The anti-union Coalition wants to attack workers鈥 rights and conditions, but Labor鈥檚 attack on the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union shows it is no friend to workers, argues Isaac Nellist.
Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU)
Trade unions have led the fight for peace since the fight against conscription in World War I. Steve O鈥橞rien argues that we need to resist attacks on the trade union movement, because it will stymie the peace movement.听
Rank-and-file construction members of the Construction Forestry, Maritime and Employees Union have been campaigning to keep the manufacturing division within the union鈥檚 amalgamated structure. Sue Bull reports.
Construction workers protested outside the Fair Work Commission to demand that Esther Van Arend, a former Construction, Forestry Maritime and Employees Union health and safety organiser who had been unfairly sacked by the CFMEU administrator, be reinstated. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
The dangerous impacts of Labor鈥檚 forcible administration of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union are being revealed, with some bosses flouting occupational health and safety laws more recklessly. Sue Bull 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Federal Labor鈥檚 decision to place the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration may become a significant headache for the so-called party of the working class. Sue Bull reports.
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the protests against the visit of 鈥淜ing鈥 Charles and talk to NTEU national councillor Markela Panegyres about the recent vote to boycott Israel.
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Responding to the global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign, the National Tertiary Education Union National Council has decided, overwhelmingly, to support an academic institutional boycott of Israeli universities.听Jonathan Strauss and Markela Panegyres report.
Those cheering on Labor鈥檚 attack on the construction division of the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union claim the union is responsible for the shortfall in promised new homes. Sue Bull reports.
Union bodies, leaders and rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members are pushing back against Labor鈥檚 unprecedented draconian anti-CFMEU law. Pip Hinman reports.
It is not enough to 鈥減unish Labor鈥 in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha and听Sam Wainwright.听
Building workers鈥 unions from around the world are speaking out in solidarity with the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union after Labor placed the construction division into administration and sacked elected officials. Fred Fuentes reports.
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