Posts Tagged ‘Cape Must Pay’
Update on Altrad
Our campaign to persuade Altrad – the current owners of Cape – to do the decent thing and make a £10 million donation to mesothelioma research has not gone away. On the contrary, it is gathering pace! New experts endorse our campaign Two new experts have called upon Altrad to help the cause of research…
Read MoreAction Meso Day Event Raises More Than £1700 for Mesothelioma Research
Our Action Mesothelioma Day event on Friday 7 July raised £1,735 for research into new treatments for mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. At the moment there is no cure and the existing treatments are only successful some of the time. It is often difficult to decide which treatment will best…
Read MorePoliticians challenged to stop giving money to Altrad
The Forum of Asbestos Victims Support Groups has written to Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer asking them to make sure that Altrad no longer wins contracts for cleaning up the asbestos which their own subsidiary, Cape, provided in the first place. This come in the wake of a £30.8 million contract to help decommission and…
Read MoreMonday’s visit to the memorial for Cape employees
Last Monday members of the UK Forum of asbestos support groups visited the memorial to employees of Cape who have died as a result of exposure to asbestos in Cape’s factories. The memorial is in Barking, where Cape had one of their factories until the 1960s. They were one of the leading manufacturers of asbestos…
Read MoreThe Forum takes our Cape campaign to Parliament
On Monday 10 July the National Forum of Asbestos Victims’ Support Groups took the Cape campaign to Parliament. Our manager, Neil Bishop, is pictured with our Cape Must Pay banner on Parliament Square in front of Big Ben. A number of members of Parliament came out to meet us and others signed the Early Day…
Read MoreOpen Letter to Ran Oren, Joint CEO of Altrad
On 26 October the Forum of UK Asbestos Victims’ Support Groups sent the following open letter to Mr Ran Oren, the Joint CEO of Cape’s parent company Altrad. He is also the sole director of Cape Intermediate Holdings. It was addressed to his office at 125, Rue du Mas de Carbonnier, 34000 Montpellier in France.…
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