Change Branch
COVID-19 Announcement May 2021
This morning the Victorian Government’s Chief Medical Officer introduced public health measures to control the latest COVID-19 outbreak. The Chief Medical Officer has made the decision to keep building and construction workplaces open. It’s important that members...
Asbestos alert for acetylene cylinders
The following was reported in the Australian Mine Safety Journal A safety alert has been issued regarding the discovery of asbestos in Chinese manufactured acetylene cylinders that have been imported into Australia. Recent testing identified asbestos within the...
2020 Building Unions’ Picnic
Please see this announcement from the Victoria Trades Hall Council Due to the current COVID restrictions, it is impossible to put on the much-loved, Building Unions’ Picnics this year. However, building workers have worked hard all year, and you have earned...
West Gate Bridge Collapse: We Will Never Forget
Today marks 50 long and sorrowful years since one of the worst industrial fatalities this country and our city has ever witnessed. The collapse of the West Gate Bridge on October 15, 1970 took the lives of 35 workers, and seriously injured many more. The trauma it...