International: a coalition of international union federations is launching a global prevention campaign against occupational cancers

The International Metalworkers Federation (IMF,) supported by the international trade union confederation (ITUC) and 9 other international union federations (*) launched, on March 23, 2007, a "zero cancer" campaign, aiming at preventing occupational cancer. (Ref. 070278)
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The union coalition highlighted the fact that occupational cancers are responsible for over 600,000 deaths a year, but that “this tragedy is ignored by official regulation and managerial organizations”; that is why they launched, on March 23, 2007, the first phase of the “zero cancer” campaign. Organizations are publishing a guide entitled “Professional cancers/Zero cancer,” centered on prevention and sensitization on the topic of occupational cancers (see the attached file), notably by listing

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