Study trip exposes asbestos roof sheet manufacturers’ disregard for local communities
In areas surrounding asbestos factories, broken asbestos roof sheets are being dumped in open paddock where farming communities plant rice and grow home gardens.
Junior union officials trained on asbestos safety
Junior trade union officials attended three days of training on workplace safety and asbestos eradication in Laos.
Asia’s campaign to ban asbestos making progress
Anti-asbestos action groups in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos and Vietnam have has success advocating for policy reform and support activities leading toward national bans on asbestos.
Organising Trade Unions in the private sector and eliminating asbestos related diseases in Lao PDR
LFTU continues to organise workers in the private sector despite COVID-19 setbacks.
Global Asbestos Awareness Week 2021
Global Asbestos Awareness Week 2021: in Australia alone, we still experience an estimated 4000 deaths per year from asbestos related disease.