Labor Blasts Asbestos Bill

Organized labor warned U.S. senators in a letter last week that it could not support an asbestos litigation bill that does not include a trust fund—a position that puts the AFL-CIO and its Democratic backers at odds with defendants and insurers, which in effect might kill reform in this Congress.

The AFL-CIO letter said the labor group is "deeply disturbed by the statements of some senators and some business and insurance groups calling for reopening agreements reached in the last Congress or returning to the terms of [a prior bill] as the legislative vehicle for consideration."

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