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VALE Stewart Harrity

 

21 Dec 2004

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“We loaded the stuff in hessian bags. They’d bust
open and it would be blowing all over the place. We had no idea of the danger.
The wind would blow it all over the deck, all over the wharf. Everybody was
exposed to it. The guys up in the derricks. Everyone.”




The SA Branch called a media conference before Stuart Harrity’s funeral




“We are outraged that another member has died from an asbestos related
disease at the height of the James Hardie asbestos scandal,” said Branch
Secretary Jamie Newlyn.


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