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Listed on this page are Press Releases and general news items relating to the CFMEU Construction and General Division of NSW.
General News Archive pages are also available as a reference resource for members and delegates - click on the appropriate menu item on the left.
2008 General News
November 2008
11 November 2008
Families of accident victims plead for more safety officers
The families of workplace tragedy victims, unions and peak industry bodies are pleading for the number of workplace health and safety inspects for the Mackay region to be increased.
[full story]8 November 2008
Iranian Trade Unions express solidarity with Australian construction workers against the ABCC
[full story]October 2008
31 October 2008
CFMEU launches Waterloo Tragedy Appeal
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has donated $5,000 to an appeal to raise money for the families of the 18-year-old Chinese student and her 19-year-old Korean boyfriend involved in the fatal tragedy at Waterloo on October 26.
[full story]24 October 2008
Bob’s memory honoured on 20th anniversary of death
Bob Romer died 20 years ago to the day after being crushed on a construction site in Sydney CBD. Today, workers downed tools at the site and joined his widow, children and grandchildren at Farrer Place opposite the building site on Bligh Street to honour Bob’s memory and dedicate a plaque in his name.
[full story]15 October 2008
Joel remembered
Construction workers across Sydney are today observing one minute’s silence to mark the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of teenager Joel Exner.
[full story]01 October 2008
Rudd stiffing building unions is smart politics
Kevin Rudd continues to be the master of the political centre, even with the entry of the socially moderate Mal Turnbull.
[full story]September2008
23 September 2008
Volunteer firefighters thank the CFMEU
With the bushfire season descending on NSW, the finishing touches are going on the new Orchard Hills Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade station near Penrith in Sydney’s west, which has been four long years in the making.
[full story]August 2008
1st August 2008
SMH reports on What Price a Dead Worker
The Sydney Morning Herald reporter, Mark Davis, today reported on minute fines for workplace deaths.
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July 2008
25 July 2008
Suffering eased for widows and families
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) NSW today paid tribute to the widows and families of workers killed on the job after the state government made good on its promise to increase their death benefits.
[full story]24 July 2008
Diary of Verbal Abuse and Underpayment of Wages
Richard Glover interviews CFMEU NSW secretary Andrew Ferguson about 18-year-old apprentice Byron Nolan’s diary of verbal abuse and underpayment of wages by his former boss.
[media]24 July 2008
Bledisloe rivals united for Marae
Sydney’s substantial and growing population of New Zealanders has teamed up with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union to build Australia’s first traditional Maori cultural precinct in the heart of the city’s suburbs.
[full story]24 July 2008
Treated appallingly and underpaid: no wonder we’re short of apprentices
Apprentice furniture-maker Byron Nolan’s outrageous treatment and exploitation by his boss is a sad reflection of the experience of many young workers trying to learn an honest trade.
[full story]10 July 2008
Man falls six metres on construction site
[media]June 2008
19 June 2008
Union official Noel Washington summoned to appear in court
Noel Washington has just received his summons to appear in court in Geelong on the 8th August 2008. To help in the CFMEU Abolish the ABCC Campaign, go to our “Abolish the ABCC” page
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May 2008
19 May 2008
Members Equity Bank (ME) donates $40,000 to the Red Cross for earthquake victims in China and for cyclone victims in Myanmar (Burma)
[full story]15 May 2008
Parramatta: Union uncovers thousands in unpaid super
Tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid superannuation owed to workers on Parramatta building sites has been uncovered by a construction union blitz, highlighting the need for government action.
[full story]7 May 2008
Alan Jones Acknowledges Suffering of Families of Workers Killed at Work
[full story]2 May 2008
Union demands defibrillators on all major building sites
The construction union will use the ALP State Conference to urge the NSW Government to update safety laws to require lifesaving defibrillators on all major building sites.
[full story]2 May 2008
NSW Govt Streamlines Demolition Laws
NSW Fair Trading Minister, Linda Burney, today announced that demolition contractors will no longer be required to hold a Fair Trading license.
[full story]2 May 2008
Multilingual booklet to educate migrants about work rights
A surge of building workers from non-English speaking backgrounds has inspired the construction union to create a simple guide to workplace rights in five of the fastest growing language groups.
[full story]2 May 2008
Union demands defibrillators on all major building sites
The construction union will use the ALP State Conference to urge the NSW Government to update safety laws to require lifesaving defibrillators on all major building sites.
[full story]April 2008
30 April 2008
Alfio wins them over
[full story]30 April 2008
CFMEU calls for Labor Govt to reinstate our human & workers’ rights
[full story]29 April 2008
Launch of the Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group
[media]29 April 2008
CFMEU Thanks Alan Jones
[full story]24 April 2008
‘Unacceptable’ work deaths lead to support group launch
Shocked that twenty years after her husband was tragically killed there was still an ‘unacceptable’ number of work deaths occurring has led Sydney schoolteacher Cheryl Romer to form a support and advocacy group for fellow victims families.
[full story]March 2008
27th March 2008
Unpaid subcontractors occupy foyer of Potts Point hotel
More than 30 workers and subcontractors have occupied the foyer of the Chifley Hotel in Potts Point in an attempt to recover more than half a million dollars in unpaid wages owed for construction work on a new Chifley Hotel.
[full story]16th March 2008
Labor Slams use of Asbestos by Defence Dept
DEFENCE Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has ordered his department's top brass to stop using deadly asbestos parts and equipment.
[full story]February 2008
28th February 2008
Penrith apprentice sacked for seeking unpaid wages
Shane Danks, a 17 year old formwork apprentice from Penrith, will head to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission tomorrow after he was sacked for complaining about being underpaid more than $5,000 dollars.
[full story]21st February 2008
Blacktown: building workers raise $24,000 for local charity
Building workers on the Westfield Blacktown project will tomorrow donate $24,000 to Hills based charity One80TC to assist with its local drug and alcohol rehabilitation services.
[full story]19 February 2007
Union Calls on Federal Labor to Change GEERS
[full story]13 February 2007
A great day in our history - CFMEU congratulates Prime Minister Rudd for Historic Apology
It is with great enthusiasm that we heard the Prime Minister’s Apology speech this morning. Not only did he apologise to the Stolen Generations, but he also laid out practical plans on how we all can build the bridges of reconciliation between the traditional owners and all non-indigenous Australians in the future.
[full story]5 February 2008
Upgrade your skills - get your tickets!
COMET Training has always provided assistance to building workers, to enable them to get more skills and better money in one of the toughest industries in Australia. COMET Training have recently advised the union of their new and updated 2008 courses to enable building workers to upgrade their skills, and add value to their career.
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General News Archives 2007