This demand will be heard next Wednesday in the Social Court of Eibar, where the Association of Asbestos Victims of Euskadi (Asviamie) has convened a demonstration in support of the workers, also demanding the creation of a “compensation fund” for those affected people.
A retired worker from Gipuzkoa demands compensation from 366,000 euros to the companies Sidenor Aceros Especiales and CIE Legazpia, on the understanding that they are responsible for the lung adenocarcinoma who suffers from it asbestos inhaled during his working period.
This demand will be heard next Wednesday in the Social Court of Eibar, where the Association of Asbestos Victims of Euskadi (Asviamie) has convened a demonstration in support of the workers, during which it will also demand that a “compensation fund now” for affected people.
The claimant, Xabier BZ, to whom the INSS has recognized a absolute handicap Due to an occupational disease, he worked in the company between 1970 and 1991 Patricio Echeverria Steelsfor which it seeks compensation from its successors.
Asviamie assures that the employee was exposed to asbestos “without the company having taken the safety measures required by the legislation at the time” and adds that for this reason Sidenor and CIE Legazpia “had already been ordered to pay additional compensation for lack of safety measures for two other workers who died of mesotheliomas”.
Source: EITB
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