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Research

The Research Department of the National Office of the Construction and General Division conducts research that impact on the construction industry or on issues that are of interest to the Union and its members

CFMEU Construction National Office conducts research on issues that impact on the construction industry or that are of interest to the Union and its members.

Often, research is conducted as part of the Union’s participation in Government inquiries or committees. Topics covered recently include safety at work, taxation, employment and industrial issues, economic policy and immigration.

Click on the following to access a full copy of the paper concerned.

Employment Map:
    Produced quarterly, this document shows the level of total employment in the construction industry on a state by state basis.

An examination of the cost differentials methodology used in 'Economic Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity' - the Econtech Report.

    Professor William Mitchell's response to the ABCC commissioned report from Econtech, August 2007. Centre of Full Employment and Equity, University of Newcastle.

'Reform of Public Private Partnerships: How to harness private capital to genuinely work in partnership with the public sector'

    Report by Policy Solutions for the CFMEU. June 2006
Apprentices - building Australia's Future: The CFMEU's 10 point plan to reduce skill shortages (November 2005)
A union perspective on Industrial Relations in the Australian Building Industry 2005 July 13-14 Le Meridien at Rialto, Melbourne
    By John Sutton July 2005
Into the Industrial Dark Ages: the civil liberties implications of the Federal Government's Industrial Laws for the Australian Construction Industry
    By Tom Roberts, CFMEU Senior National Legal Officer. Published in Civil Liberty, the Journal of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties Inc. June 2005
Construction Workers First Target of Howard's IR Attack
    Speech by Dave Noonan, National Assistant Secretary to Victorian construction workers May 4, 2005
Two and Two make Five: Associate Professor Braham Dabscheck employs George Orwell's notion of doublethink to look at the Cole Royal Commission.
    Professor Braham Dabscheck gave his speech as The Sir Richard Kirby Lecture to The Industrial Relations Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria on the 20th August 2003. This lecture was previously delivered at The Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales 2003 Annual Convention, 16-18 May 2003, The Entrance, New South Wales.
CFMEU Construction Submission to the Productivity Commission First Home Ownership Inquiry
    January 2004
Opening Speech to the Senate Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill
    by John Sutton February 2, 2004
CFMEU Construction Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill
    January 2004
Union busting legislation to generate conflict
    National Construction Secretary John Sutton's comments on the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill published in the December issue of Building Australia magazine.
CFMEU Summary of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill
    The Bill is designed as a stand-alone piece of legislation to apply to the building and construction industry.
An Evaluation of Economic Anlaysis of the Building and Construction Sector
    Newcastle University Employment Studies Centre says the Econtech report commissioned by Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott is overstated and plaqued by methodological flaws.

An Analysis of the Cole Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry (June 2003)
    CFMEU senior legal officer Tom Roberts' Analysis looks at both the processes of the Commission and its outcomes, the Commissioner's final report.
John Sutton's speech to the National Press Club Thursday Oct 10, 2002
    Sutton outlines how the Government has orchestrated a show trial of the CFMEU through the Royal Commission, laying the groundwork for the long foreshadowed attack on the Union; and that what is being attacked is not just the CFMEU and the Union movement, but core Australian values of mateship, collectivism, freedom of association and a fair go.
Federal Construction Funding and freedom of choice
    The Government's anti-union agenda could backfire warns, John Sutton -- article published in the Australian Opinion pages 25/06/02.
On the Sins of Pattern Bargaining
    John Sutton asks why the Goverment now opposes the very style of award bargaining it has ultimately fostered -- article published in the Australian Financial Review Opinion pages 10/04/02.
Globalisation: Old problem, new form
    Speech delivered by John Sutton, National Secretary CFMEU Construction Division to the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) Conference, June 2000.
Multinational Companies (July 2000):
    Multinational Companies in the Construction Industry (July 2000) The second edition of the CFMEU Construction Division's profile of Multinational Companies in the Construction Industry provides details of 22 of the largest international companies, along with 30 Australian companies. To acquire a copy of Multinational Companies in the Construction Industry contact the CFMEU Construction National Legal/Research Officer as below.
In defence of Picnic Days (August 2000):
    Submission of the CFMEU, Construction & General Division, on the: Workplace Relations Amendment (Tallies and Picnic Days) Bill 2000.
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Contact the National Office, Construction Division at:
Level 12, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
Ph: 02 8524 5800
Fax: 02 8524 5801
Email: queries@fed.cfmeu.asn.au

Postal address: PO Box Q235, Queen Victoria Building Post Office, Sydney NSW 1230.

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