GMB Demo To Parliament To Monday 25th June 2007 To Urge Lords To Restore Lost Pleural Plaques Sufferers Compensation

As the House of Lords debate the Pleural Plaques compensation Bill around 200 construction craftsman from all over the UK, including thermal insulation engineers, welders, fabricators and many others  will assemble outside Parliament to urge the Lords to restore compensation for sufferers of Pleural Plaques resulting from exposure to asbestos during their working lives. Workers undertaking manual and physically heavy jobs are particularly affected by this ruling as without it they often have to continue to work in hazardous situations.

The demonstration takes place from:

9.30 A.M. ON

MONDAY 25^TH JUNE 2007 OUTISDE

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

WESTMINSTER

LONDON

Compensation used to be paid to sufferers of Pleural Plaques because of scarring of the lungs and the effects on the victims breathing, but was stopped as a result of a recent court case.

John McClean, GMB National Health and Safety Officer said, "The many construction workers and their families have suffered and continue to suffer the devastating effects of plural Plaques. They need the compensation money to help them when they can no longer work and to help them adjust to their changed circumstances".

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Contact: Tom Kelly, GMB Organiser on 07885 706559 or GMB Press Office: Steve Pryle on 07921 289880 or Rose Conroy on 07974 258123.