SA Workers Close Building Industry

Date: 31 March 2000

SA Construction Workers yesterday successfully closed down the industry for the sixth time in 5 weeks with more strike action looming over the next few weeks.

The strike achieved near 100% compliance with all major sites and most small and medium sites lying idle.

"The CBA 2000 campaign is going strong. Construction workers fully supported the stop work Meetings and strike days. Only a handful of workers were found today breaking the strike and they left the site as soon as the issues were explained to them." Said CFMEU Construction Secretary Martin O'Malley.

"There is no doubt" O'Malley said "that some Employers are intimidating workers with threats of dismissal and loss of future income to break the strike. The vast majority of workers are holding fast".

O'Malley said the dispute was about equity. He argued that if it was good enough for judges and politicians to have inter-state parity, then it was good enough for construction workers.

"Every State in Australia including Victoria will have an agreement and South Australian workers will be missing out. We are being treated as the poor cousins, expected to cop a sub standard agreement. Our claim is a fair and reasonable claim and CFMEU members are determined to win" he said.

For further information

Contact:	Martin O’Malley
Union:	CFMEU
Phone:	0413 705100.

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