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.
The NSW Government’s workplace safety regulator has ordered Sunshine Sugar, which operates three sugar mills in northern NSW, to isolate asbestos contaminated areas of the company’s Broadwater mill and remove damaged asbestos products along with asbestos contaminated soil.
Financial report of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (Construction and General Division) NSW branch for the year ending 31 March, 2017 can be found here
*Brought back the ABCC to cut wages, conditions and safety for construction workers
*Slashed Sunday penalty rates for retail & hospitality workers
*Allowed rampant wage theft by employers
As the new year starts and work on construction sites escalates it is timely to remind members of the key and important role they play in ensuring safety on sites.