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International Labour News

End forced labour in Burma
Australian trade unions are stepping up a campaign of trade sanctions against Burma (Myanmar) in a bid to halt the use of forced labour by the ruling military government.

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UCATT blames casual employment
Construction safety has become a huge issue in the UK, where the union, UCATT, has blamed the high numbers of fatalities on the re-emergence of casual employment in the industry.

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News

stop the bosses' rorts
Thousands of workers turned out for the construction unions march against NSW Government proposed cuts to workers� compensation on May 29.

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Court finds Govt agency guilty of duress
The same day the media was in a flap over the Employment Advocate�s shonky �Report� on the building industry, the Federal Court handed down a decision that found one of the Government�s own agencies applying duress to workers.

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May Day celebrations
For the first time in a long while, International Workers Day was acknowledged with rallies and marches on May 1 in many capital cities in Australia.

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Mobile cranes: seminar discusses future claim
Union officers from State and Territory Branches and the National Office came together in Brisbane to discuss the state of the mobile crane industry.

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Construction wages maintain their lead
Large numbers of construction sector pattern bargaining agreements with Average Annual Wage Increases (AAWI) of 5% are the reason Federal Government statistics are returning an agreement rate of 4.6%, the Department of Workplace Relations complains.

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Occupational Health & Safety

OH&S Update

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