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Bob Klinger credits Marshall Smith with continuous effort, beginining in the early sixties, to educate the union members to the danger and to obtain action from the Manville Plant. In answer to a question. Bob dinger said that he himselfjeamed of the danger of i ibestos dust about 1965 and even then treated the information with a certain amount of disbelief. There was a strike in 1970 when the contract between JM and Local 800 ended. A hard-fought issue, although not the only one, was Union insistence on joint participation in the "elimination and control of objectionable environmental conditions at the Manville Plant." The new labor agreement, dated January 21, 1971, established a Union/Management Environmen tal Control Committee. Both sides now feel this Committee brings about quick action on such environim'Dial problems. flit' w .iv tliiii I oval Kill) .nid |li,' M.mvdle I'l.ml handle snlety and health related activities has ob viously hutli up a great deal ol' good will between the |*.iilie involved. Payment of vva:e\ hv JM lo tioiuh t'uipliU ees while tliov me eiir..if.*M mi .ilelv ami health aelivilu'N paNses without n,*iuv at Man ville. This arrangement should not pass without notice at other companies. Speaking from his own evaluation, but cognizant of his position as a Union official. Bob Klinger feels that conditions are well on the way to the point t where he can say with confidence to a new employee that conditions at the Manville Plant are healthy as well as safe. The Asbestos Information Association . . .it gives information and answers for an industry with with a health hazard problem % Publication of a booklet "What You Seed to Know about Asbestos" for employees of companies using asbestos in manufacturing and construction to serve as an employee safety and health guide. . Maintaining contact with the Occupational Safe ty and Health Administration to discuss problems relating to asbestos and to obtain interpretation of standards. Assembling general information about the indus try for members, government, and all industry. The Executive Secretary of the Association is Matthew Swetonic, a man who can and does provide the facts and straightforward answers to questions about the h alth effects of asbestos. The Asbestos Information Association is located at 22 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Sunn e.eueuillceil i niiehishms nlmtil the u\he\t>>-. industry 's x/tcricncc J'/t months after the (imminent shinihiitls rent Into effect . . . The sonre i*. M.ui- lti`W Iitti'i iiiir. r.i'i iUivr ii l.'iry, A*.b* Inl'.i nniliiiii Ah'.mi iiiljiii, . . . Most operations were not as far from (he 5 liber per cubic centimeter standard as was believeJTai first. The 5 fiber limit has been met by most opera tions without excessive economic drain. Based on the experience of a few plants, the 2 fiber limit is obtainable within the three years al lowed, but it is still a problem and is expected to be costly. The loss of business through switch from asbes tos to other materials is not yet significant. All manufacturers using asbestos in their pro ducts can handle asbestos in compliance with OSHA standards using known methods and technology. Recognition of I hi* problem* llul would Iv fotihconung from tin* pasxape of the thvnpalional Safety ami Health Act of l`>70 coincided with Ihc formation in IVcemhcr I`>70 of Use Asbcslo* Infor mation AsMVialiou/Norlh Anunicn. Today tin* AvaH'iution, imu|*o***I <! ii*-t>--i I'm politic Mi'mlii'n, Im mi oul'ilimdmi' * him|>- "1 Imw mm tndnuliv tllli*1 llllllI*III ll< lull*Ml Mil linn iK'll AIA inovhlrt aullioitlalivc ndooiiuttoi, ilic cllwl* of asbestos on health aiul how the health hazard can be controlled. In general, the AIA has six areas of activity: p.i..i,,P"wJiii tit; r,,d of ,Q7-con* Conducting seminars on problems of asbestos related to OSHA, in four geographical areas of the USA for customer* of member companies. OSHA . , . what's dono und what's dnini A mic-iiiontii (Ati/'.ust 1972; OMJA ja.pcth''/ breakdown: iiIhmiI t i:i 11 ill III" luhll ili'.|*" li'ar , I Iiltllllll it* I Ml Im* iilifMl-hlii* Ml" i- ll.'i '* 11- |ii|Im " lt|* III -i** * ll'*ii . i- ill i>* ' n lit MM *<* <*'li `MI|dW*.|-* fin tiltun- '< ``O' Viously tiled Violations, Willi |ii*|ed Im*., < SI 2.630. - 557 employee complaints were received t OSHA. - 108 cases were contested to the Occnoahnn.- ..i.i * i, i* i.*- ....... Revised Part 1910 - Occupational Safety ant Health Standards, which appeared in the Octobc