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WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY 28 APRIL
2006 ASBESTOS KILLS. BAN IT NOW! BWI calls on Governments worldwide to commit to a global ban on the production, import, export and use of asbestos products. SAMPLE LETTERS [pdf] English • French • German • Italian • Russian • Spanish • Swedish Listing of BWI affiliates' Workers' Memorial Day activities BWI affilliates across the globe have organised activities to mark Workers' Memorial Day 2006. more Building and Wood Workers International focuses 28 April activities on world-wide asbestos ban campaign about one hundred building industry unions belonging to the BWI will take part in a wide range of activities, from small and large rallies to educational and training events, including basic information dissemination, through public and membership meetings more 28 April: Global Union Targets Asbestos Industry For World Asbestos Ban Campaign - Canadian Backing for Asbestos Industry Becomes Union Target International groups representing labor are making a global asbestos ban a top priority on this year's April 28 activities on International Workers' Memorial Day. The Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) are mobilizing their "members throughout the world to engage in peaceful demonstrations and petitions at Canadian Embassies and Consulates to convince the Canadian government to call a halt to its aggressive marketing and promotion of asbestos in developing countries such as India, Zimbabwe and Brazil." BWI press release BAN ASBESTOS POSTER 2006 Breathing asbestos dust causes fatal lung diseases. It should be banned everywhere. Asbestos materials are already in buildings everywhere We need proper working methods and Protective Equipment so we don't breathe it in. PDF poster English • French • Spanish BWI 2006 Workers' Memorial Day briefing: More Deaths from Mesotheliomas than from Falls in Construction At the shocking world wide figure of 100, 000 people each year, deaths from asbestos related diseases have now outstripped deaths from industrial accidents in some countries. BWI Workers' Memorial Day briefing PDF version English • Spanish 28th April 2005 International Workers' Memorial Day The BWI says organise! Strong unions = safe jobs! Each year on the 28th April trade unions around the world organise events to celebrate International Workers Memorial Day. The purpose is to highlight the preventable nature of workplace accidents and ill health, and to promote campaigns and union organisation to improve health and safety at work. It is also a day to remember all those who have died because of their job. 
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