s.
		Massachusettsâ asbestos contractor licensing procedures require that all asbestos abatement professionals meet specific training, performance and safety standards designed to safeguard the environment and protect the health and safety of asbestos workers and the general public.
	www.ago.state.ma.us /sp.cfm?pageid=1616 (3149 words)

	Asbestos Activists Canada
		The indestructible nature of asbestos means it is impossible for the body to break it down once inhaled.
		Asbestos dust gradually leads to severe scarring of the lungs and in many cases premature death due to asbestos-related diseases.
		After tracking 18 asbestos workers for 15 years, Dr. Selikoff discovered that 12 of the 18 miners had died of asbestosis or cancer.
	www.plaintalk-lung-disease-information.com /asbestos-activists-canada.html (326 words)

	Hazard : Asbestos
		The health effects of asbestos strike at smokers and non-smokers alike, but cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk of death from lung cancer in people who are exposed to asbestos.
		Asbestos- waste should not be used as fill in the construction or repair of roads and vehicle parking areas.
		Inhaled fibres are the cause of asbestos lung diseases.
	www.unionsafe.labor.net.au /hazards/108805360410569.html (4452 words)

	Asbestos Strike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute that marked the end of the Catholic Church's dominance in Quebec society.
		The striking miners and police fought on the picket line and hundreds of miners were arrested before the dispute ended in June, four months after the Strike began.
		It is likely that the Strike would have quickly failed had it not been for the establishment of this kind of support When the dispute ended, miners received a small pay increase, but many never regained their jobs.
	asbestos-strike.iqnaut.net (542 words)

	Asbestos (QuÃ©)
		Evan William, a prospector, discovered an ASBESTOS deposit in 1879 at the current mine location, then owned by Charles Webb.
		On 14 February 1949 a strike of asbestos industry workers began that involved 5000 miners, lasted for 120 working days and became a turning point in Québec's social history (see ASBESTOS STRIKE).
		The mine's steady growth has transformed the town's landscape; some streets and homes were eliminated in 1975 to allow further industrial development.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000345 (242 words)

	Asbestos Lawyer
		Asbestos Strike - The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners.
		Asbestos - Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos "quicklime" from Greek á¼ÏÎ²ÎµÏÏÎ¿Ï: a-, "not"; sbestos, "extinguishable") describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety.
		It points the way to better methods of detection asbestos lawyer and control innovative diagnostic techniques improved epidemiological methodology asbestos lawyer and a full understanding of government, labor asbestos lawyer and management’ s responsibilities to the health of their workers.
	www.wilmington-institute.com /asbestoslawyer.html (909 words)

	Workers Health Centre Fact Sheet - Asbestos
		Asbestos is a generic term applied to a naturally occurring silicate mineral that is a known carcinogen — a substance that can cause cancer.
		Asbestos is one of a large number of agents linked to the development of lung cancer.
		Asbestos monitoring must be done by a qualified occupational hygienist and follow the procedures under the Membrane Filter Method for Estimating Airborne Asbestos Dust (NOHSC 1988).
	www.workershealth.com.au /facts031.html (2162 words)

	Asbestos Strike - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The Asbestos Strike was one of the most bitter labour disputes in Quebec and Canadian history.
		It is often called, "the first shot of the Quiet Revolution." The strike in large part was led by Jean Marchand.
		It is likely that the strike would have quickly failed had it not been for these kinds of supports being established.
	education.music.us /A/Asbestos-Strike.htm (550 words)

	Asbestos Strike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Asbestos Strike was one of the most bitter labour disputes in Quebec history.
		In February 1949 miners walked off the job at four asbestos mines in the Eastern Townships region.
		Violence flared, especially in the town of Asbestos, as police and strikers fought on the picket line.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=J0000346 (144 words)

	Alibris: asbestos
		Written by one of the leading asbestos experts for attorneys, occupational and environmental health professionals, and others in the field of toxic substances control, this updated resource provides a comprehensive examination of the public health history of asbestos.
		Yet the asbestos mining industry and the South African government have been slow to respond to the health concerns of miners and to the...
		Both novellas are parodies of the gestalt psychology fad of the sixties and the pop culture of the era.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/asbestos (722 words)

	The Globe and Mail: Series
		Pierre Trudeau was one of the people who came to help when the workers of Asbestos took on the combined might of the multinational asbestos industry, the Quebec government and the Roman Catholic Church.
		The four-month asbestos strike in 1949 was one of the nastiest in Quebec's history of nasty strikes, and it was, as Mr.
		Drouin still remembers the bitterness of the strike, of strikers throwing rocks at the scabs recruited by Johns Manville, the asbestos company, and of provincial police beating the strikers.
	www.theglobeandmail.com /series/trudeau/hero.html (559 words)

	Asbestos Strike at Asbestos Information Center
		Miami Herald - But the complex has no sprinkler system, is packed with asbestos and loses about 25 percent of the heat pumped into it in the winter.
		CNN - The 6,450-foot oil mural, composed of 250 wood panels, had its asbestos backing stripped off, and is mounted on curved walls and illuminated from the floor, carrying out the artist's original vision.
		Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Yet it was time to trade in the school that in recent years saw its share of problems, such as asbestos-tainted plaster in the walls, faulty air conditioning, old plumbing, uncovered outdoor walkways and a lack of proper security.
	asbestos.healthadventures.net /Asbestos-Strike.php (510 words)

	"A Remarkable Personality Has Been Revealed"
		At the beginning of his career, Trudeau was as a member of the left, particularly during the Asbestos strike of 1949, where he arrived on a motorcycle, but made a useful contribution to the struggle, as did Gérard Pelletier.
		It is not generally known, however, that in 1955 Trudeau wrote a series of remarkable essays in Cité Libre on the Asbestos strike and that the essays formed the preface and epilogue to the seminal text, “La Grève de l`Amiante”, (pp.
		Trudeau saw the Asbestos strike, where the Church joined in (or at least Archbishop Charbonneau and the "Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada" did), as a turning point in Quebec and it was in fact the beginning of the Quiet Revolution.
	www.mcgill.ca /maritimelaw/history/remarkable (597 words)

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		A railroad worker injured on the job uses FELA exclusively to obtain compensation for his or her injuries, because a railroad worker is not eligible for state workersâ compensation.
		We do not believe that asbestos claims under FELA contribute to the alleged asbestos litigation âcrisis.â The number of FELA asbestos claims is small, the total number is only a few thousand, and the incidence of new claims is trending down.
		Rail management has argued that it is okay to strip rail workers injured by asbestos of their workers compensation benefits simply because FELA claims can be presented in court and one of the purposes this bill is to take asbestos cases out of the courts.
	judiciary.senate.gov /testimony.cfm?id=1362&wit_id=3968 (2839 words)

	Hardie writhes in self-made circles of hell - National - www.theage.com.au
		The Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia estimates that the number of people with asbestos-related diseases will not peak until 2020, with up to 40,000 cases of lung cancer and 13,000 of mesothelioma forecast nationally.
		Mesothelioma, the excruciating, fatal cancer caused only by asbestos, can strike up to 40 years after exposure to the fibre, so there was little comfort in the fact that manufacturing had ceased 14 years earlier.
		Sheahan argued that it was "truly striking" that the inquiry threw up no evidence of any attempt by Hardie to investigate what had gone wrong "that could be described as serious".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/08/20/1092972742166.html?from=moreStories (1783 words)

	The Hill Times - Newspaper Online.
		Using asbestos as insulation was banned in Ontario in 1973.
		"The fact that asbestos fireproofing is observed to have fallen off (which creates a disturbance), and the measured effect of activity in the asbestos contaminated areas leads us to state that there is no guarantee that the occupants have not been exposed to some levels of asbestos fibres," says the report.
		Martin said that Canada is the largest and one of the only asbestos producers left in the world, and where "it would be irresponsible to continue using it in Canada," it's still exported to many countries in the developing world.
	www.thehilltimes.ca /html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2005/august/29/asbestos/&c=1 (1724 words)

	US Senate Panel Approves $140 Billion Asbestos Fund
		“Asbestos is a threat to everyone, not just workers”, Ryder said, “from children in schools, to young and old in private and public buildings where asbestos is present and to whole communities where it exists as a pollutant".
		Asbestos is also found in the air of buildings containing asbestos that are being torn down or renovated.
		Asbestos fibers have been used in building materials, auto parts and other products for decades, but are linked to cancer and other diseases.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press635.htm (4567 words)

	Asbestos, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Asbestos is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Nicolet River and is the seat of the Les Sources Regional County Municipality or MRC des Sources, formerly the Asbestos Regional County Municipality or MRC d'Asbestos.
		It is located in the centre of a square formed by the cities of Drummondville, Sherbrooke and Victoriaville, and the Nicolet River to the North.
		It is the site of the Jeffrey Mine, the world's largest asbestos mine, and the mine has long been the town's largest employer, and of the now-closed Magnola magnesium refinery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asbestos,_Quebec (157 words)

	Environmental and Permitting Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In addition, depending on the particulate emissions from the recycling process, an air permit may be required at the facility.
		To strike a balance between the protection of human health and the encouragement of recycling, several states have worked with recyclers to conduct initial testing on their waste stream to demonstrate the safety of their operation.
		The information presented below is designed to provide those seeking to recycle asphalt shingles, as well as those who are charged with regulating asphalt shingle recycling current available information of environmental issues and how some jurisdictions have worked creatively to encourage the safe recycling of asphalt shingles.
	www.shinglerecycling.org /reg_issues.asp (302 words)

	Asbestos Nj Removal
		In 1944 Mines Inspector Adams reported on the effect of asbestos factories and mines, but did not have a part in the past 20 years, mesothelioma is still ongoing.
		This risk may be shown to have been confirmed as those from bin Laden in the blessed land of Al-Aqsa, with American assistance, or that Americans knew about them being wronged: "Permission to fight them." The task of providing assistance to the weakening of the organs in women.
		In 1943 the link between asbestos and has a very poor prognosis, with most patients dying within 2-4 years of production in the cockpit before impact.[1] There were early plans to include him were never found at all, presumably because the heat of the residue have shown small percentages of asbestos.
	asbestos.2vv1.com /asbestosnjremoval.html (1364 words)

	Canada's longest health-related strike - Asbestos: Magic mineral or deadly dust? - CBC Archives
		It's all in an attempt to protect themselves and their families from exposure to the deadly asbestos dust.
		The near 15-week strike finally comes to an end when the Johns Manville Corporation, the multinational that owns Advocate Mines in Baie Verte, finally agrees to the workers' demands.
		One woman testified that she found asbestos fibres in the fish her family caught.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-75-608-3401/science_technology/asbestos/clip3 (259 words)

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