New CFMEU editions of Awards now on website
The 2nd edition of the CFMEU publications of the Modern Awards for the Mobile Crane Hiring and Joinery and Building Trades sectors can now be downloaded from this website.
Follow the link to our Member Services/Wages Information page to view or download a copy of the Award.
UK blacklisted worker loses case because not an employee
The UK Blacklist Support Group issued the following Media Release following the decision by the Employment Tribunal on Friday January 20, 2012:
Agency workers have no legal protection against blacklisting by multi-national firms according to a shock decision in the Central London Employment Tribunal today.
The court found that Dave Smith (an engineer) had been blacklisted by the respondents Carillion (JM) Limited and Schal International Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillion) because he raised concerns about asbestos on building sites and because of his trade union activities. The firms actually admitted that their managers had supplied the malicious information to Mr Smith's blacklist file in a signed statement to the court.
ABCC’s "action" to protect workers entitlements is too little, too late
CFMEU National Construction Assistant Secretary Frank O’Grady said today that the ABCC’s recent series of press releases boasting about the$297,000 it had recovered in unpaid wages and entitlements was a desperate attempt for the organisation to justify its existence and $135 million cost to taxpayers since its inception.
Mr O’Grady said CFMEU branches around the country had recovered almost $20 million in underpaid wages and entitlements for construction workers in 2011.
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