Construction agreement a win for a modern construction industry
The in-principle construction industry agreement that has been offered to the CFMEU by a number of major builders and contractors has been welcomed as a big step forward that will result in the modernisation of the construction industry. The ongoing negotiations...
Turnbull’s new found love of visa regulation is just smoke and mirrors
The Turnbull Government’s announcement that they will regulate to stop systemic wage fraud and add $20 million to the Fair Work Ombudsman’s budget is nothing other than a pretend fix to the problem his Government is responsible for, the Construction, Forestry, Mining...
CFMEU wins another court battle, in defence of members’ privacy
The CFMEU have won another court battle against the Fair Work Building Commission (FWBC) in the Federal Court over the Commission’s attempts to inspect the union’s membership records. The Full Bench handed down a decision yesterday, saying that the FWBC had ‘exceeded’...
