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필리핀의 석면 추방 운동
필리핀석면추방협회는 석면없는 필리핀을 만들기 위한 캠페인활동을 할 것임을 재확인했다.
"우리를 의지하는 수백만의 필리핀 노동자들이 있기에 이러한 캠페인을 소홀이 할 수 없다, 그들을 방치할 수 없다." 라며 건축&벌목공 연합노동조합의 부회장이자 국제석면추방운동가인 Gerard Seno는 송년 브리핑에서 이야기 했다.
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우리는 수십년동안 석면이 함유된 거즈를 사용하였고, 지금은 이론적으로 이런 물질이 암을 유발한다는 것을 알고 있다. 우리의 석면추방 캠페인 활동으로 젊은세대들에게 위험물질의 노출로부터 보호하는 것이 우리의 임무다, 라고 Seno는 덧붙였다. 그리고 이번 캠페인으로 중앙은행에서 개인사업자의 부적절한 석면제거에 대한 정부의 관심을 불러을으키고, 나아가 건축노동자 및 은행종사자들의 추가적인 석면 노출을 방지하는데도 그 목적이 있다고 했다.
원문은 아래에 있습니다.
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Ban Asbestos Philippines Renews Campaign Pledge To Ban Asbestos
The Ban Asbestos Philippines today reaffirm its campaign commitment to advocate for a responsible asbestos-free Philippines.
“We cannot let our guard down because there are millions of Filipino workers who are counting on us. We cannot afford to lose them to inertia or default,” said Gerard Seno, executive vice president of the Associated Labor Unions and Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) ban asbestos coordinator during the campaign’s a year-ender briefing with the local media.
Seno is also the newly elected secretary-general of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) during the labour centre’s 8th regular national convention and 37th year anniversary held on Friday, December 14.
He cited as campaign victory the issuance early this year of a memorandum to all regional offices of the elementary, high school and colleges that effectively phases out and ban the use of asbestos-laden wire gauzes from all school campuses by the government’s Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) upon learning from the campaign that it contain the hazardous substance.
“We have been using asbestos-laden wire gauzes for many decades and its only now that we empirically realize it contains cancerous asbestos. Because of our campaign, we virtually saved further exposure of current breed of young generation,” Seno stressed.
He also cited the campaign vigilance in calling government attention to an improper asbestos abatement of a private contractor from the Philippine Central Bank building in January preventing further exposure of construction workers, bank employees, and its surrounding immediate highly urbanized communities.
The campaign also penetrated third-party tri-media and new media players by publications in national media of campaign activities and policy positions.
The ALU-TUCP/BWI campaign partnership also crafted the ban asbestos bill and lobbying for its passage in the House of Representatives.
“We hereby renew our pledge to make a critical and a progressive engagement collaboration and engagement with government, stakeholders, and social partners here and abroad for a meaningful and lasting asbestos-free country,” he told reporters. ###
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