Document 2Jnw5XQDzwKRN9JErw5nrDeQR
FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1932 Sept 6
DOC NMA025
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - Mockery of Compensation For Asbestos Worker
WORKER | WORKER
-About COMRADE came
months ago
alarming news
the ears of
Aen
Turner Turner Turner
Newall's
about the asbestos
operatives
operatives
asbestos
industry Office had made .
Home the trade
extensive it in-
and found found
such it
into health in fact
poisoned jurious that in
dangerous
In. fo
degree
some instances poisoned scourge
such
that tuberculosis
that deadly
,
tuberculosis
scourge ROUTE,
was the scheme of affected Home Anybody employed the affected Home areas Office,
Anybody mill must be examined
by lung of
experts if found suffering
must at luny
bCe ompcompeellednscaomtpieolnled leave Workfmen'is rWorkmem n's ComM-ust at
pensation would the granted maxi- Com.
be week
muni being based on
This com- maxi.
pensation be based based months months previous com.
. service service
on 12 Months
for
and
Now considerable period
have
considerable
considerable
short so
the
who were
unfortunately unfit but
classed the
still
treated ployed
unfair
industry manner
industry
were
treated
them
unfortunately for em- that
and pm.
manner only been working three
days fortnight in a days fortnight fortnight
others three days week
und
HHeerree facts of the compensationcompensation compensation scheme
old workers workers
paid One man with
service a ane
years wook 26 years 18s
week k and 16 years 10s
week pot las. a
One woman woman
worked for 36 years
was
who had for light
4
classed found work
was was found
another another depart-
wage was dropped dropped
per
ament but her was in
per
week worker worker loses limb
gets compensa
gets Woe}
compensa compensa lungs
tion genalised genalised
he genalised woman woman
a limb he sorvice sorvice
the
moment
with years neurasthenia neurasthenia
neurasthenia
with
thethe about by worry and
at. another another worker worker of job jg
leave done the
Women have also been
compelled firm + receives
They They
are allowed allowed recreecieivvees 10s National National
te draw draw the
Exchange Exchange one
are worker has been
compelled compelled to
the
principal or P.A.C. for relief ocomn pele led |
owners
principal Not Not ago
owners
of Turner's Turner's
died and left 40,000
to form the directors directors were asked used
fraternally, SUFFERER SUFFERER any that it
Compensation, 2. Yours cannot be used fe;
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