Wisconsin's highest court recently ruled beverage giant Pabst Brewing Co. is liable for the asbestos exposure that led to a contracted steamfitter developing and eventually dying of cancer. News of the court's 5-2 ruling, which extends Wisconsin's "safe-place" statute to include contractor employees, quickly spread through Wisconsin's labor community.
What are implications for other longtime businesses that have worked to eliminate asbestos from their workplaces? It may be too early to tell.
Image: Facebook/SAPS The IDAC has rubbished rumours that it has a J50 warrant of arrest for KZN provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as “false”. This comes after re...