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Asbestos: Real and Present Danger
27th November 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
FreeA conference for Trade Unions and Supporters to find out about why asbestos is still posing a real danger.
Friday 27th November 2020
9.30am – 12.30pm via zoom
- Find out about the dangers of asbestos
- The work of the Asbestos Victims Support Groups
- Victim’s Voice – Hear from victims
- The campaign for justice by the Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum
- The difficulties faced by victims and researches in the current pandemic
- What happens now – Trade Agreements – Post Brexit
Speakers will include
- Asbestos Victims Support Groups and the Forum
- Victims and families including Peggy Walker, Susan Ellis and David Brown. We will also pay tribute to Nirmala Gurung – grassroots activist featured in the film ‘Breathless’
- Professor Sanjay Popat – Consultant Medical Oncologist – Royal Marsden Hospital
- Unite the Union
- Nick Dearden, Director of Global Justice Now
Booking is essential via Eventbrite:
Conference organised by
Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team, Yorkshire and Humberside Victims Support Group and Asbestos Support Central England
Details
- Date:
- 27th November 2020
- Time:
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9:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Cost:
- Free
Venue
- Zoom
Organiser
- joanne.gordon@asbestossupport.co.uk
- Phone:
- 01246 380415