In a press release issued on Thursday 26 September, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) deplored the European Commission’s delay in presenting its initiative on screening buildings for asbestos.
The ETUC believes that this delay puts European workers at “risk” at a time when cases of asbestos-related cancers are on the increase. In particular, the ETUC draws on Eurostat figures published the same day, which “show that 1,409 people were diagnosed with work-related...