Scott Morrison and the LNP won the unwinnable election. So what?
In the last edition of the journal, Anne Duggan wrote about our push for the Andrews Labor government to license trades in Victoria and Luke Hilakari (VTHC Secretary) wrote about the need for Industrial Manslaughter laws.
Day one was Sunday 6th December 2015. After being at Victoria Market with my wife and two youngest children, I was on my way home driving through North Melbourne. What I didn’t know was that me and my family had been followed for about two hours by undercover police as we strolled through Victoria Market.
Malcolm Turnbull has a new top dog for his attack dog, the anti-worker ABCC. Stephen McBurney was an AFL umpire, but he’s about as unbiased as the Collingwood cheer squad.
Our slogan in the BL days was always “Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win”. We struggled and we won: amenities, health and safety, clothing issue, the 36 hour week, decent wages, superannuation, redundancy, sick leave and long service leave.
On 15 February 2016, Bobby Hetherington was tragically killed after falling twenty metres down a lift well.
There has been lots of media speculation about the Turnbull government’s construction code in the wake of the Senate crossbench voting with the Liberal Party to support it.
The standard of training provided by the CFMEU Education and Training Unit and the safety standards and compliance demanded by our officials is among the best in the world.
Sally McManus has got guts.
Unions ‘Right of Entry’ is fundamental to safety – so says Senator Nick Xenophon, and I agree with him.