Live News Feed: Transport Workers' Union
TWU:TAXI TRAINING AT AIRPORTS
The TWU is calling on Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL) to consider changes to procedures for taxis dropping off and picking up passengers, following an incident at the International terminal this morning.
16 October 2007 [Read More]
USU Says Hand Over the GST Billions
The United Services Union, representing over 30,000 local government workers across NSW, is calling for the $3 billion in GST revenue being ripped off NSW taxpayers to be returned so that it can be used to provide adequate infrastructure such as roads and health services.
22 February 2006 [Read More]
Kempsey Workers Say No to Drug Tests
Workers at Kempsey Council met on 20 December 2005 and voted unanimously to reject Council’s Random Drugs and Alcohol Breath Testing Policy saying that it is both degrading and an invasion of privacy.
21 December 2005 [Read More]
Rural Workers to be Hardest Hit
An analysis of the Federal Government’s ‘Work Choices’ package reveals that workers at 38 rural and regional councils across NSW will lose their rights to claim against unfair dismissal. This will have a catastophic impact on communities where Local Government is a major employer.
28 October 2005 [Read More]
Howard Government Snubs Workers
As the Howard Government gears up to spend $20 million of taxpayers money in a bid to persuade the Australian people that it is fair to sack workers and take away their rights at work, they have ignored a free opportunity to explain their proposed legislation and snubbed over 200,000 workers across NSW.
06 October 2005 [Read More]
DOCS Report “Fatally Flawed”
The United Services Union declared the decision handed down today by Commissioner Patterson in the Industrial relations Commission of NSW to reinstate Child care worker Vicki Ford as a triumph for justice.
21 January 2005 [Read More]
Merry Christmas You're Sacked!
At a time when most Australians are preparing for Christmas and welcoming friends and relatives to vist, St Johns Ambulance employee Jacky West received a visit of an entirely different nature.
21 December 2004 [Read More]
A New Baby? You’re Sacked
When Insurance Supervisor Maree Cunningham returned home following the birth of her baby in October she received more than the usual congratulatory cards in the mail - she also received the sack.
15 December 2004 [Read More]
Electrolux Offends its Employees
Employees in a recent ballot in Electrolux Home Products Riverwood overwhelming reject by 76% management’s proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement. The United Services Union (USU) claims the proposed agreement offended the employees and their union.
07 December 2004 [Read More]
Union Bans Hardie Products
The United Services Union has endorsed a total ban on James Hardie products and other asbestos related products as part of a campaign to force the company to deliver more money to victims. The USU Executive and Annual Conference held on 21-22nd September, condemned James Hardie for its failure to meet moral and ethical obligations to people who are suffering as a result of exposure to the company’s asbestos products.
01 October 2004 [Read More]
Workers Win Wage Increase
Workers throughout NSW are $19 per week better off following a win by the United Services Union in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission on July 2nd 2004.
12 July 2004 [Read More]
All who benefit must contribute
Australia’s construction Union, the CFMEU, has responded to the Employment Advocate’s report on Freedom of Association released today with a strong defense of union members using ‘moral persuasion’ to encourage fellow workers to join the Union.
29 April 2004 [Read More]
CFMEU reply to Employment Advocate
Australia’s construction Union, the CFMEU, has responded to the Employment Advocate’s report on Freedom of Association released today with a strong defense of union members using moral persuasion to encourage fellow workers to join the Union.
29 April 2004 [Read More]
A Barbeque Stopper?
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is Mr Howard!
The Australian Services Union has called on the Prime Minister John Howard to urgently intervene in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission tomorrow, 16 April 2004, to assist a single mother of three maintain her part time position with Salmat, a large employer in a Contract Call Centre in Wagga.
15 April 2004 [Read More]
USU PROMPTS GOVERNMENT ACTION
The NSW Government has finally responded to the United Services Union’s increasingly urgent calls for employment protection. Last night the Local Government Amendment (Council and Employee Security) Bill 2004 was introduced into State Parliament.
19 March 2004 [Read More]
Pay Equity Win For Council Workers
The full bench of the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission today approved a reduction of hours from 38 to 35 hours per week for professional and specialist workers in the community services sector in local government.
16 February 2004 [Read More]
Union Says Bugger Off Bob
The United Services Union has condemned the announcement by the NSW Government to sack both Sydney City and South Sydney Councils - leaving administrators and senior Sydney City Council managers in control of the new and unelected merged council.
07 February 2004 [Read More]
TeleTech staff on expired agreement
Call centre staff at TeleTech International in Sydney and Moe, Victoria, will stop work next Monday 9th February to express their frustration at TeleTech’s refusal to negotiate a new employment agreement.
05 February 2004 [Read More]
Say No To Mega Councils
The United Services Union will hold a rally outside NSW Parliament House on Thursday 4th December opposing any forced amalgamations of NSW Local Councils.
28 November 2003 [Read More]
USU Push to Protect Power Industry
The principle Electricity Union in Australia, the ASU, is concerned at the reduction in full time jobs in the Generation Sector. According to United Services Union General Secretary Brian Harris these jobs are being outsourced and replaced by contractors, all driven by the National Electricity Market.
09 September 2003 [Read More]
Secret army of Garbage Collectors
If you are a resident of Sydney City Council you may have noticed the team of “garbage collector trainees” on the streets over recent weekends. For the past month the Council has brought in a team of contractors from the body hire firm JobWire to be trained to use Council trucks and take them through a run at the cost of $12,000 per week.
28 July 2003 [Read More]
Council Workers Ready for Action
Sydney City Council has arrogantly dumped on its workforce, the Industrial Relations Commission, the Minister for Local Government and their ratepayers by threatening to sack council garbage workers who are working to a recommendation of the Industrial Relations Commission.
28 July 2003 [Read More]
Council Workers to Rally Today
On Wednesday 2nd July workers from Yarrowlumla Council in Queanbeyan are descending on NSW Parliament House in Macquarie St at 12 noon to protest against the Government’s failure to protect jobs and conditions following amalgamations and boundary changes.
02 July 2003 [Read More]
Vale Brian Miller
CFMEU NSW Safety Co-ordinator Brian Miller died yesterday, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A legend in the building industry, Brian Miller was an official of the CFMEU for over 30 years
26 June 2003 [Read More]
NSW Gov't Reduces Workers Rights
In a surprise policy change the NSW Government has announced the introduction of legislation that will allow councils to alter the terms and conditions of employment for employees immediately upon the creation of new councils.
25 June 2003 [Read More]
Crackdown needed after fatality
The CFMEU is calling for a Workcover crackdown on safety standards in the home unit sector of the building industry. The call comes after the death of a bricklayer late this morning.
16 June 2003 [Read More]
USU Says No Local Government Reform
The United Services Union has called for the NSW government to implement urgent job protection reforms in light of the recent confirmation by Premier Bob Carr that the Government is pushing for a second wave of amalgamations.
06 June 2003 [Read More]
Local Government Boundary Changes
The Municipal Employees Union has protected millions of dollars of workers’ entitlements following an attempt by Sydney City Council to deny workers their accrued entitlements when they transfer from Leichhardt and South Sydney Councils.
07 May 2003 [Read More]
Billboard call for manslaughter law
The CFMEU will join with other blue collar Unions today to launch four billboards calling for the introduction of industrial manslaughter legislation into state law.
15 January 2003 [Read More]
CFMEU welcomes green card initiative
The CFMEU welcomes the initiative of the Federal opposition to protect Australian and overseas workers through the setting up of a green card system for guest workers in Australia.
03 December 2002 [Read More]
CFMEU supports Bali victims
The National Office of the CFMEU Construction Division today announced that it would donate $25,000 to the Red Cross Appeal for the victims of the Bali bombing.
17 October 2002 [Read More]
Illegals arrested this morning
Royal Commission ignored evidence for 3 months
09 September 2002 [Read More]
Taskforce pre-empts RC findings
One rule for workers at Royal Commissions – another for Executives of HIH, says CFMEU
20 August 2002 [Read More]
Commonwealth pre-empts RC
CFMEU Construction Division National Secretary John Sutton said the Commonwealth submission to the Royal Commission today proves that the Government’s approach to the construction industry and this Royal Commission is all about politics.
07 August 2002 [Read More]
A national disgrace!
Serbian national Rados Stevanovic was sponsored to Australia to work, painting orthodox murals for the Serbian Orthodox Church in Blacktown. His employer committed in writing to the Department of Immigration that he would pay Rados $35,000 per year, cover him for Workers Compensation, comply with Australian law, etc.
31 May 2002 [Read More]
Australian delegation in Palestine
A Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA delegation including members of the union movement and a representative of the Greens Party has just returned from a fact finding mission to the Occupied Palestinan Territories. It is understood that this is the first Australian delegation to be allowed into Jenin since the military invasion, and witnessed first-hand the devastation.
30 May 2002 [Read More]
Backpacker exploitation scandal
The CFMEU has today found 16 backpackers working construction on the Gazebo Hotel in Kings Cross at 100% less than local rates of pay. The backpackers were paid cash and appear to have been working without workers compensation insurance and without superannuation.
10 May 2002 [Read More]
Operation Destroy the Data
It's a scene that is repeating itself in hundreds of Palestinian offices taken over by IDF troops for a few hours or days in the West Bank: smashed, burned and broken computer terminals heaped in piles and thrown into yards; server cabling cut, hard disks missing, disks and diskettes scattered and broken, printers and scanners broken or missing, laptops gone, telephone exchanges that disappeared or were vandalized, and paper files burned, torn, scattered, or defaced - if not taken.
24 April 2002 [Read More]
Murder of working people
An open letter to the world;-
I write today to inform you of an egregious crime committed against hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the Jenin refugee camp.
The Israeli occupation army has buried at least 500 bodies of residents, at least half of whom are women and children, of the camp in mass graves and is now attempting to cover the truth. Simultaneously, the occupation army is forbidding the international press from uncovering the truth and in turn exposing it to the entire world.
15 April 2002 [Read More]
City Council Threatens Award Rights
The Municipal Employees Union has put the Sydney City Council on notice that they can expect a fight to the end over the Council’s attempts to strip the Award to the bone.
12 April 2002 [Read More]
MEU Steps Up Pay Equity Campaign
The Municipal Employees Union is pursuing a pay equity campaign for local government workers.
09 April 2002 [Read More]
Building workers honor Glen McEnally
Up to 30 gigantic blue ribbons are flying from tower cranes in down town Sydney this afternoon, in honour of Constable Glenn McEnally, the young Sydney policeman killed in the line of duty.
04 April 2002 [Read More]
Giant rat to confront Abbott today
Hundreds of building workers will strike and rally on The Corso at Manly this morning to protest against local MP Tony Abbott’s lack of interest in his constituents welfare.
22 March 2002 [Read More]
Building workers big donation
CFMEU members working on the St Vincent’s hospital site in Darlinghurst will hand over a cheque tomorrow for nearly $18,000 to the hospital.
20 March 2002 [Read More]
Fletcher’s workers strike, march
Hundreds of Fletcher’s construction workers are marching on the city this morning in protest at the bastardry of their company, recently sold to John Holland’s Constructions.
15 March 2002 [Read More]
CFMEU interim ban on Cooks Cove
The NSW Committee of Management of the CFMEU (Construction Division) has today resolved to place an interim green ban on development of parkland in Rockdale as part of the proposed Cooks Cove Project.
12 March 2002 [Read More]
ACTU call for fair treatment of TUs
The ACTU Executive passed a motion yesterday calling on Commissioner Cole to reconsider the treatment that has been meted out to unions in the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry.
06 March 2002 [Read More]
MEU Opposes Boundary Changes
At a rally of over 500 Council workers opposing the Government’s boundary changes of several inner city councils, Municipal Employees Union members and officials re-affirmed their opposition to the changes.
28 February 2002 [Read More]
Building workers rescue injured lady
Construction workers at Dee Why this morning rescued an elderly local lady who had fallen badly on a dodgy local footpath outside their building site.
27 February 2002 [Read More]
shots fired @ union office -COLOMBIA
Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of members of the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria de Alimentos, (SINALTRAINAL), National Union of Food Industry Workers, after shots were fired at its headquarters in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department on 14 February.
27 February 2002 [Read More]
Israel targets journos
The International Federation of Journalists February 21, warned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Israel's latest bombing of Palestinian radio and television facilities, this time in Gaza City, was a dangerous strategy that could lead to targeting of media around the world.
25 February 2002 [Read More]
Israeli airforce destroys Union HQ
The world's trade union leadership reacted this week in horror to the destruction of some 40% of the headquarters of the Palestine General
Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) in Nablus, in the northern part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Fortunately, no one was killed in the attack.
22 February 2002 [Read More]
A free roof
The CFMEU has today offered to re roof the home of a bushfire victim for free if they are uninsured and in need of assistance.
20 February 2002 [Read More]
CFMEU calls for crane audit
Australia’s main construction Union, the CFMEU has today called for the immediate commencement of a planned audit by WorkCover of all hammerhead and tower cranes and hoists operating in NSW.
15 February 2002 [Read More]
CHH attempt to Sue CFMEU fails
On Friday 8 February, Carter Holt Harvey applied for certificates under Section 166A of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 against the CFMEU. Had these certificates been issued, the company would have been able to sue the Union in tort for damages as a result of the industrial action that crippled the company’s Tumut operations on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
11 February 2002 [Read More]
Government Must Act at City Council
In a shocking display of contempt for its own workforce and the State Industrial Relations system the Sydney City Council yesterday sought to use the divisive Workplace Relations Act to overturn a vote by workers.
23 January 2002 [Read More]
Rally tomorrow against jailing
The Korean consulate in Sydney will be the site of a protest tomorrow against the continued detention of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) President Dan Byung-Ho for legitimate trade union activities.
21 January 2002 [Read More]
The shape of things to come?
LABOUR has lost the support of one the biggest unions after a furious row over public services. The GMB plans to wipe away 100 years of history by backing independent candidates in this year's local elections. Union boss John Edmonds drew up the proposal following dismay at Tony Blair's record on public services. He is furious at the Premier's plans to hand private firms a bigger role in the running of schools and hospitals.
07 January 2002 [Read More]
WorkCover inaction threatens public
Legal impediment stopping WorkCover inspectors fining the shonks
21 December 2001 [Read More]
MEU Win at Warringah Council
When 25 workers at Warringah Council were faced with redundancy just days before Christmas, the MEU called for urgent meetings which have resulted in all redundacies being held off until late February when discussions can take place with the new General Manager.
21 December 2001 [Read More]
Another Immigration raid in Sydney
The Department of Immigration (DIMA) has today raided the Crown International building site in Station Street Homebush and detained four illegal immigrants, nationals of Korea, China and Indonesia.
18 December 2001 [Read More]
The Coca-Cola murders
After their union leader was gunned down at the gates of the
factory where they worked, Edgar Paez and his coworkers at the Coca-Cola
bottling plant in Carepa, Colombia, tried for four years to get justice in
the country's courts. Instead, some of the workers themselves wound up
behind bars, while they watched the murderers go free.
17 December 2001 [Read More]
Third accident in three days
A 21 year old bricklayer from Macquarie Fields is the latest casualty to corporate greed in the building industry in Sydney.
14 December 2001 [Read More]
Building workers to support bankies
Hundreds of building workers will march off Sydney construction sites tomorrow morning in support of Bank employees who will be protesting outside bank AGMs.
13 December 2001 [Read More]
Carnage on Sydney construction sites
There has been another major accident on a Sydney construction site this afternoon, the second this week and the fifth in under a month.
13 December 2001 [Read More]
Rally Against Sartor’s Sell-Off Plan
The Municipal Employees Union will hold a rally at 12 noon on Thursday 13 December on the Sydney Town Hall steps. The rally is part of a campaign to stop the City Council’s plan to sell-off local government jobs with a further push for Competitive Tendering.
11 December 2001 [Read More]
Another accident on a building site
What is the Royal Commission going to do about the REAL ISSUES?
11 December 2001 [Read More]
Immigration raid “missing the point”
The CFMEU welcomes news that the Department of Immigration (DIMA) has today raided a building site in Strathfield, arresting several suspected illegal immigrants.
10 December 2001 [Read More]
Rally Against Sartor's Sell-Off Plan
The Municipal Employees Union will hold a rally at 12 noon on Thursday 12 December on the Sydney Town Hall steps. The rally is part of a campaign to stop the City Council's plan to sell-off local government jobs with a further push for Competitive Tendering.
10 December 2001 [Read More]
M5 East a testimony to workers
The biggest civil construction project in Sydney at the moment is the M5 East. It opens this Sunday, six months ahead of schedule.
07 December 2001 [Read More]
Assassination of Colombian Unionist
Human rights and social organisations, trade unions, members of the National and International Human Rights Campaign Against Privatisation and the Criminalisation of Social Protest repudiate and condemn the vile assassination committed on our comrade and friend AURY SARÁ MARRUGO and
we urge the national Colombian and international community to demand that the Colombian government puts an end to the genocide that is being committed against trade union leaders in Colombia.
06 December 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU backs standards inquiry
Australia’s main Construction Union today supported calls for a parliamentary inquiry into building standards in NSW.
04 December 2001 [Read More]
Shocking new atrocitiies in Colombia
State/Paramilitary/Army Atrocities - Who Are the Real Terrorists?
Acts of violence by army-backed paramilitaries against the civilian population in Colombia are increasing. Rural populations of campesinos (farmers) continue to be massacred on a horrifying scale and the State-orchestrated genocide being perpetrated against social movements, in particular trade unions, goes on unabated and almost unnoticed by the international community.
04 December 2001 [Read More]
Union concerned at new ASIO powers
The National Secretary of the CFMEU John Maitland expressed concern today at proposals by the Federal Government to radically increase ASIO powers
03 December 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU picnic day Monday
Australia’s Wonderland will fill next Monday 3 December with up to 40,000 building workers and their families attending the CFMEU’s Union Picnic Day, the nations largest.
30 November 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU forces re-think on asbestos
The Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) has decided to support the construction industry’s practice of “zero tolerance” for asbestos on building sites.
29 November 2001 [Read More]
Union concern as Sydney collapses
The pre Christmas rush to finish construction work is endangering public and workers safety according to the CFMEU.
26 November 2001 [Read More]
MEU Forces Council Backdown
The Sydney City Council is failing to recogniseworkers rights to be represented at the workplace. Council has pushed to hold a secret ballot on the new Enterprise Agreement and exclude the MEU from the process in an attempt to intimidate members into voting for an agreement which promotes Competitive Tendering and would lead to job loss.
22 November 2001 [Read More]
Sweet victory for sugar workers
Management crushed by solidarity
22 November 2001 [Read More]
Thousands raised for sugar workers
Three North Coast sugar mills workers touring Sydney building sites to raise money for fellow workers and their families in hardship have been overwhelmed by the support they have received in Sydney.
21 November 2001 [Read More]
Construction worker killed today
Why are workers deaths of no interest to Royal Commission?
21 November 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU/Souths “Rabbit warren” opening
Souths legend George Piggins and Sean Garlick will join CFMEU members at the launch of the CFMEU/Souths “Rabbit warren” clubhouse today.
16 November 2001 [Read More]
Boycott to pressure Sunshine Sugar
A consumer boycott of Sunshine Sugar products will be amongst the proposals examined Friday at a meeting of the leadership of major Unions involved in the sugar industry dispute
15 November 2001 [Read More]
Sugar mills lockout to go national
The 350 North coast sugar mills workers locked out indefinitely by their employer last week and just six weeks before Christmas, will receive strong national support from the Labour movement.
12 November 2001 [Read More]
Sartor's Cynical Stunt
Sydney Lord Mayor Frank Sartor’s offer of 14 weeks paid maternity leave offers an illusion of job security to workers with no real security of employment.
08 November 2001 [Read More]
Pasminco Admin excludes unions
Two major unions representing workers at Pasminco’s Australian operations have been excluded from the Creditors Committee because they would not sign a Confidentiality Agreement drawn up by the Administrators.
01 November 2001 [Read More]
MEU Scores Paid Maternity Leave Win
The Municipal Employees Union is on the brink of winning an historic Paid Maternity Leave victory on behalf of members. A win on paid maternity leave will deliver real benefits to thousands of workers throughout NSW.
30 October 2001 [Read More]
Union gets disabled athlete a start
When CFMEU member and disabled super athlete Todd Philpott rang the Union with a problem this week, he was at the end of his tether.
26 October 2001 [Read More]
N.I.D.A. tax rorts embarress Howard
Betaform Pty Ltd, the largest contractor on the NIDA project at Kensington being opened by the Prime Minister this morning, was recently found by the CFMEU to be not remitting tax deducted from workers to the ATO. The CFMEU notified the ATO. The company signed and breached two Section 222 ALA agreements with the ATO where they agreed to pay the unpaid tax off over time. The company involved owes $400,000+ to the ATO.
26 October 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU wins appeal over Right o Entry
A full bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) has today upheld a CFMEU appeal challenging revocation of the “Right of Entry” permit of State Secretary Andrew Ferguson and one other Official.
24 October 2001 [Read More]
Community of Sydney to back CFMEU
Souths legend George Piggins will join actors Lex Marinos and Bryan Marshall, representatives of the East Timorese, Maori and Korean communities, Paralympians, artists and many others at a rally to support the CFMEU outside the first hearing of the Royal Commission into the Building Industry on Monday.
19 October 2001 [Read More]
Colombian unionists to visit
Public meeting
Monday 22 October 6PM
15 Wentworth Avenue Sydney
Hear from Jesus Gonzales (Director, Human Rights Department, Colombian Union Congress) and Pedro Mahecha (Colombian human rights & labour lawyer)
17 October 2001 [Read More]
Building workers $200 000 donation
Donations by thousands of building workers in Sydney totalling over $192,000 will be presented tomorrow to Mr. Don McDonald, Deputy Chair of the Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD), as part of Mental Health Day
09 October 2001 [Read More]
Abbot’s insult to Olympic workers
Union delegates will join politicians and Games organisers this morning at the launch of the book “The Collaborative Games”. The book chronicles the co-operative nature of the Olympic building project, which saw the greatest infrastructure development in the history of the country delivered on time and on budget.
08 October 2001 [Read More]
100 strike over crane accident
Over one hundred building workers have voted today to strike over the risk to public and worker safety caused by the spectacular crane accident on the Bovis building site at St Leonards this morning.
02 October 2001 [Read More]
Crane disaster shows need for safety
Today’s spectacular crane accident on the Bovis building site at St Leonards reinforces the need for the Howard Governments Royal Commission to include industry occupational health and safety in its terms of reference.
02 October 2001 [Read More]
New project agreement a template
A project agreement with provision for fortnightly payments for subcontractors is being hailed as a possible template to protect small business and workers entitlements in the construction industry.
25 September 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU to salute fallen digger
Building workers will join mourners tomorrow at the state funeral of World War One veteran and former building worker and CFMEU member Charlie Mance.
19 September 2001 [Read More]
Sugar mills management UnAustralian
Moves by management of the NSW Sugar Milling Co-operative to force local mill workers to work Christmas day have been branded “unAustralian” by their Union.
17 September 2001 [Read More]
Child Care Industry Action
Savage cuts in child care funding have resulted in chronic overwork and stress amongst child care workers, according to a new survey conducted by the Municipal Employees Union. MEU General Secretary Brian Harris has warned that the deteriorating situation could lead to industrial action by child care workers. “They are desperate to draw the public’s attention to an increasingly unmanageable situation.”
06 September 2001 [Read More]
Mat Leave Win for Country Energy
In a significant victory for female rural workers and their families, Country Energy responded to the Municipal Employees Union claim for an Award provision of Paid Maternity Leave announcing to the Award Negotiating Committee today that employees will receive 12 weeks Paid Maternity Leave.
21 August 2001 [Read More]
Paid Mat Leave: MEU Wins Round One
The MEU has defeated an attempt by the Local Government and Shires Association to frustrate the hearing of the Union’s claim for paid maternity leave in local government.
15 August 2001 [Read More]
Union backs call for safety review
The Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union has welcomed the call by the National Occupational Health and Safety chairman for a national review of safety in the construction industry and urges the Federal Government to act on that advice.
14 August 2001 [Read More]
More death, injury in building
10,000+ to rally tommorrow in protest
28 May 2001 [Read More]
CFMEU exposes Abbott's hoax
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott’s plans to clean up the construction industry with a government appointed Taskforce or Royal Commission are a political diversion, designed to distract voters from the government’s own poor performance, union leaders said today.
01 May 2001 [Read More]
100,000 to strike tommorrow
A total shut down of the NSW building and construction industry will commence at 7am tomorrow.
18 April 2001 [Read More]
Carr and Bracks Must Protect Jobs
The Municipal Employees Union has warned that the NSW and Victorian Governments will need to provide guarantees of job security, and the preservation of strong award entitlements, if they expect the proposed Albury-Wodonga joint city amalgamation to proceed smoothly.
26 March 2001 [Read More]
20 year old maimed, 400 on strike
A twenty-year-old 3rd year apprentice bricklayer had his leg amputated below the knee overnight because of an avoidable industrial accident in Newtown late yesterday.
22 March 2001 [Read More]
Potential asbestos disaster Hornsby
Union officials from the CFMEU have uncovered a potentially disastrous health and safety situation with the removal of asbestos on the massive Westfield’s Hornsby redevelopment
16 March 2001 [Read More]
Worker looses fingers in accident
A worker lost four fingers today in an avoidable industrial accident at the Sleep City factory at Wetherill Park.
12 March 2001 [Read More]
Shocking new info on Indian temple
The eight Indian stonemasons rescued by the CFMEU Monday from a barbed wire enclosed temple compound in Helensburgh have opened up today for the first time in thorough interviews with Immigration Department and Union officials.
28 February 2001 [Read More]
Cut rate to give workers some relief
Australia’s largest construction union has lent its weight to calls for a significant drop in interest rates this week.
06 February 2001 [Read More]
Fair go for the Fantastic workers
Earlier this week the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) visited Fantastic Furniture factories in Sydney in response to safety concerns and lack of lunch room facilities for employees
01 February 2001 [Read More]
“Can of worms” uncovered on M5
A CFMEU safety inspection on the site of Friday’s tragic crane accident has uncovered raw sewage flowing under amenities sheds on site and straight into the Cooks River!
15 January 2001 [Read More]
Green ban set to save light rail
The Building Trades Group of Unions (BTG) announces today an interim Green Ban on all development other than light rail in the transport corridor at Prince and Cowper Streets Randwick.
20 December 2000 [Read More]
Scrooge punishes Olympics heroes
Forced unpaid overtime to attend Christmas Party!
18 December 2000 [Read More]
Conservatorium shut down
Training levy strike continues to widen
12 December 2000 [Read More]
Green ban on M5East stack
Australia’s most powerful construction union, the CFMEU, has placed an interim green ban on the M5East stack at Turella.
12 December 2000 [Read More]
Kogarah cops, Oatley TAFE shut down
Pressure mounts on State Government to act
08 December 2000 [Read More]
Builders strike in support of ABC
Builders working on the extension to the ABC Head Office in Harris Street Ultimo voted to stop work for 24 hours this morning.
06 December 2000 [Read More]
40,000 say- “hands off picnic day"
The biggest Union Picnic day in the world is on Monday December 4 at Australia’s Wonderland- the CFMEU Construction Division’s Annual Picnic Day.
01 December 2000 [Read More]
Illegals initiative-"all talk"
CFMEU Secretary Andrew Ferguson has slammed Immigration Minister Phil Ruddock’s “Don’t give a Job to an illegal Worker” announcement today as too little too late.
30 November 2000 [Read More]
Union sugar mills victory
Payrise, backpay for workers
30 November 2000 [Read More]
“Hands off First Aid”
Rally today at Workcover
CFMEU prepares for strike action
27 November 2000 [Read More]
MEU 's Paid Maternity Leave Campaign
The Municipal Employees Union has launched a major campaign to introduce paid Maternity Leave for employees in local government throughout NSW. The MEU lodged an application today for 15 weeks paid Maternity Leave to be inserted into the Local Government State Award.
13 October 2000 [Read More]
Triple whammy GST kills jobs
The decline in building job vacancies for August following the introduction of the GST is not surprising, said John Sutton, National Secretary of Australia’s largest construction union.
24 August 2000 [Read More]
New website for construction union
The CFMEU Construction Division launched its new Website on Friday August 18.
21 August 2000 [Read More]
Soccer balls for East Timorese kids
Former Socceroo captain Alex Tobin is in East Timor with over $3,000 worth of soccer balls which will be distributed amongst the children at soccer camps in Dili and Alieu on Monday 3 July and Tuesday 4 July. Tobin representing Soccer Australia will be coaching the children.
02 July 2000 [Read More]
Health Fund Workers to Strike
After months of frustration with NIB Management over wage negotiations, NIB staff will strike from midday on Friday 30th June.
29 June 2000 [Read More]
Construction aid to East Timor
Australia’s construction industry has pledged its support for the reconstruction of East Timor by funding a Vocational Training Centre in Dili.
The Vocational Training Centre project, launched today by Wal King, CEO of Leighton Holdings and President of the Australian Constructors Association, has already attracted over $200,000 in sponsorship from leading construction companies and the CFMEU, and more donations are expected.
22 June 2000 [Read More]
Building workers Super win
Building and plumbing industry employers can be required to pay superannuation contributions for non-union members into funds specified in building awards, according to a decision of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission handed down today.
16 June 2000 [Read More]
100,000 building workers stop work
100,000 building workers will stop work today (Monday 5 June) in protest against Peter Reith's new Workplace Relations Amendment Bill which goes before a Senate inquiry this week.
04 June 2000 [Read More]
Reith's Bill anti-worker says union
Peter Reith's latest attack on workers who collectively achieve strong wage agreements is hypocritical and contrary to international best practice, Australia's largest construction union said today.
11 May 2000 [Read More]
Boral's heart of stone
Over 30 stonemasons employed by Melocco Stonework a subsidiary of Boral were abruptly sacked last week--Boral had sold the Melocco plant and equipment in Alexandria and Sommersby quarries to Gosford Quarries.
10 May 2000 [Read More]
NIB Staff Reject Unfair Deal
Staff at NIB have overwhelmingly rejected a management proposal for a non-union enterprise agreement in an enterprise wide vote which saw 314 staff vote against the proposal and only 54 vote for it.
13 April 2000 [Read More]
Grants for construction workers
Workers in the construction industry will be able to receive up to $5000 towards the costs of educational activities, under a new program launched today by the Australian Construction Industry Redundancy Trust Education Foundation.
07 April 2000 [Read More]
Ultimatum on Olympic jobs shutdown
The persistent rumours that mobile cranes and the deliveries of materials to construction sites would be banned during the staging of the Olympics have forced the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) to issue an ultimatum to the NSW Government to clarify the situation or face massive industrial actions including on Olympic projects.
06 April 2000 [Read More]
More support for 36-hour week
The Compact signed today between the CFMEU and four of Victoria’s biggest builders for a 36 hour week and 15% pay rise over 3 years was an historic agreement that sets a new community standard for the future of working hours in Australia, the CFMEU said today.
04 April 2000 [Read More]
SA Workers Close Building Industry
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.
31 March 2000 [Read More]
Reith's bargaining hypocrisy
The Victorian building industry's 36-hour week campaign is an important initiative to get some civilisation back into working hours. It will not raise the costs of building projects significantly and provides an opportunity to get more jobs back into the industry, said CFMEU National Construction Secretary John Sutton today.
"Mr Reith's criticism of Grocon Constructions' agreement with the union on this issue only betrays his hypocrisy," Mr Sutton said.
24 March 2000 [Read More]
National leaders pledge support
The National Secretary of the CFMEU, Mr John Sutton, will today present a cheque to the CFMEU Victorian Branch to assist workers who have been locked out during the 36 hour campaign.
Mr Sutton will be joined by ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet, who will also pledge ACTU support for the workers in Victoria fighting for the campaign.
23 March 2000 [Read More]
Timor activists to face court
The Parliament House ‘graffiti four’ will appear at the Canberra Magistrate Court on Friday 24 March to face charges of writing ‘Shame Australia Shame’ on the white marble walls of Parliament House last September. They were protesting against what was then happening in East Timor and the slowness or unwillingness of the Australian Government to react to the crisis there.
21 March 2000 [Read More]
Illegal workers next door to Howard
The CFMEU in recent weeks has uncovered shonky immigration scams involving the employment and exploitation of illegal immigrants in the building industry.
17 March 2000 [Read More]
CFMEU exposes immigration racket
A major illegal immigration racket is operating on Sydney's construction sites. Illegal workers-undercutting local workers wages and conditions-are being flown in, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has alleged today.
14 March 2000 [Read More]
Olympic Pool Action Vindicated
The Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union (CFMEU) said today it's decision this week to stop all work on the 13,000 seat extension to Homebush Bay Aquatic Centre has been vindicated by WorkCover.
08 March 2000 [Read More]
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