Change Branch
Court finds Boral company acted illegally over worker threats on Turnbull’s unfair Building Code
A Court has found that management of a Boral concreting subsidiary, De Martin and Gasparini, acted illegally in threatening to make its workers redundant because they didn’t have an agreement that was Code compliant. On Friday, the Federal Court found that the company...
Hadgkiss resignation
The CFMEU has welcomed the resignation of the head of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, Nigel Hadgkiss. The union yesterday called for his resignation after it succeeded in the Federal Court in having the head of the Turnbull Government’s ABCC admit...
Time for the Gunner Government to act immediately on Asbestos Epidemic in the Northern Territory
The CFMEU is calling for urgent and immediate action to be taken by the Gunner Government to implement an education and awareness policy for asbestos in the Northern Territory after another case of workers and the public being exposed to the deadly fibres. Last Friday...