Post by juliar on Apr 21st, 2016 at 1:35pm
Bill Shorten the union man is going back to his union roots and getting his unions to start the strikes and general disruption. Won't do any good as Mal is the clear winner.
Bring on the election CFMEU need to go .
This is exactly what Australia will get if Shorten wins the election. All thinking Australian voters must be fully aware that a vote for Shorten is a vote for the unions and the type of lawless behaviours demonstrated yesterday.
Welcome back to the 80s when the unions ran this country. Fortunately along came Jeff Kennet and saved Victoria. Just wait, when the complete collapse of the building industry occurs and these very same people will be screaming about the loss of their jobs.
Union pay rates drove the car industry out of Australia, like wise with the rag trade and countless other manufacturers. Labor supporting the people is a farce.
Facing certain defeat at the election Shorty turns to his corrupt Commo Unions for support
CFMEU warns Brisbane stop-work over proposed construction watchdog ‘just the beginning'
Matthew Killoran, Renee Viellaris The Courier-Mail April 21, 2016 12:00am
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About 1000 workers attended a rally at Queensland Parliament yesterday, shutting up to 30 building sites across the city. Picture: Steve Pohlner
TWO days into the unofficial federal election campaign, triggered by a failure to reinstate the construction commission, hundreds of unionists walked off building sites and into pubs in an alleged breach of the same workplace laws the watchdog was meant to protect.
On the eve of a campaign in which industrial relations will be front and centre, construction workers downed tools across the city yesterday to first attend a CFMEU protest over the proposed watchdog, with union bosses warning it was “just the beginning”.
The action prompted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to denounce the “lawlessness” in Brisbane and call for rules to be restored on construction sites.
PROTEST: Thousands of CFMEU members march
About 1000 workers attended a rally at Queensland Parliament, shutting up to 30 building sites across the city.
A construction industry source estimated the stop-work made a $6 million hit on the economy.
While the protest was focused on the recurrence of miners’ black lung disease and the attempt to restore the Australian Building and Construction Commission, many of the unionists headed to pubs afterwards.
The Prime Minister warned Queenslanders they faced paying more for vital infrastructure because of absent workers and lost productivity.
“A few days after it was claimed there is no problem with union lawlessness in Queensland, we see sites across Brisbane being shut down,” Mr Turnbull told The Courier-Mail. “The costs of these delays go far beyond lost wages for workers and small businesses trying to get on with the job – it’s measured in the schools, hospitals and roads that aren’t being built or which cost too much.
“This has to stop. We must restore law and order to work sites across Queensland and across Australia.”
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The CFMEU’s Michael Ravbar and KAP’s Robbie Katter and Shane Knuth at the CFMEU-organised protest.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said the state could not afford this kind of militant, unchecked behaviour, warning the country would “grind to a halt” under a Labor government controlled by militant unions.
“While the CFMEU is out drinking to celebrate the rejection of the ABCC and their increasing control over the Labor Party, it is Australians who are left to wear the hangover,” she said.
The July 2 election is being brought on by Mr Turnbull, who is using the Senate’s rejection of the construction watchdog Bill as a catalyst for a double dissolution of both houses of parliament.
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Many of the unionists headed to pubs following the protest on Parliament.
Fair Work Building and Construction director Nigel Hadgkiss confirmed preliminary investigations had begun into the stop-work but he would not comment further.
The investigation could lead to penalties of $10,800 for an individual and $54,000 for employers and unions if there were a successful prosecution.
Several state Labor MPs watched the protest, including the CFMEU-linked Jo-Ann Miller and Leanne Donaldson, while former Labor MP Rob Pyne also attended.
CFMEU national secretary Michael O’Connor said the Federal Government was targeting unions and using the ABCC reinstatement Bill as an excuse to call an election.
“He is going to call this (double dissolution) on a phony issue about the ABCC because he’s got nothing else,” Mr O’Connor said.
Queensland Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said black lung and the ABCC were legitimate concerns but that alleged breaches of laws should be investigated.
Master Builders construction policy boss Corlia Roos said the ABCC was needed to stop illegal strikes.
“Other unions respect the law and advance members’ legitimate interests without breaking the law,” she said.
[url]http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cfmeu-warns-brisbane-stopwork-over-proposed-construction-watchdog-just-the-beginning/news-story/56455b6a3ce
Bring on the election CFMEU need to go .
This is exactly what Australia will get if Shorten wins the election. All thinking Australian voters must be fully aware that a vote for Shorten is a vote for the unions and the type of lawless behaviours demonstrated yesterday.
Welcome back to the 80s when the unions ran this country. Fortunately along came Jeff Kennet and saved Victoria. Just wait, when the complete collapse of the building industry occurs and these very same people will be screaming about the loss of their jobs.
Union pay rates drove the car industry out of Australia, like wise with the rag trade and countless other manufacturers. Labor supporting the people is a farce.
Facing certain defeat at the election Shorty turns to his corrupt Commo Unions for support
CFMEU warns Brisbane stop-work over proposed construction watchdog ‘just the beginning'
Matthew Killoran, Renee Viellaris The Courier-Mail April 21, 2016 12:00am
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/bb5d6b449cc3a70d4de4adb170f7f806?width=650
About 1000 workers attended a rally at Queensland Parliament yesterday, shutting up to 30 building sites across the city. Picture: Steve Pohlner
TWO days into the unofficial federal election campaign, triggered by a failure to reinstate the construction commission, hundreds of unionists walked off building sites and into pubs in an alleged breach of the same workplace laws the watchdog was meant to protect.
On the eve of a campaign in which industrial relations will be front and centre, construction workers downed tools across the city yesterday to first attend a CFMEU protest over the proposed watchdog, with union bosses warning it was “just the beginning”.
The action prompted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to denounce the “lawlessness” in Brisbane and call for rules to be restored on construction sites.
PROTEST: Thousands of CFMEU members march
About 1000 workers attended a rally at Queensland Parliament, shutting up to 30 building sites across the city.
A construction industry source estimated the stop-work made a $6 million hit on the economy.
While the protest was focused on the recurrence of miners’ black lung disease and the attempt to restore the Australian Building and Construction Commission, many of the unionists headed to pubs afterwards.
The Prime Minister warned Queenslanders they faced paying more for vital infrastructure because of absent workers and lost productivity.
“A few days after it was claimed there is no problem with union lawlessness in Queensland, we see sites across Brisbane being shut down,” Mr Turnbull told The Courier-Mail. “The costs of these delays go far beyond lost wages for workers and small businesses trying to get on with the job – it’s measured in the schools, hospitals and roads that aren’t being built or which cost too much.
“This has to stop. We must restore law and order to work sites across Queensland and across Australia.”
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/920103e401dffaa9c8481a9e316946ae?width=650
The CFMEU’s Michael Ravbar and KAP’s Robbie Katter and Shane Knuth at the CFMEU-organised protest.
Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said the state could not afford this kind of militant, unchecked behaviour, warning the country would “grind to a halt” under a Labor government controlled by militant unions.
“While the CFMEU is out drinking to celebrate the rejection of the ABCC and their increasing control over the Labor Party, it is Australians who are left to wear the hangover,” she said.
The July 2 election is being brought on by Mr Turnbull, who is using the Senate’s rejection of the construction watchdog Bill as a catalyst for a double dissolution of both houses of parliament.
http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/850570971eaaa3ad438ed370e4d63bb9?width=650
Many of the unionists headed to pubs following the protest on Parliament.
Fair Work Building and Construction director Nigel Hadgkiss confirmed preliminary investigations had begun into the stop-work but he would not comment further.
The investigation could lead to penalties of $10,800 for an individual and $54,000 for employers and unions if there were a successful prosecution.
Several state Labor MPs watched the protest, including the CFMEU-linked Jo-Ann Miller and Leanne Donaldson, while former Labor MP Rob Pyne also attended.
CFMEU national secretary Michael O’Connor said the Federal Government was targeting unions and using the ABCC reinstatement Bill as an excuse to call an election.
“He is going to call this (double dissolution) on a phony issue about the ABCC because he’s got nothing else,” Mr O’Connor said.
Queensland Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said black lung and the ABCC were legitimate concerns but that alleged breaches of laws should be investigated.
Master Builders construction policy boss Corlia Roos said the ABCC was needed to stop illegal strikes.
“Other unions respect the law and advance members’ legitimate interests without breaking the law,” she said.
[url]http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cfmeu-warns-brisbane-stopwork-over-proposed-construction-watchdog-just-the-beginning/news-story/56455b6a3ce
