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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1981 Apr 22
DOC ASB022
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Windsor Occupational Safety & Health Council to Barry Castleman
Windsor
Occupational
Safety & Health
Council W.O.S.H.
Windsor Tecumseh Windsor
Rd E.
Ontario
N8X 2S3
5-19 254-4192
April 22 1981
Barry Castleman Environmental Consultant
Box 230A Valley Road Knoxville Maryland
21758
Dear Barry
I sent you a letter on March 9 1981 a copy enclosed but I
felt from your
If not please
April 6 1981 letter
let me know and I'll
that you had not received it
forward the material mentioned
in the first letter to you again
Included in my new letter is a clipping concerning the hearings held in Windsor by the Ontario Royal Commission on
The article related that U.A.W. has submitted over 20 cases
recent Asbestos to the
Compensation Board but only two claims have been granted Tommy
Dunn was one such claim The rest of the claims are under appeal
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There are also new claims being filed One is for Bob Taylor whose picture is attached to this article There is also a new
claim for an office worker who worked at Bendix This person almost
never had access to the plant Her case points toward the theory that asbestos was being carried in the ventilation system throughout the plant and office which was located over the plant itself
Your letter inidcated that you work around the courts We
are extremely interested in this area Right now six law students have just completed research which we hope to give the union concerning possible legal rememedies beyond compensation
One idea is a possible third party suit launched in the States SinceBendix headquarters is in Detroit it would be at least accessable We also have film footage of a Bendix president admitting that they had not complied with Ontario government request to clean
up the plant These orders were issued in 1966 and in 1970
for
If you have any information which
us to know we would appreciate it
you think might be important
if we could have access to it
Thank for your assistance
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