Federal Labor’s decision to place the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration may become a significant headache for the so-called party of the working class. Sue Bull reports.
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Union bodies, leaders and rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members are pushing back against Labor’s unprecedented draconian anti-CFMEU law. Pip Hinman reports.
Tens of thousands of construction unionists marched in Magan-djin/Brisbane on September 17 and in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney the next day, to demand their elected officials be reinstated and Labor’s new anti-union law be withdrawn.
As ACTU Secretary Sally McManus defends Labor’s new anti-CFMEU law, more unions are showing their solidarity and asking why the rule of law no longer applies to CFMEU officials. Sue Bull reports.
Labor failed to pass its anti-CFMEU bill after the Coalition withdrew its support, arguing it was not strong enough. Sue Bull reports.
CFMEU members in Victoria are standing strong with hundreds of members attending an overflowing branch meeting keen to discuss a fight-back. Sue Bull reports.
The ACTUÂ has decided to support the CFMEU ban and take steps to end the use of engineered stone by mid 2024 if government bans are not already in place. Jim McIlroy reports.
A successful housing summit bought campaigners together to discuss the problems and canvass solutions. Rachel Evans ²¹²Ô»åÌýVirginia Gawler report.
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union national secretary Zach Smith told the national Housing Justice Summit about the unions campaign for a super profits tax to build housing.
A CFMEU initiative for a corporate super profit tax to fund social and affordable housing couldn’t have come at a better time. Pip Hinman reports.
Building industry unions and health groups are calling a total ban on the construction industry using engineered stone bench tops which contain silica. Jim McIlroy reports.