*Brought back the ABCC to cut wages, conditions and safety for construction workers
*Slashed Sunday penalty rates for retail & hospitality workers
*Allowed rampant wage theft by employers
As the new year starts and work on construction sites escalates it is timely to remind members of the key and important role they play in ensuring safety on sites.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission has been dealt another embarrassing blow today with the Federal Court dismissing all claims against the CFMEU and its’ officials in a claim that director Nigel Hadgkiss had billed as potentially costing the union $1.1million.
Irish-owned KNF Constructions has gone into voluntary administration on the eve of St Patrick’s Day owing its workforce more than an estimated $1 million.
Two major trade unions have slammed the federal government’s construction industry regime as ineffective as they launch an application in the Fair Work Commission to recover the entitlements of 850 people left jobless by the shock collapse of a second contract on the troubled Northern Territory I
Early this morning the CFMEU received notice that Laing O’Rourke were immediately relinquishing their tanks project contract at the $34 billion Ichthys LNG Plant over a pay dispute between Laing O’Rourke and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
