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National

Construction workers launch 'Rights on Site' campaign against the ABCC 25 August 2008
Three construction workers, all of whom have been personally attacked by the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), will today launch the �Rights on Site� campaign in Parliament House.

ABCC Productivity Report Outdated and Discredited 01 August 2008
The release today of the Australian Building and Construction Commissions 'Economic Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2008' report is fundamentally flawed, said Dave Noonan, National Secretary CFMEU Construction Division.

Building workers should have the same rights as the rest of the workforce 30 July 2008
It is unacceptable in a modern democracy that workers in the construction industry have fewer rights than the broader workforce, says the ACTU.

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ACT

21 year old hospitalised from fall from roof of Tuggeranong Sports Complex 26 June 2008

CFMEU calls on Rudd Labor Government to scrap ABCC coercive powers 17 June 2008
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union ACT Branch will tonight host a community forum that will call on the Rudd Labor Government to immediately remove the extensive, unfair and discriminatory powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner, which are being used to impinge upon the basic rights and freedoms of workers in Australia.

ABCC warns workers not to attend rally 23 February 2007
The ABCC � Australian Building and Construction Commission � today issued warnings to companies that if their workers attended today�s CFMEU rally and were 15 minutes late back to work they should be docked four hours pay.

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New South Wales

Leave your human rights at the door: forum 10 October 2006
The new workplace laws introduced by the Howard Government are a serious attack not just on living standards, but also civil liberties.

Sydney Opera House Victimises Workers 23 February 2006
The management of the Sydney Opera House is involved in cost cutting at the expense of workers� rights.

Fact: Aussie building productivity is world class 07 December 2005
The Australian newspaper made spurious claims on Tuesday (Dec 6) about NSW building workers' productivity, citing comments from Master Builders Association acting CEO Richard Calver who said: the average building worker was 'productive' for just 163 days each year, when annual leave, inclement weather and the 36-hour week were taken into account.

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Northern Territory

Workers back Unions' role in NT Safety 01 May 2007
Workers on Darwin�s $1billion Waterfront Project today passed a unanimous resolution endorsing the NT Government�s actions to bring NT OHS laws into line with contemporary practice in all Australian States and Territories.

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Queensland (General)

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South Australia

SA CFMEU members campaign for better treatment of mesothelioma sufferers 04 October 2007
CFMEU members in Adelaide have joined the campaign to provide better treatment for mesothelioma sufferers. South Australian members are demanding the Howard Government lists chemotherapy drug Alimta on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

SA construction workers to vote on strike action 08 February 2007
The first strike ballot for the construction industry in South Australia was authorised late yesterday by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

SA rally against anti-union legislation 22 October 2003
The federal government�s blatantly anti-union legislation targeting the construction industry will be focus of a protest rally in Adelaide tomorrow, Thursday 23rd October, with CFMEU National Secretary John Sutton giving the keynote address. The most unsafe industry in Australia is set to become even more dangerous, if the proposed federal government laws become a reality.

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Tasmania

Toxic fumes endanger Hobart workers 10 October 2007
100 production workers have been exposed to a carcinogenic mist at a Hobart zinc smelter as operators put company profits ahead of workers� health and safety, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union warned today.

Tasmanian Apprentices to Lose Jobs under Libs proposals 12 December 2005
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) Tasmania Branch condemns the State Liberal Opposition Policy to cut the Building and Construction Industry Training Board levy from 0.2% to 0.1%.

HIA has backed �Australia�s highest building levy� 03 June 2004
Statement from Tony Benson, Secretary CFMEU Construction:

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Victoria

Union leaders condemn �Howard Government�s political interference� in prosperous, booming construction industry 08 February 2005
Leaders of Australia�s most powerful trade union, the CFMEU, today roundly condemned the Howard Government�s blatant interference in Victoria�s vibrant, booming and productive construction industry.

Taskforce takes CFMEU and members to Federal Court for Workplace Death Safety Audit 08 December 2004
Not satisfied with Justice Marshall's decision of Oct 12, the Building Industry Taskforce has now initiated proceedings against the CFMEU and 11 CFMEU members employed at the Concept Blue site in Melbourne. The CFMEU members are being prosecuted for allegedly accepting payment for periods of industrial action and for allegedly breaching the dispute settlement procedure in the certified agreement.

Remembering Australia's worst workplace catastrophe 20 October 2004
West Gate Memorial Park opened on 34th anniversary of Australia's worst workplace catastrophe

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Western Australia

McDonald vindicated as workers narrowly escape death at Q-Con site 05 July 2007
Perth: A concrete panel has violently disintegrated and collapsed on the 16th floor of the notorious Q-Con construction site in St Georges Tce Perth, vindicating claims by CFMEU Assistant Secretary Joe McDonald that the site was 'a disaster waiting to happen'.

Sacked delegate donates unfair dismissal win to cancer kids 14 March 2006
CFMEU delegate Peter Ballard, dismissed from the new MetroRail project in Perth by Leighton Kumagai on 24 February, has announced that he will donate all of the proceeds from his unfair dismissal win to the Make A Wish Foundation.

Railway project is a two-way street 30 November 2005

The CFMEU has today signalled its willingness to accept and abide by the recommendations of WAIRC Commissioner Kenner regarding the right of CFMEU officials to enter Perth-Mandurah Southern Railway worksites in order to assist and support CFMEU members working for the Leighton Kumagai Joint Venture (LKJV) and its subcontractors.

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