The Guardian • CFMEU
Issue #1977
Green ban lifted on Sydney heritage site
Despite a four-year campaign, Willow Grove and St George’s Terrace will be removed in accordance with the NSW state government’s plan to build the new Powerhouse Museum on the land.
Read moreReport on the CFMEU attacks
The CPA Melbourne branch condemns in the strongest possible terms the right-wing attacks on the construction division of the CFMEU offices on Monday 20th September.
Read moreA Melbourne perspective: lockdowns, “freedom” rallies, and mandatory vaccination
The topics covered were discussed at a recent Melbourne CPA branch meeting.
Read moreFremantle council workers win
The recent attention to trade union activity is unsurprising; victories of the unions bring admiration for workers but worry the capitalist elites.
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Issue #2068
LETTERS
Bias and bullying The two-page spread in Murdoch’s SA Advertiser of Monday 21st August with the big-font headline “CFMEU ‘BULLYING’ WORKERS” made interesting reading. Writer...
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Issue #2003
CPA members support workers robbed by Probuild and Frasers Property
Members of the Communist Party of Australia in Sydney attended a multi-day picket held by CFMEU workers demanding the wages they’re owed by Probuild and...
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Issue #1975
Money flushed down toilet as ABCC takes CFMEU to court
In what sounds like the premise of a good joke, a union, a portaloo, and a government authority have found themselves at the centre of a controversy that never needed to happen.
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Issue #2054
In solidarity with Cuba
A recent Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) delegation of seven from around Australia attended the celebration of May Day in Cuba. More than 1200...
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Issue #2046
DINGO
The construction union, the CFMEU, has urged the Albanese government to ramp up its ambition on the Housing Australia Future Fund, which needs more investment...
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Issue #2048
Action for jobs, pay, safety
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members launched major rallies across Australia on Wednesday 5th April as anger mounts over serious issues facing the nation...
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Issue #2044
We must win the battle of ideas
Working people around the capitalist world have been hit hard from the employer class. Capitalists will always look at how to improve profit margins from...
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Issue #1971
Green ban reaffirmed as legal avenues to save Willow Grove exhausted
On Friday 16th July, the NSW Court of Appeal ruled against the North Parramatta Residents’ Action Group (NPRAG), upholding the Land and Environmental Court’s judgement that Infrastructure NSW’s Environmental Impact Statement was valid.
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Issue #2011
Abolish the ABCC
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has used the courts to hit building and construction unions with fines of $15.262 million since 2nd December...
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Issue #2047
The ghost of the ABCC lives on
The federal Labor government might have abolished the union-bashing Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) but its dirty work has been taken up by the...
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Issue #2114
Parliament works as designed – against workers
Several ABC commentators this week have been singing Parliament’s praises, cheering on co-operation between Labor and the Coalition. However, these messages about ‘reaching across the...
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Issue #2112
CFMEU Administrator: theft from members
“The Government’s … legislation is a full-frontal attack on our union and they are playing politics with the serious issues of criminal conduct in our...
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Issue #2106
Life-saving ban starts after CFMEU victory
Workers’ lives will be saved from deadly dust diseases after Australia becomes the first country to ban engineered stone. The CFMEU’s Stop The Killer Stone...
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