Tony Abbott was elected in 2013 on the 鈥減romise鈥 that the Coalition鈥檚 proposed industrial relations legislation, Work Choices, was 鈥渄ead, buried and cremated鈥.
Of course, few workers genuinely believed that an incoming Coalition government would keep its word. Certainly, construction workers knew it was only a matter of time before they were in the firing line.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) has launched a video campaign demanding the federal government change workplace laws to restrict union entry into workplaces. The animated video depicts union representatives disrupting work on resource projects.
AMMA chief executive Steve Knott has also written to key senators and members of parliament, highlighting the 鈥渁bsurd costs, delays, productivity impacts and safety issues associated with the thousands of site entry requests resource employers now receive each year鈥.