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FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE: 1965 Nov 12 DOC#: ASB075 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from National Amalgamated Stevedores & Dockers to Shipping Federation House RE Asbestos in Bags National amalgamated Stevedores & D ockers i c o m pr isin g COAL PORTERS, CORN PORTERS and DEAL PORTERS Founded 1872 Registered under the Trade Union Acts 1871 and 1876 No. 1119 March 23rd 1891 r \V. General Office: 653, CommercialJfttfad, E.14 Telephone: STEpney Green 3112 London 12 th November 1965 D .L .H ennett E sq,., S ecretary - O .S.G .J.C Sh ipp in g F ederation. House I 4 q/ I 5 0 i l i n o r i e s , E . C . 3 . Your r e f Dear S ir , A sbestos in Bags. W ith referen ce., to your l e t t e r o f I I th Hove Tiber and e n c lo s u r e , the statem en t in the. "Sunday Tim es"did not h e lp in t h i s p a r t ic u la r I n d u s t r ia l problem i n w h ich we are in te r e ste d , but u n fortu n ately i t is the h eritage, o f the pu blic to read anything which the P ress d e sir e s to p r in t, and d ig e s t i t in the way that the P ress d e s ir e s i t . The. a r t i c l e a lth o u g h v e r y r e v e a lin g was n ot w ritten p a r ticu a lrly for the Dock. Industry but did c le a r ly illu s t r a t e the dangers o f A sb estos in g e n e ra l, but u n fo rt- u iia t e ly Jiauy Dockw orkers who r e a d i t , d i g e s t e d i t .s b eing d i r e c t l y aimed, a t th e D ock s, and more f e a r h a s b een put in t o th e ir m inds, q u ite understandably. H owever, my Committee d is c u s s e d the r e p o r t from Mr Hut f u l l and also- th e P r e s s r e p o r t , ,md os I m en tion ed in my l a s t l e t t e r , f e l t th a t a more e x h a u stiv e ex_m iiuation o f the du st con ten t in the a ir should be c a rr ie d out on v e s s e ls c a r r y in g a s b e s t o s to London under c o n d it io n s w h ich th e men a r e e x p e c te d to work i* e P ie c e w o r k , mad. th e re a re some v e s s e l s w h ich b r in g t h i s commodity to the R oyal Docks w h ere in some in sta n ces i t is worked Piecew ork. The S te v e d o r e s Committee have a l s o en d o rsed the s u g g e s tio n w h ich I put to the Group Committee some months a g o , t h a t i t s h o u ld be. packed i n a h e r m e t ic a lly s e a l e d - 2- P o ly th en e bag c o n ta in e d in a H e ssia n hag, which, i f u n iv e r s a lly adopted c o u ld p r a c t i c a l l y e li.r in .a te a i r p o l l u t i o n , w ith normal precau tion s being taken. Yours f a it h f u lly Steve.dores S e c tio n .