Friday, March 23, 2007

[IWS] New! CANCER: A UNION GUIDE TO PREVENTION (Launching Campaign Against Occupational Cancer) [23 March 2007]

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Note: The following publication marks the launch of a new global trade union campaign called "OCCUPATIONAL CANCER/ZERO CANCER". Many thanks to Rory O'Neill at Hazards Magazine, who is instrumental in monitoring hazards in the workplace, for this news item.


Cancer/Zero Cancer: A union guide to prevention [ENGLISH] [23 March 2007]
http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07031915130979/ZeroCancer-Update.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


Cancer Professionnel/Zéro Cancer: Un guide syndical tourné vers la prevention [FRENCH]
http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07032311521079/Z_roCancer.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
 

Cáncer profesional/Cáncer cero: Guía sindical para la prevención [SPANISH}
http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07032310363279/CancerCero.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


23 March 2007
Preventing occupational cancer * Prévenir les cancers professionnels  * Prevención del cáncer profesional 
 
[Above], information on the new global trade union
'Occupational cancer/zero cancer' campaign. Related news releases are at the bottom of this note.
 
A new guide,
'Occupational Cancer/Zero Cancer: A union guide to prevention', published to mark the launch of the campaign, is backed by all 10 global union federations and the global union confederation ITUC. It is being distributed worldwide.
 
I have included
links to the prevention guide on the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) website (English, French and Spanish editions are available online now, Russian is to follow). There are also links to related IMF news releases (English, French and Spanish) and Building and Wood Workers International (BWI) news releases (English and French). Additional links are provided to the new Hazards/IFJ trade union cancer prevention kit (English only) and the IMF cancer webpages (English) and BWI cancer webpages (English and French).
 
Occupational and environmental cancer prevention is one of the key themes for
International Workers' Memorial Day, 28 April (www.hazards.org/wmd). It is expected trade unions in over 100 countries will undertake cancer prevention related activities on the day. The campaign will be ongoing.

Rory O'Neill
Hazards
www.hazards.org
International Federation of Journalists


Related news releases
 
IMF news releases
 
Prévenir les cancers professionnels 
http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=5&c=15708 
 
Prevención del cáncer profesional 
http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=28&c=15708
 
Preventing occupational cancer
http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=2&c=15708 
 
BWI news releases
 
Hidden cancer epidemic kills hundreds of thousands each year
http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=753&Language=EN
 
Epidémie de cancer cachée tue des centaines de milliers chaque année
http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=754&Language=FR
 
 
 
Occupational cancer prevention online resources
 
Hazards
occupational cancer webpages
www.hazards.org/cancer
 
Hazards
occupational cancer prevention kit
www.hazards.org/cancer/preventionkit 
 
IMF occupational cancer webpages
www.imfmetal.org/cancer
 
BWI occupational cancer webpages (English)
http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Issue=cancer&Language=EN
 
IBB: cancer professionnel (français)
http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Issue=cancer&Language=FR
 
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