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Safety for apprentices set to worsen under ABCC
The high rate of injuries among apprentices and young workers in the ACT will increase under the ABCC laws that were passed recently in Federal Parliament, according to the CFMEU. Responding to a report in The Canberra Times today which showed an unacceptably high...
Turnbull Government targets workers and their unions, while corporations go unpunished
Safety will be compromised if the amendments to the ABCC are passed in the Senate, following the backflip of Senator Derryn Hinch, according to the CFMEU. CFMEU Construction Secretary Dave Noonan said workers had raised the issue in conversations with him and hundreds...
Hinch’s cowardly act creates havoc for working people and the industry
Senator Derryn Hinch’s backflip in relation to the ABCC is a cowardly act that reveals he is in the pocket of property developers and construction companies, according to the CFMEU. National CFMEU Construction Secretary Dave Noonan said Senator Hinch’s erratic change...