한국의 직업병 투쟁 경험과 전자산업 노동자들의 과제에 대해 소개하고 토론했는데요. 특히나, 최근 삼성전자의 전직 환경안전관리자의 내부고발로 알려진 삼성전자 베트남 공장과 그 협력사들의 환경안전보건실태의 심각성에 대해서 알리고 대응 필요성을 촉구했습니다. 

“The methanol poisoning tragedy at a Samsung subcontractors in Vietnam is just the tip of the iceberg. Production transfer is not only about low wages, but also about finding loose environmental safety regulations. Samsung has been using toxic chemicals without safety and health measures in Vietnam, where regulations are poor, and discharging wastewater and polluted air into Vietnam's land and sky.”

“Many of the Vietnamese workers and residents must be suffering from chemical-induced diseases. There are probably people who have already passed away. Vietnam has the same challenges that we faced in Korea. It's revealing a hidden occupational disease. And it is equally important to expose occupational diseases of electronics industry workers around the world. This is because the electronics industry uses a lot of toxic chemicals that cause occupational diseases, but occupational diseases are not well revealed. I think revealing occupational diseases is still the most important task to protect the health and life of electronics industry workers.”

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