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OCR Page 1 of 85INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
Heat & Frost Insulators
& Asbestos Workers
William G. Bernard, General President
James A. Grogan, General Secretary/Treasurer
Suite 301
1776 Massachusetts
Avenue, N.W.
THE PROPOSED TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Washington
D.C. 20036-1989
The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos
202-785-2388
Fax: 202-429-0568
Workers, AFL-CIO is a labor organization composed of approximately 20,000
active members who are employed in the construction industry. In addition to our
representation of these members, the Union endeavors to promote the interests of
several thousand retirees, as well as the next of kin of former workers who have died
prematurely from occupationally-related diseases.
As the name of our organization indicates, chief among the diseases from
which asbestos workers and their family members die prematurely are those that
have resulted from occupational exposure to asbestos products. These diseases
include: lung cancer, mesothelioma, many other cancers, and asbestosis. Many
thousands of our members have died prematurely from causes attributable to
occupational exposures to asbestos. Thousands more, who may not have died
Affiliated with
prematurely, have suffered -- physically, psychologically and economically -- from
the AFL-CIO,
Building and
Construction
the ravages of these terrible diseases. Even though new asbestos products are no
Trades
Department,
Metal Trades
longer being installed in this country, and even though there is now in place a
Department
and Canadian
Federation
protective OSHA standard applicable to asbestos abatement work, thousands more
of Labour
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