{"id":3199,"date":"2019-04-30T16:04:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2019-04-30T16:04:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T15:04:57","slug":"united-kingdom-unite-highlights-helicopter-asbestos-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom: Unite highlights helicopter asbestos scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/media\/2258\/sea-king.jpg?crop=0,0.10861889927310489,0,0.031934060228452708&amp;cropmode=percentage&amp;width=1200&amp;height=422&amp;rnd=131958249070000000\" width=\"1200\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unite, the UK\u2019s largest union, has accused the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of shamelessly hiding behind \u2018commercial interests\u2019 in refusing to provide information about the asbestos scandal involving the maintenance of its Sea King helicopter fleet.<\/p>\n<p>It said it was highlighted the \u2018absolute scandal\u2019 of the MoD\u2019s failure to inform workers that they could have been exposed to asbestos as part of its activities around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/workers-memorial-day-0\">International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day (IWMD) on Sunday 28 April, as the theme for this year\u2019s event is dangerous substances \u2013 get them out of the workplace.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/news-events\/news\/2019\/april\/government-hiding-behind-commercial-interests-in-sea-king-asbestos-scandal\/\">https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/news-events\/news\/2019\/april\/government-hiding-behind-commercial-interests-in-sea-king-asbestos-scandal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this post<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3199\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3199\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3199\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3199\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20United%20Kingdom%3A%20Unite%20highlights%20helicopter%20asbestos%20scandal&body=https%3A%2F%2F28april.org%2F%3Fp%3D3199&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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