it pays to be union! Richie Hassett Tasmanian Sub Branch Secretary We’ve been able to lock away many more EBAs, some with companies who have signed for the first time, others rolling over previous agreements, but there is still much work to be done. The usual suspects still continue to run the gauntlet with underpaying their employees their entitlements. Please feel free to contact the union office if you have questions regarding these EBAs and whether or not you’re working under one or feel you should be.
a shortage of skilled labour and this is going to continue for the foreseeable future. With so many larger commercial projects happening at once comes pressure on timeframes, production, safety and most importantly man hours. Let’s use our RDOs wisely, take them when they fall, rest and recuperate in order to lessen the fatigue factor that I’ve noticed setting into our industry at present. National Rally
Take Your RDOs
The construction industry will be throwing our support behind a national rally day in support of Changing the Rules.
There are a number of projects about to start coming out of the ground that are already seeing
How does this benefit our members? To start with, currently the ability to bargain industry-wide
would produce better outcomes. The overarching laws that the ABCC run under need to be gone, casualisation of our industry and sham contracting needs to stop, and all the laws designed to restrict the union’s ability to organise labour to better its members’ lives need to change. We call on all our membership to participate on this day, details will be sent out soon.