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Federal Budget shortchanges apprentices
Construction apprentices will be shortchanged by a Federal Budget that does nothing to improve declining apprenticeship completion rates and the low take up of apprentices on government jobs, warns the CFMEU National Construction Division. “This Budget is long...
Vale Benny Carslake, comrade and union stalwart
Benny Carslake has died this morning in Adelaide aged 74. Benny was one of the giants of the CFMMEU and the Australian trade union movement. Benny was a bricklayer who organised other bricklayers in housing as well as the commercial industry. He worked as an organiser...
Morrison Government gives green light to wage theft and casualisation
The Morrison Government has given a green light to wage theft and further casualisation of the workforce in securing passage of a gutted version of their IR Omnibus Bill through the Senate today. “Morrison’s cynical use of the pandemic to give a green light to wage...
Statement on CFMMEU Mining and Energy Division resolution
Statement on CFMMEU Mining and Energy Division resolution The Construction and General Division and Maritime Divisions of the Union note the resolution of the Mining and Energy Delegates convention with disappointment. We strongly believe that it is apparent from the...