The Joint Global Health and Safety Committee of the Arcelor-Mittal group, established by the global agreement signed on June 3 (see our dispatch No. 080429), met in Kazakhstan during the first week of October. In this country, a major accident occurred in 2008, leading to the death of 38 minors, as well as five fatalities in its Termitau's steel plant (55.000 employees). (Ref. 080829)
The Joint Global Health and Safety Committee met with local union representatives and management and toured the steel plant and a nearby coal mine. “The committee noted that some improvements have been made at the site” explained the International Metalworkers’ Federation, “such as the establishment of a local union health and safety committee and an equipment modernisation program.” But the committee said “that overall the rate of change could be quicker.” At the conclusion of the visit the co
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