Unity Issue 53, June 2011
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Unity Issue 53, June 2011
UNITY Registered by Australia Post Publication Print Post No: 243184/00011 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION FORESTRY MINING & ENERGY UNION (CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL DIVISION) NSW BRANCH JUNE 2011 FIGHT BACK HOW A SHAM CONTRACT ALMOST COST DANIEL HIS HOME WWW.TAYSCOT.COM.AU TAYLOR&SCOTTLAWYERS SAFETY CHUTE IN ANKLE INJURY you just can’t do without them.” Alan’s accident was the result of an all-too-common problem at a lot of building sites because it involved a missing safety rail. What was less common, but, unfortunately, today is becoming the norm, was the fact Alan was an independent contractor on site, BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE WALKS since the fall, Alan Sly wears out the left side of his left boot quicker than ever. “I can’t run to play with my grandkids, either, like I used to; so I like to get down on my knees and wrestle with ’em that way,” he says. “You just gotta make do the best way you can.” Alan was inspecting a site with a builder at a block of units in Sydney’s south, when he hauled an extension ladder up to the mezzanine level to get a better look at the roof. But, tragically, there were no rails on the mezzanine level, and, when Alan lost his balance, nothing stopped him falling six metres on to concrete. Oddly, though the builder was with him when he went over the edge – pushing the ladder away so that it didn’t fall on him – a lot of time passed before anyone arrived down below to offer assistance. “I lay there and the first thing I did was pull out my phone and call my wife,” Alan says, “I was still there talking to her when the plumber found me. All I could think about was how was I going to get up and how was I going to do anything.” It was after that that the builder turned up with ice packs for Alan’s broken ankles. And when these proved ineffective, Alan was taken to hospital in a ute and left there. “The doctors told me I had parachute ankles, which is an old war injury from when parachutes didn’t open properly,” Alan says of his crushed ankles. Although he hasn’t tested it out yet, Alan’s pretty certain he’ll be able to set off metal detectors at security checkpoints with the amount of plates and screws he’s got holding his ankle bones together; he’s had three operations on one side and two on the other, and the pain never goes away. “I try not to rely on the pain killers too much,” he says, “because I don’t like the way they cloud my thinking, but sometimes “THE DOCTORS TOLD ME I HAD PARACHUTE ANKLES, WHICH IS AN OLD WAR INJURY FROM WHEN PARACHUTES DIDN’T OPEN PROPERLY,” which left the question of who was actually liable, legally, less obvious than it otherwise might have been, had Alan been an employee. “In the end we brought the action against three separate parties,” says Simon Meigan, the solicitor at Taylor & Scott who handled Alan’s case. “Due to the harsh laws regard- ing damages you can recover suing your employer, we had to look at other parties on site as it meant Alan would receive more money.” Independent contractors, according to Australia’s Statistics Bureau, are most likely to be operating a business in the construction industry, with more than 41 per cent of all independent contractors working in construction, in 2008. Almost two-thirds of those are employed as technicians and trade workers, and another 17 per cent as labourers. “The number of independent contractors is increasing all the time and Alan’s case shows us how important it is for anyone injured on site to get good legal advice so they can be properly looked after,” Simon says. “This is particularly the case for independent contractors, because there may be other entities on site that you may be able to claim against.” As it turned out, Alan’s matter settled out of court with a good result and though his ability to get around is less than it was, he’s not out of pocket for the massive medical bills he’s accrued getting his injuries treated. With all of those worries out of the way, he says he doesn’t mind so much about the extra wear on his left boot. 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It is also costing the Federal Government, and therefore the Australian community, $2.45 billion a year in unpaid taxes –money that could be spent on public services. The CFMEU is determined to end this appalling practice. It is negotiating with big builders to ensure legal entitlements and wages are paid by the sub-contractors they engage. The union has also held talks with the Federal Government to have companies involved in sham contracting heavily fined if caught. But many workers may be sham contracting and not realise it. Sham contracting happens when a company signs up workers and requires them to work under an ABN. But if a worker only works for one employer and they determine shifts and jobs, then JUNE 2011 ISSUE 53 YOUR UNION ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS STOP THE SHAM ELECTION 2011 OHS that worker is an employee. Claims ABN work will earn you more money are a lie – construction workers are ripped off on legal entitlements such as superannuation, holiday leave and workers’ compensation as well as having to work on public holidays and during inclement weather. That means if an ABN worker is injured at work they may have no protection as it will be a lot harder to prove you are an employee not a contractor. The only people that benefit from sham contracting are the dodgy bosses. Sham contracting threatens the industry and the standards union members have hard-won over decades. You can help by shaming those who sham. If sham contracting affects you or someone you know contact your local CFMEU Organiser by calling 02 9749 0400. This is your journal and the CFMEU encourages you to have your say. We welcome your contribution – letters, stories about wage claims, disputes, OHS, site conditions, poems, photos etc. Mark for the attention of Dani Cooper: Unity File, Locked Bag 1, Lidcombe NSW 1825 tel 02 9749 0400 fax 02 9649 5255 [email protected] DISCLAIMER: Advertising by a company in Unity does not endorsement by the CFMEU of the practices of any employer/company. any way constitute 8-10 11 12-13 14 BRICK, TILE, POTTERY 15 WOMEN’S SEMINAR 16 SUPERANNUATION 17 REGIONAL 18-19 DAY OF MOURNING 20-21 MAY DAY 22 AWARDS 23-26 MULTILINGUAL 27-29 WORLD 35 COMMUNITY 36 HISTORY 37 OBIT/YOUR HEALTH 38 DRUGS & ALCOHOL 39 PROFILE: GREEN BANS 40 Design RODNEY LOCHNER 0414 716 306 Cover photo JAMES ALCOCK Printing and distribution PRINT&MAIL PTY LTD 02 9519 8268 in 7 LEGAL Writing, editing and photography BLEEDIN’ HEART MEDIA AND MALCOLM TULLOCH YOUR SAY IN UNITY 4-6 Advertising SUMMIT ADVERTISING 03 9329 7571 YOURUNION POINT C OUNTER MARK CUNNINGHAM SYDNEY COUNTER ORGANISER When the CFMEU’s national campaign against sham contracting hit the headlines in the nation’s media, it caused more than a few workers to phone in. AM I A SHAM CONTRACTOR? If your boss has asked you to work as an independent contractor or ABN worker (ABN is Australian Business Number) the chances are you are working on a sham contract. You are an employee if: • You work for a single company • Are told by that company when and where to show up to work, when to take breaks and what tasks you will perform at work • Are employed by the company on an ongoing basis and are generally paid weekly or fortnightly for the hours you work • Bear no commercial risk for the job, which means the company has to rectify any problems with the work and you will still be paid for the hours you work. WHY SHOULD I CARE IF I AM ON A SHAM CONTRACT? Employees on sham contracts miss out on rights and entitlements such as sick leave, holiday pay, long service leave, overtime and penalty rates, redundancy payouts, superannuation and worker’s compensation. That means if you are injured at work you will not be covered. I AM WORRIED I WILL LOSE MY JOB IF I COMPLAIN. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Sham contracting may be rife throughout the industry, but it is illegal. If you think you are on a sham contract you should speak up because YOU and your employer are breaking the law. Importantly you may be owed lots of money in unpaid superannuation and other benefits. To get the best advice and protection contact the union at Lidcombe on 9749 0400. UNITY 4 F INANCIALREPORT CFMEU CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL DIVISION NSW DIVISIONAL BRANCH FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010 The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union Construction & General Division - New South Wales Divisional Branch financial report for the year ended 31 December 2010 is audited in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Work Act. The Financial Report, including the Auditor’s Report and Statements, together with certificates required to be given under the Act by the Accounting Officer and the Committee of Management, is published on our website at: www.cfmeu-construction-nsw.com.au. A hard copy of the financial report when published will be supplied by the union office free of charge to members on request. N E W FA C E S HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITH US LONG, but Safety Co-ordinator Rick Rech has left a lasting legacy. Rech, pictured far right, finished up at the union on May 20 as a result of a recurring knee injury. However he rejects any suggestions he is retiring: “I don’t intend to retire. I want to rehabilitate my knee so I can do selective work and focus on issues I want to get my teeth into.” State Secretary Mal Tulloch was full of praise for Rech, who joined the union in following the retirement of Dick Whitehead. “You can’t replace someone like Rick. He is a unique individual and is a genuinely competent and dedicated officer of the union who worked in the best interests of all building workers,” Tulloch says. “He was a valuable asset to the union and brought a new professionalism and imparted a lot of his integrity to his fellow union officers.” Along with the departure of Rech, Charlie Boumelhem has left the union for personal family reasons after almost three years working as an organiser, particularly with Arabspeaking workers. Tulloch says he forged strong ties between the union and the Arabic community in western Sydney. “Through his efforts, areas that were once hostile to the union’s presence are now working with the CFMEU to improve industry standards,” says Tulloch. Coming on board at the CFMEU, former State Secretary Andrew Ferguson has returned as an organiser after his unsuccessful bid for election to the Upper House in the March State election. Tulloch says parliament’s loss is the union’s gain with Ferguson’s experience a huge boost to the organising team. “He is already having a huge impact on the ground, bosses can’t wait to fix things up when I mention Andrew is on his way down.” Ferguson is delighted to be back on the road organising and enjoying the challenge, although those bosses who are having to fix up poor amenities and improve safety on sites in the Liverpool region might not share his joy. Among the new faces at the union is Mark Rasmussen, above centre, who takes on the media officer role. Rasmussen comes to the branch after a stint in the federal office. Rasmussen has been head down since starting in the role with a revamp of the union website, which will go online in the next couple of months. He has also taken the union into the twitter age with a bang lifting our followers past the half-century mark. It may be his tweet ravings for the Geelong Cats is gaining us a new audience (http://twitter.com/#!/cfmeu_ cg_nsw), so sign up and show him that league still rules in this part of the world. New Organiser Luke McCaskie has also been seen on sites learning the ropes off Ferguson. McCaskie, who previously worked with the LHMU as an organiser, comes to the CFMEU from Labor MP Paul Lynch’s office where he worked on policy and was critical in securing long service leave entitlements for carpet layers and amendments to the Security of Payments legislation. YOUR UNION ACTU AWARD CFMEU IN COURT: A MESSAGE FOR MEMBERS WINNERS ARE GRINNERS State Secretary Mal Tulloch celebrates the award with union officers and delegates THE CFMEU’S CAMPAIGN to save the jobs of Wideform workers when the company went into liquidation has received a national honour. At the ACTU National Union Awards in March, the CFMEU NSW Construction and General Division won Best Workplace Campaign. The union managed to save more than 700 workers’ jobs when Wideform, the company they were working for collapsed just weeks before Christmas 2009. Since the collapse the union has secured more than $6 million in payments to the workers. Not only did the CFMEU secure money and entitlements for the workers it also managed to negotiate their re-employ- ment after the collapse of Wideform. NSW State Secretary Mal Tulloch says the award is a tribute to the members who stayed firm throughout a difficult time. “Workers got all their entitlements and money when they voted unanimously to stand together and ensure everybody was paid what they were owed,” he says. “It’s not only recognition for the Union but for the workers themselves. We’re honoured to be accepting this award on their behalf.” The ACTU National Union Awards are an annual event sponsored by the ACTU and ME Bank to reward the unsung heroes of the union movement. MEMBERS MAY HAVE READ the continuing coverage in newspaper articles of allegations made in a court case that has been brought against the Union and Multiplex. The court case is before the Supreme Court of New South Wales, so the Union must be careful about what it says about the case at this time. Because the union and its officers are involved in the court proceedings what we can say on the public record is very limited. However allegations made, even if they are false and malicious, can be repeated in the media. The union remains concerned that media coverage of the case has been one-sided and sensational and does not accurately reflect the days’ evidence. The case involves circumstances that are claimed to have occurred 14 years ago involving a building site in Sydney. It is alleged that the Union entered into a conspiracy with Multiplex against a company called Stoneglow. The union absolutely denies that such a conspiracy was entered into with Multiplex, as does Multiplex deny any such conspiracy with the union existed. The union strongly maintains the allegations against it are wholly untrue. We are confident our evidence will show this, the good reputation of the union will be upheld and the union’s position vindicated. We trust that members understand the limitations that are currently placed upon the union to further comment on this case. Most importantly our work defending your rights continues unabated and we are not distracted by these side issues. AROUND THE TRAPS CFMEU State Secretary Malcolm Tulloch, Organiser Sammy Manna and Rita Mallia, the CFMEU’s Senior Legal Officer recently addressed a worker communication meeting at De Martin & Gasparini, chaired by its delegate Claude Scroi. Tulloch spoke touworkers on the direction and recent initiatives of the Union, including the sham subcontracting campaign and occupational health and safety issues the union is highlighting. Manna spoke more specifically about safety in the concrete sector and the workers re-elected their OHS Safety Committee representives and consultative representatives. Mallia addressed the workers about a range of issues including workers’ compensation, U-Plus entitlements, travel insurance and Cbus Total and Permanent disability insurance. The meeting was lively, interactive and informative. UNITY 5 YOUR UNION HISTORIC TOUR Jack Mundey joined the retired members tour of the Parramatta female factory RE TIREES JOIN FIGHT FOR ICON NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHANGE THE CFMEU RETIRED MEMBERS are active around ensuring the proposed Barangaroo redevelopment construction site will be properly decontaminated of existing toxic and carcinogenic materials to ensure the site is environmentally a safe place to work. The retired members are also concerned about aspects of the plan that might not allow sufficient public land and aesthetically fit in with the natural beauty of Sydney Harbour. They are keen to ensure that the project managers, Bovis Lend Lease respect all planning laws and are not given free reign. The city does not need an eye-sore in this very iconic part of Sydney. For their March meeting 40 retired members took part in a guided tour of the grounds and buildings of the old Historic Convict Parramatta Female Factory, after enjoying an outdoor sausage sizzle and coffee at those grounds. The Parramatta Female Factory Action Group, who were their host, has THE NATIONAL OFFICE OF THE CFMEU has had a change of leadership with national secretary John Sutton retiring after a 30-year career in the union movement. He served as CFMEU National Secretary for five years and was also a vice-president of the ACTU. Previously he was a long-serving National Secretary of the Construction and General Division of the union. Sutton also served for eight years as the International President of the UITBB, the international trade union federation of building, wood, building materials and allied industries, with millions of members around the globe. Sutton served his apprenticeship in the union movement with the Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU), one of the forerunners of the CFMEU. As a young man he worked with such legendary union leaders as Pat Clancy, Stan Sharkey and Tom McDonald. “It’s been an honour to lead one of Australia’s most militant unions for such a long period and to serve building workers and the working class. After 30 years it is time for a change and I look forward to developing a new career after so long in leadership positions within the CFMEU,” Sutton said. In a letter to the UITBB, Sutton warned against a love of rhetoric over action. “Workers all over the world are seeking practical assistance on basic trade union tasks – this is where we must improve our work – it’s this that can win us the respect of workers and strengthen our ranks for the more advanced ideological and political struggles that lie ahead. Michael O’Connor, National Secretary of the CFMEU’s Forestry Division, takes over as the CFMEU’s national secretary. UNITY 6 been formed to preserve the 1818 buildings for future generations, by ensuring the factory buildings are listed as world heritage. The Parramatta site is the last remaining of 13 such female factories built in Australia. The retired members unanimously decided to support the action group in its endeavours to protect this important part of our history. Incidentally, some genealogists estimate that one in four people born in Australia carry some of the genes of the thousands of women convicts sent to that factory. Our union retirees will be watching the new O’Farrell coalition government like hawks. It remains to be seen if Labor in opposition can now cleanse itself and make a comeback. If it gives away its love of private corporation, it has a chance. Remember our meetings are the third Tuesday of each month. Come along and have your say after all you have “retired from work but not from life”. Mick Tubbs, President ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS DOMINO DEAL IT WAS SOMETHING OF A HISTORIC occasion at the CFMEU Lidcombe offices on April 4 when workers from Erect Safe Scaffolding celebrated the signing of a new enterprise agreement. It was one of the first – and hardest won – EAs in what Organiser Darren Greenfield is hoping will trigger a domino effect in the sector. The workers have been fighting for more than three years to convince their company – one of the main players in scaffolding sector – to sign on to a union enterprise agreement. Greenfield says it is a great win for the workers that secures them about an extra $180 a week when pay rises and entitlements such as superannuation are factored in. About 80 workers in total will be affected by the deal. Greenfield says the workers had been hoping for a union agreement for a long time and “were rapt” with the result. He says the efforts of the company delegates were critical in securing the final agreement. “They helped out a lot and organised the blokes and talked to them throughout the negotiations to ensure we got their support,” he says. Delegate Ailao Tupuola HISTORIC WIN Erect Safe delegate Ailao Tupuola can relax now they have secured a union agreement says the new union deal is a great win. “Today [signing the EA] was a good stepping stone for the Erect Safe boys. To be able to move forward with this new EBA is great thing. Hopefully, it’s a good sign of things to come.” Greenfield says he hopes to follow on from this win by signing the other 10-12 major companies in the sector on to union EAs “within the next couple of months”. “We will then start working at the smaller end of the market where a lot of companies just do not comply with the law in safety conditions or wages and we are finding a lot of sham contracting,” he says. “This isn’t only about lifting standards and wages in the industry,” he adds. “With a decent number of companies on enterprise agreements it opens up options for the workers so they can move jobs and not end up working for a shonky company.” ASBESTOS CONCERNS CONTINUE AT IKEA SITE The CFMEU has not backed away from asbestos concerns at the Ikea site at Tempe. Organiser Rob Kera says after receiving complaints from workers in May the union alerted WorkCover, who then placed a prohibition order on the Cochram site. “The issues around asbestos because of the fact this used to be an old dump are still ongoing,” he says. “The union hasn’t moved away and we are maintaining a consistent presence on the job. The workers on site are extremely happy with our efforts and it is ensuring WorkCover to take action.” The site where the new Ikea is being built lies on a former illegal tip and according to Organiser Sammy Manna “we need to be ever-vigilant because of the toxic materials present to ensure workers and the public are safe”. UNITY 7 STOP THE SHAM FIGHT IS ON THE RIGHT-WING OPINION-MAKERS in the media have declared it a conspiracy between the unions and the Gillard Government, but the union’s moves to stop sham contracting is about a very Aussie attitude – the fair go. In March, the national office and each State branch of the CFMEU kicked of the Stop the Sham Campaign with the release of its report into the illegal practice, Race to the Bottom. The report showed that up to 168,000 workers in the construction sector are employed on sham contracts, with a loss in tax revenue to the government of $2.4 billion. That is money that could be spent on providing better schools and hospitals. Sham contracting hides a bossemployee relationship by using ABNs to pretend it is a client-contractor arrangement. However when the “client” determines your days and hours of work, how you do the work and can hire and fire you at will, you are an employee. Sham contracting undermines employment conditions and is used by bosses to avoid paying annual leave, sick leave, superannuation, workers compensation insurance, long service leave and redundancy payments. The enforcement of workers’ rights such as unfair dismissal is also made more difficult. Before you sign up to this type of arrangement think of the long-term consequences: if you are injured or killed at work there will be no death benefit or workers’ compensation for you and your family; in retirement there will be no “pot of gold” in your super, rather a meagre government pension to survive on. A short-term gain on tax savings is not a good investment for your’s and your family’s long-term future Importantly sham contracting makes it hard for legitimate bosses – who pay the right rates and entitlements – to compete as they are constantly being undercut in tenders. Subcontractors that cut these corners, also cut corners on safety, and can put in cheaper quotes and win work out from under company’s and workers who want to do the right thing and pay decent wages and conditions and maintain safe sites. Sham subcontracting is definitely a race to the bottom! In response to the union UNITY 8 campaign the Gillard Government has moved to tighten the noose on employers involved in sham contracting by requiring some businesses to report annually on payments to contractors. The budget papers show the crackdown, which takes effect from July 2012 and increases over the coming years, would raise $513 million over four years. The most important effect of the crackdown however is that it will make sham contracting less attractive to rogue businesses. Alongside its political campaign, union officials are visiting work sites raising awareness of sham contracting and ensuring workers in the industry are receiving all their entitlements. Bovis Lend Lease, Multiplex, Leighton construction jobs are among those which have come under the scrutiny of the union since March 1. Many companies are taking lucrative government contracts with one hand, while undermining Australia’s tax base with the other. If you are currently employed under a sham arrangement you need to contact the union now and get covered by an enterprise agreement. THE FACTS • The 336,000 people working in construction as ‘contractors’ includes 49,000 labourers, a category the Australian Tax Office has ruled is ineligible to hold an ABN and work as a contractor. • In 12 months, 2008-2009, the number of ‘independent contractors’ in construction grew by 7.6 per cent, even though employment in the industry declined by 4.9 per cent. ON THE TRAIL Organiser Sammy Manna is part of the CFMEU crackdown on sham contracting TRACKING DOWN THE PROBLEM Teams of CFMEU organisers have been cracking down on dodgy sub-contracting with great success. In the structure campaign, organisers Sammy Manna, Tom Mitchell, Darren Greenfield and Rob Kera have visited 35 sites. One of its biggest wins was identifying a number of sham contractors at Milson’s Point. When the team visited the Pro-Build Constructions job, it discovered the formwork, steel fixing, scaffold and concreting had all been subcontracted out to sham contracting companies. “We turned the whole job around,” says Kera. Pro-Build has been proactive in ensuring that contractors are paying workers all their legal entitlements. As well as unearthing sham contracting, as expected, sites where the illegal practice is rife are also the sites where safety issues have been identified. The union has been also talking to workers about the better benefits and security that come from having a union-negotiated enterprise agreement. Kera says some big builders pay lip service to wanting to be compliant with the law and having subbies on their sites that comply with the law where workers get their superannuation and proper entitlements, but entitlements “but when you visit sites it is a completely different story”. “It’s a hard enough job without being ripped off as well. The industry should not support sub-contractors who break the law. This hurts everybody.” STOP THE SHAM HELL ABN “THE UNION IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE PLANET THAT HELPED ME” LIKE ANY NEW FATHER Daniel Villamarin wanted only the best for his as-yet-unborn child. Worried about providing for his family and having recently moved to the Gold Coast, he broke a lifetime habit and agreed to work on an Australian Business Number (ABN) to secure a job working as a formworker on the Ballina bypass. It was a decision the committed unionist would come to regret. Working under the ABN, Villamarin received an “all-in” rate of about $55 an hour. But he received no meal money, no site allowance, no crib allowance, no tool allowance, no sick leave, no public holiday pay, no annual leave, no superannuation and no long service leave. Now based in Sydney’s western suburb of Green Valley, Villamarin says his troubles started in November last year when he severely injured his back at work. “When that happened they didn’t want me to go on workers’ compensation,” he says. With his daughter, Lilly, just born, Villamarin took just three days off work with the injury. “I got really worried about making ends meet and I didn’t want to lose my job. When you bring a child into the world you’ve got to make sure you’ve got everything right for it.” Yet despite going along with his boss’s request less than three hours after he had started back on the job he was sacked by the principal contractor, Leighton’s, due to “a lack of work”. Lilly was three weeks old. Unable to work because of the injury, Villamarin was told because he was a contractor, his employer was not responsible for workers’ compensation. “It was a disaster – no one paid me for 12 weeks, I had a mortgage, school fees and couldn’t pay it,” he says. In dire financial need, Villamarin’s partner was forced to leave her newborn and return to work part-time. “It was hard on everyone,” he says. “A union member all my life, and my father before me”, Villamarin turned to the CFMEU. With the help of Northern NSW Organiser Jim Hutcheon and Industrial Co-ordinator Brian Fitzpatrick the company proved to the insurance company that Villamarin was actually an employee. However, because he was on an ABN, the workers compensation payments are paid at the lower award rate rather than the enterprise agreement rate that would ordinarily apply to employees on such jobs and he now receives a little more than $500 a week. The union has also chased up his lost entitlements including superannuation payments and in May he received a cheque for more than $25,000 in backpay. It was money that was quickly spent. “I owe thousands on the mortgage, thousands to the school and everything’s been going on the credit card. “I’m going to just pay all the debts and start clean.” Villamarin has no doubts the union saved he and his family. “The union is the only one in the whole planet that helped me,” he says. When the CFMEU launched a campaign to highlight how sham contracting was devastating the industry and destroying workers’ lives, Villamarin’s story was used as part of the case presented to Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He is happy to put himself in the public glare to ensure no other worker finds themselves in such an difficult bind. “This is the first time I’ve worked under an ABN. I’ve always worked under an EBA and it is certainly the right way to go,” he says. “Under a collective agreement everyone in a company has agreed on the conditions and the boss knows what the deal is. Under an ABN everyone is different and things can get really stuffed up. It’s cut-throat.” UNITY 9 STOP THE SHAM ABN DEALS MAKE NO CENTS MANY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS on the tools under an Australian Business Number like to brag that they are getting more money. While we know many of them are shirking their tax obligations, a comparison by CFMEU Senior Industrial Officer Keryn McWhinney shows they are risking the wrath of the tax office for no gain. Using an hourly rate of $30 cash in hand for our ABN worker, she shows in a 40-hour working week they will earn $1440, but receive no superan- nuation or long service leave entitlements. However a CFMEU member (CW3 level) covered by a union agreement will not only work four hours less during the week (36-hour week), they will gross $1728.57. When super and long service benefits are added the weekly income is $1918.75. Across 12 months that is a whopping $24,894.83 difference in income between a union EBA worker and an ABN worker. McWhinney also points out that comparison doesn’t include benefits such as annual leave, sick leave, rostered days off, public holidays and picnic days, wet weather pay, fares allowance, workers compensation top-up insurance or a paid smoko break. These entitlements add an extra $38,000 to CFMEU members’ income each year. ABN workers receive none of them. So next time someone is bragging about how much they are getting cash in hand, let them know just what they are missing out on. STATE OF ANGER Queensland CFMEU members rally against sham contracting WEDDING BELLS RING AFTER A SUPER FIGHT FOR MEMBER Chiya Mahmoudi was desperate when he came to Lidcombe seeking the union’s help. The Kurdish immigrant was due to fly out to his former homeland to meet his family and get married, but had no money. “He was really in a bad situation,” says CFMEU Organiser Mansour Razaghi. “He needed immediate money.” Razaghi says Chiya, a union member, had been working as a sham contractor on an ABN for $25 an hour. However his investigations showed he was not being paid superannuation or any other entitlements. “When he had complained to the foreman, the foreman knew he was in the union and told him the union could do nothing,” says Razaghi. Razaghi proved the foreman wrong, by negotiating for his entitlements to be paid out. “He knew working under an ABN wasn’t the right way, but he wasn’t 100 per cent sure of his entitlements,” says Razaghi. UNION WINS BRAGGING RIGHTS Every year the NSW Government brags about its efforts in reclaiming lost income for workers, most recently highlighting that between April 2007 and July 2010, it recovered more than $11.76 million in lost wages. Stacked up against the efforts of our union officials the NSW Government looks to have been asleep on the job. In 2010 along the CFMEU recovered $15.7 million in underpayments for its members in the construction industry. The Government figure of a paltry $11.76 million is across three years and includes workers employed in all industries in NSW. In that same three-year period the CFMEU NSW recovered $26.6 million just for construction worker members alone. Now that is something worth bragging about. UNITY 10 His payout was delivered in two parts with Razaghi dropping the final cheque into his bank account for the newlywed while he was overseas. “When he came back I met up with him and he was very grateful.” NSW ELECTIONS 2011 INTO THE WILDERNESS New Labor leader John Robertson attended the Day of Mourning ceremony at Reflection Park IT HAS TAKEN LESS THAN 100 DAYS for the true nature of the Liberal O’Farrell Government to come ot the fore. NSW State Secretary Mal Tulloch says many members in former Labor strongholds were disillusioned with NSW Labor and voted Liberal for the first time. “History shows Labor governments deliver more for workers than Liberal governments, but Labor in NSW had come to show contempt for voters with the continual run of scandals and poor delivery of some public services. “It is not surprising then that some members and their families voted Liberal. However the O’Farrell Government is already showing its contempt for workers. “Instead of improvement of public services, its first act has been to rush through legislation that strips away safety conditions for workers, but makes the big end of town happy.” THEAFTERMATH In its first 50 days the O’Farrell Government has: • Introduced legislation that removes the reverse onus of proof and repeal unions right to prosecute a safety breach. Luckily the right for union prosecutions was saved in some limited circumstances with an effort between unions, the ALP Opposition, the Greens and some of the independents in the Upper House. • Abolished the right for OH&S prosecutions to be heard in the Industrial Relations Commission and moved them to the general courts (the District and Supreme Courts). This makes it harder for workers and unions to take legal action over safety breaches as it will increase the costs dramatically. • Effectively abolishing the power of the Industrial Relations Commission to independently and transparently determine wage rises in the public sector (which it did by taking into account the costs of living as well as government budgetary pressures ), by legislating that increases in public service positions – nurses, police, health department employees above 2.5 per cent must only be awarded after savings to offset them have been achieved. This will reduce the quality of front-line services. • Privatising Sydney Ferries Tulloch says it is not just the union movement attacking the O’Farrell Government’s priorities.Industrial Relations Commission president Justice Boland has branded the move to take workplace safety prosecutions out of the com- mission’s hands ‘’disgraceful’’. In a letter to Industrial Relations Minister Craig Pearce, Justice Boland wrote: ‘’I think the government’s conduct has been disgraceful and it raises a real question about its intention regarding the Industrial Relations Commission and the value of ministerial undertakings that the commission would be retained.’’ Tulloch says the decision is a direct breach of a pre-election commitment. “In March, [Workplace Minister] Craig Pearce told The Australian newspaper that ‘our system will remain with WorkCover and the Industrial Relations Commission playing their roles’. This makes you wonder what worth we can place on any commitment given by the O’Farrell Government.” Tulloch says a great deal of expertise resides in the NSW Industrial Court and Industrial Relations Commission. “To discard this wealth of specialist knowledge for the handling of such cases will be to the detriment of the proper handling of these matters.” Critically in its moves to harmonise OH&S laws, the O’Farrell Government is eight months ahead of the planned implementation date. Yet it is only the anti-union aspects of the legislation that are being brought forward.Higher penalties for safety breaches and other worker-friendly elements of the package will not be introduced until the national date of January 1 next year. “These new laws will cost building workers lives and only serve to benefit big business by allowing them to escape accountability on sites,” says Tulloch. “This in itself speaks volumes for what O’Farrell and his Liberal Party thinks about workers and their needs – as long as the bosses are happy, he’s happy.” LOST CHANCES The wipeout of the NSW Labor Government at the March election also claimed the political hopes of former secretary Andrew Ferguson. Despite great support from the membership, Ferguson could not swim against the tide of anger that swept the Labor Government from office. NSW Labor’s electoral disaster sees only 20 Labor MPs now sitting in the lower house. In the Upper House, which Ferguson was contesting the result was equally dismal. In the 2007 election, Labor had nine representatives elected to the Upper House. However just five candidates were elected at the March 26, 2011 election with the Labor vote crashing to 24 per cent. Ferguson was number six on the Labor ticket and was therefore unsuccessful. NSW State Secretary Malcolm Tulloch says NSW Parliament is a poorer place without Ferguson. “The election of a Liberal Government represents a serious threat to NSW workers and in particular, building workers,” he says. “Andrew would have been a voice for workers and those most threatened by the Liberal’s anti-worker policies. The union has already made it clear to the new Liberal Government that we will organise massive opposition to any attempt to reduce NSW workers’ compensation benefits.” Tulloch says Ferguson will return to the field as an Organiser with responsibility for the Liverpool/ Campbelltown area. UNITY 11 OHS BEFORE AND AFTER A remarkable turnaround in amenities followed a visit by Union Organiser Andrew Ferguson at this building site U N I O N P L AY S S P O T T H E D I F F E R E N C E CFMEU ORGANISER ANDREW FERGUSON has been visiting home unit development sites in the Campbelltown/Liverpool area and says standards on site are “appalling”. “Many of the workers are not paid their entitlements, they are not receiving super and companies are not even registered for long service leave,” says Ferguson. “And on the majority of sites safety is below standard in particular with falls from heights and electrical hazards.” Among the victories Ferguson has secured, he has managed to get a number of companies to comply with the long service leave obligations for the first time. Negotiations with the Long Service Leave Corporation has seen a claim to backdate their joining date by five years, giving the workers five years’ credit in the scheme. While Ferguson, along with new Organiser Luke McCaskie, has been chasing up entitlements and improving safety they have also been improving amenities for the workers. Lunchroom facilities are being turned around with some workers who had been forced to eat in dirty, dark, flooded rooms returning to work and finding clean, brightly lit lunchrooms with even a vending machine thrown in. Ferguson says one of the main problems in the sector is that many of the workers are from non-Englishspeaking backgrounds and are newly arrived migrants. “They are completely unaware of their rights,” he says. “[But] the workers are overwhelmingly pleased that the union is visiting these sites and appreciate the small gains we are making. Most of the companies we have talked to have reluctantly improved conditions and complied with paying legal entitlements.” Ferguson says many of the workers in the home unit sector are being used as sham contractors and have no idea of their entitlements. He cites the case of a Syrian immigrant who arrived in Australia 18 months ago and has been commuting from Potts Point to Campbelltown every day to work on a job. “I found out he was being paid a flat rate of $100 a day with no other entitlements,” he says. “The bosses are taking advantage of workers’ lack of knowledge and their desperation to secure work to support their families.” DEATHTRAPSHUTDOWN CFMEU ORGANISER ROB KERA describes it as the worst job he’s come across and nothing less than a death trap. When the CFMEU visited the East Esplanade site in Manly, Kera says the scaffold was in “serious danger of collapsing on to the job next door”. With the workers on both sides of the inadequate security fencing worried for their safety, WorkCover was called in and both sites were closed. Kera says that a specialist scaffolding company was brought in to rectify the serious defects. The adjacent site also had to be cordoned off so work could restart. “The lack of safety on site was unbelievable,” says Kera. “There were missing handrails, open penetrations everywhere, no safe access or egress and the scaffold parts were also defective. “On the top floor there were no hand rails at all and there were falls from height everywhere. On top of that the security fencing was completely inadequate and kids could have walked in off the street on to the site.” UNITY 12 BRICK, TILE & POTTERY THE MIND MATTERS Jane Nethery is helping employers better understand their young workers INVALUABLE: Andrew Cartmill and Wayde Dillon of Lend Lease are regular participants in the forums YOUNG HOW2THINK STEPS TO MAKING TRAINEES SAFE • Good communication: Talk to your young worker as much as possible. Avoid communicating only when things go wrong. • Be specific: Instead of saying, “Don’t lift more than you’re capable of” say, “This box requires a 2-person lift. That one can be lifted by a single person.” • Be consistent: Be aware that ignoring dangerous behaviours and pranks sends a message to young workers that the behaviour is acceptable. • Find mentors: The best mentors are not necessarily the best at their profession – they are safe workers and good communicators with supportive personalities. • Reassurance: Be honest about high-risk jobs and your concern that no one gets hurt. Explain when and how they can undertake the task later. FOR DAVID MILUTIN ATTENDING the recent Brian Miller Safety Forum helped him see his own children in a different light. On the agenda at the March meeting was the “young mind” and working with young people. As Milutin notes: “It was good to see my kids in a different light – I just thought they weren’t listening to me.” Instead he discovered it was simply the fact their brains were not yet fully developed. The insight came from Youthsafe presenter Jane Nethery, who gave the participants an overview of the research into young minds and strategies for getting the best out of apprentices and young workers. Nethery says this is important because young workers between the age of 15 and 25 are the most likely to be injured at work than any other age group. Research shows young people’s brains are not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, says Nethery. This means their ability to assess risk is diminished, she says adding that young workers will often respond to problems using emotion rather than logic. She says this age group is also very vulnerable to stress and although often show signs of depression at work – such as coming in late and not working to the same level as previously – many bosses fail to pick up these signals. “If employers and supervisors understand what is going on with young workers, then they are able to put more appropriate strategies in place,” she says. Nethery says getting the induction right and having effective communication and decision making processes in place was paramount. “It makes them feel as though they are in a safe environment and can help them with planning.” Milutin says he finds the safety forums invaluable. “There is rarely a time when I come here that I don’t take away something of value,” he says. Andrew Cartmill and Wayde Dillon from Lend Lease also found the forum interesting, saying it showed the company’s Green Hat program was on the right track. Apprentices on sites are required to wear a green hard hat to make them stand out from the rest of the workers. “When they have a green hat on they know they are being watched and it takes the temptation [to do something stupid] away,” says Cartmill. UNITY 13 LEGAL TAM I N G TH E WILD WEST WHEN CFMEU MEMBER MICHAEL COOPER* decided to make a tree change in his life, it came as a rude shock to realise how tough conditions were for workers in the bush. “I’d gone for a tree change in the bush and worked for a company that thought it could trample all over its workers,” said Cooper. After working “all over Australia” for the company and relocating to western NSW, the crane operator asked for time off over Christmas. “I hadn’t had a day off up to then and I had family coming from New Zealand and the kids coming from Sydney,” he says. “The company said no, and I just took it off anyway.” Cooper was then sacked with his termination letter saying he showed a “total disregard” for company procedures. He turned to the CFMEU for help. “I’ve been a long-time member of the union, but it isn’t something I’ve used very often – so I was really pleased they were able to do something for me.” CFMEU legal officer Leah Charlson launched an unfair dismissal claim, which she won. As a show of thanks, Cooper donated part of his payout to the union fighting fund. “I’m a believer. I know a lot of people that use and abuse union services. It turned out to be quite a large lump of money and I am happy to pass some of that on to a good cause. “You’ve got to put your money where your mouth is.” Cooper, who has picked up a new job out west, is also full of praise for the efforts of CFMEU legal officer Leah Charlson. “It’s a thankless job and she did a lot of work chasing up loose ends with a fantastic result.” However he says it is disheartening to see the clawback in conditions for workers in regional areas. “There are a lot of bully bosses out there that are having a go at the young blokes that don’t know anything,” he says. His advice to these young workers – join the union and with its support push for better conditions. *Not his real name due to a confidentiality clause in the settlement THE BOXER Australian boxing legend Wally Carr, pictured left, had a rousing welcome when he launched his biography ‘My Longest Round’ at a recent delegates’ meeting. The book details the Commonwealth and Australian champion’s struggles inside and outside the ring, including his connections with the building trade. From fighting in the Jimmy Sharman boxing tents, Carr held 12 titles in six divisions and fought 101 bouts across 15 years. He has been inducted into the National Boxing Hall of Fame. Books are on sale at the reception at Lidcombe . LONG SERVICE WIN The Long Service Payments Corporation (LSPC), the organisation that records your time in the industry for long service, recently added the new Modern Awards applicable to the construction industry to the Long Service legislation. Luckily when they asked committee members to approve the inclusions, CFMEU representative Keryn McWhinney noticed the Mobile Crane Hiring Award was not included. After discussions and legal advice the Mobile Crane Award was added to the legislation. This means CFMEU members covered by the Mobile Crane Hiring Award are now are now eligible to join and receive the benefits of the portable long service leave scheme. The LS Corporation will be contacting crane hiring employers to advise them of the change and advising them to register both the company and their employees. Registration for eligible workers is compulsory. This change is a benefit to both our members who are employed under the Mobile Crane Hiring Award, as well as their employers. Another win was that carpet-layers, previously excluded from the scheme, are now covered. Employers, employees and sub-contractors in the carpet-laying sector are now eligible to join the LSC and receive service credits. This change only applies to carpet layers employed under the Furnishing Trades Modern Award. COM PANY FIN ES A PROPERTY DEVELOPER and director has been fined $133,00 after a labourer fell from scaffolding on a two-storey Cabramatta property. John Medich, a director of Lubo Medich Holdings, was ordered to pay WorkCover’s legal costs after Joseph Muscat, 63, fell about six metres to his death. Muscat was not provided with, or instructed to wear, any safety equipment such as a helmet or a harness. THE NSW INDUSTRIAL COURT has fined three organisations and a manager $360,000 over the death of a 48-year- UNITY 14 old worker killed during upgrades to Epping Road in 2008. On 1 May 2008, Kevin Finnemore, an employee of South Coast Excavations (formerly known as Online Concrete Sawing) was fatally injured when he was run over by a prime mover with an attached dog trailer. The court heard Online Concrete Sawing was engaged by the Roads and Traffic Authority to carry out upgrade works to Epping Road at the intersection of Herring Road, Macquarie Park. The WorkCover investigation found that in the days leading up to the inci- dent there had been significant rain and Finnemore, who was operating the water cart was directed to perform other duties including cleaning dirt off the road. The RTA did not seek approval from Online Concrete Sawing to change Finnemore’s duties. While lane three of Epping Road was closed, Finnemore moved to the side of a prime mover to remove debris from the road surface. The truck driver did not see Finnemore, drove off and the prime mover’s trailer ran over Finnemore. Justice Kavanagh said “a call must go out to all involved in the construction and maintenance of our roads ... that recognised safe working procedures must be adhered to on worksites”. Kavanagh fined the RTA $180,000; Terra Civil, who was contracted by the RTA to perform excavation works at the site, fined $120,000; South Coast Excavations was fined $45,000; and Jai Ram Charam, Finnemore’s manager at Online Concrete Sawing, was fined $15,000. EBAS IF YOU DON’T FIGHT YO U L O S E THAT IS THE MESSAGE CFMEU delegates at the Caroma factory in Wetherill Park are sending out after a successful battle for a better enterprise agreement. In the last edition of Unity, we reported the workers at Caroma had knocked back a 4 per cent increase because of fears over cost of living increases. According to CFMEU delegate Javier Cartagena, the workers had wanted “just a little bit more” from the company and were determined to get it. As part of the campaign, the Wetherill Park team had a 24-hour stoppage. They were also locked out for two days by the company. CFMEU Organiser John Prentice says the things that got the Caroma team “over the line” were: 1. 100% union membership; 2. A good bargaining committee that included Cartagena, co-delegate Alex Baires and committee members Jeffry Guandique and Paul Beaston; 3. A very good delegate actively supported by the union; and 4. Unity. “When you put all those things together it becomes a very formidable force for the company to take on,” says Prentice. Cartagena says the dispute brought out the best qualities of the union members at the plant. “They were very loyal to the union and very supportive of us delegates, we listened to what the members wanted and they trusted us to represent them,” he says. As part of the deal the workers secured an average 4.5 per cent pay rise each year with the pay rise front- loaded by a 5.05 per cent increase in the first year of the agreement. They also secured better clothing allowance and extra benefits and better redundancy payouts. Importantly the new agreement also includes wage protection that stops the company reclassifying them into lower-paid jobs. Cartagena says fittingly the higher pay increase will apply to the workers at the Wetherill Park factory.He says the win is a psychological boost for workers as well. “We’ve been getting 4 per cent for the past six years,” he says. “What we have done here is broken the barrier of four per cent and opened the way for future victories. “We have obtained some respect from the company because we backed our talk with actions.” Cartagena says he was “over- whelmed by the loyalty of the members. They were very into the negotiations and determined to keep fighting and not give up. At our meetings they would clap and cheer and pass on the power to each other.” Cartagena says other work sites should take heart from the Caroma battle. “One message to other yards when they are in a fight is to stick together with your union and fight for what they believe is right and they will get a good result,” he says. “The union is only as strong as its members,” adds Prentice. But, Cartagena adds, workers have to be prepared to make sacrifices to win the company’s respect. “Their actions have to speak louder than their words.” Cartagena also thanked Prentice and the Union office for supporting the workers’ efforts. UNITY 15 WOMEN’S SEMINAR A CHANCE TO LISTEN CFMEU Senior Legal Officer and President of the CFMEU National Women’s Committee Rita Mallia, who convened the training course stated: “There is a growing number of women in the industry, which is great. Women do face some unique issues and this conference was an opportunity to discuss some of those. It also shows that the Union is for all workers. The conference provided a good opportunity for the Union to hear directly from workers about their experiences in the sector and the industry”. C AS UAL DI LE MM A DIRTY WORK THE LIFE OF A TRAFFIC CONTROLLER can be pretty thankless with abuse and rubbish regularly thrown at the men and women whose job it is to stop workers from being hit by a vehicle. The insight into the sector came at a recent women’s conference held at Lidcombe to educate women members, who are predominantly casual, about their working rights. The day-long seminar included sessions on enterprise agreements, superannuation, occupational health and safety, workers compensation and industrial entitlements. Leanne Kiaupa, of Clearwater Traffic Control, says it was the first time she had seen her enterprise agreement. “Some of the things [we heard UNITY 16 about] were quite useful, but for me the big bonus was I finally got my own copy of the EBA,” she says. For the 20-odd participants that included women working in traffic control, security and cleaning it was also a chance to highlight issues they deal with on the job to women union officials. Casualisation was a major concern, according to Karoraina Kaihe, of TMA Traffic, above left, because of the financial pressure it put on traffic controllers and the shortfall in superannuation for retirement. “I’ve been working in the sector for six years and I am still casual,” she says. “I’m 60 years old and there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for me.” As casuals, she says, they often find themselves working away from home, but because of rain end up sitting in a motel room not getting paid. Susie McCormack, centre, of Clearwater Traffic Control, says inexperienced backpackers are taking many of the jobs. “They don’t know what they are doing, and are only here for a short time so don’t care - but they undercut everyone else,” McCormack says. She says with 11 deaths of traffic controllers last year police and the RTA need to do more to protect them. “We get spat at, cans thrown at us and drivers just ignoring us and going straight through. We are the safety of work zone and we put our lives at risk every time we step on the road,” McCormack says. The CFMEU’s women members were united in their call for a stronger focus by the union on toilet facilities. Despite regulations requiring a separate female toilet be provided, many of the women say they are told by their employers to share the men’s toilets. In remote locations, toilets are not often provided, and the women are expected to “head bush”. “That might be all right if you are a bloke,” says Leanne Edmonds, “but it is a bit of an issue for a woman.” Jen Smith, of Lack Group Traffic Control, pictured right, says she was taken off a site because she asked for a sign to be put on one cubicle declaring it a female toilet. “We don’t mind sharing the block as long as we have one cubicle,” says McCormack. “We’ve even had to fight for the right to have a sanitary bin.” And when the women do win a place of their own to pee in, according to Leanne Edmonds, the bosses often use it because it is the cleanest one on site. SUPER FINDYOURSUPER One in two working Australians have a lost super account. There is an estimated $13.6 billion in lost super accounts held either by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) or eligible rollover funds such as Ausfund which Cbus uses. WHAT HAPPENS TO ‘LOST SUPER’? If a superannuation fund has never had an address for a member, or has sent two written communications to the member’s last known address (and they were returned unclaimed) the fund must report the member’s super as lost to the ATO’s Lost Member Register (LMR). IF YOU HAVE: • Changed jobs in the past 10 years; • Had more than one job at the same time; • Changed address; • Changed your name; or • Forgotten how many super funds you have there is a strong possibility that you might have a ‘lost’ superannuation account. FOUR EASY STEPS TO FIND YOUR LOST SUPER If you do find a ‘lost’ super account at either AUSfund or the ATO, you can use their forms to transfer it to your current superannuation provider. 1. Check with Cbus: If you are unsure whether you have an account with Cbus, ring the Cbus service centre on 1300 361 784 to check. If you suspect that you have more than one account with Cbus you should talk to Cbus about merging your accounts. That way there’s less chance of one account ending up ‘lost’, and you will not be paying multiple account-keeping fees. 2. Visit AUSfund at their website: www.unclaimedsuper.com.au, select “search for lost super” at the top of the page, then fill in your name and date of birth. You don’t even need your Tax File Number (TFN) to do this simple search, which will tell you if AUSfund is holding super in your name.You can ring AUSfund if you don’t have access to the internet: 1300 361 798 3. Visit the ATO lost members website at www.ato.gov.au then select “Super Seeker – find your lost super” from the box on the right hand side of the page. You YOU OWN A SKYSCRAPER As a Cbus member, you have a stake in one-third of a major new building soon to open in the heart of the Sydney financial district. The building at 1 Bligh Street, is designed to achieve the highest green-star rating for a high rise building, making it environmentfriendly. It is valued at $270 million and was scheduled for completion last month. In 2010 Cbus had assets of $14.46 billion and 582,600 members. It is the 14th largest fund in terms of assets. Eight of these 14 funds are industry or public sector funds - that is they are not-for-profit funds. Any excess goes to the members. Cbus is jointly managed by building unions and industry employers. The Cbus rate of return in 2010 was 9.8 per cent. The average for all funds was 8.3 per cent. Over the period from 2004-2010 (which includes the Global Financial Crisis recession) it was equal 12th at 6.9 per cent per annum. The average for all funds was 5.3 per cent. Not a bad result for a scheme started by building unions in 1983 … and of course the Bligh Street site created jobs for Cbus members and was also built by union labour. will need your Tax File Number (TFN) to do the search. can boost your current super balance if you are still working. 4. Contact your old super fund. Not all ‘lost super’ is immediately sent to the ATO. If you have moved, but the person at your old address does not return your mail to to your super fund, they do not know you are ‘lost’. Your super can stay in the fund for a number of years until is eventually sent to the ATO. HELP OTHERS If you have older relatives or friends who worked in the construction industry after 1984, when Cbus was formed, ask them to check whether they received any superannuation entitlements. If they are not sure, they should do the four-point check above, including checking with Cbus. CBUS’ LOST MEMBERS Cbus uses a number of methods to try to find ‘lost members’. These include Australia Post and ATO data matching. Sometimes however it proves impossible to locate people. DON’T IGNORE SMALL AMOUNTS You might think that you have a ‘small’ account somewhere that isn’t worth searching for. While your money is in Cbus, it continues to attract earnings and grow over time. As little as $1000 paid into Cbus in 1984 could have grown to $10,000 by 2011 (depending on fees, charges and investment strategy). That can be a nice windfall if you’re retired, or it GIVEN NAMES Armindo Robert Kevin John Michael John Chi Gyn Antonio Ivan Kenneth Robert Imre John Henry Anton Evald Tinga George John Mile Peter Antonio Kenneth Walton Noel Ademar Drago Emmanouel Joao Nobrega Brian Mario Armando Lincoln Douglas James Terry Oscar Dennis Richard George SURNAME Almeida Archer Charles Cheshire Choi Cosseddu Daniel Davies Deak Flanagan Heke Jambrovic Jensen Kariwa Kelly Maric Mazein Neto Nield Nunez Pajevic Paspadakis Pinto Rameka Ribero Sandoval Senior Stanton Tobar Ward Soulie Hing CHECK YOUR CBUS STATEMENTS Always check your Record of Contributions and your Annual Statement to make sure that all your entitlements have been paid in. If there’s a monthly payment missing, you should follow it up. DO YOU KNOW THESE MEMBERS? Cbus has been unable to find the ‘lost members’ in the table below, who worked in construction in NSW. If you know them, please let Cbus know, or tell them to contact Cbus. We are unable to provide further details except the member themself. The Cbus contact is Vicki Doherty 03 9657 4210 or [email protected] CITY Raymond Tce Hillsdale Cabramatta Hebersham Punchbowl Leicchardt Kirrawee Toongabbie Eastlakes Cambridge Park Katoomba Lakemba Berala Clovelly Colyton Cabramatta Strathfield Queanbeyan Pagewood St Johns Park Chatswood Marrickville Petersham Sydney Bondi Junctn Ashcroft North Ryde Allambie Hts Hillsdale Granville Cronulla Ashfield LAST PAYMENT UNION 1985 BLF - LABOURER 1985 BWIU - FIXER 1987 LABOURER 1984 BLF - LABOURER 1987 LABOURER 1996 CARPENTER 1986 BWIU - SIGNAGE FIXING 1984 BLF - LABOURER N/L LABOURER 1985 BWIU - CARPENTER 1987 BWIU - CARPENTER 1987 BWIU - CARPENTER 1985 BLF - BRICKLAYER 1990 BWIU - STEEL FIXER 1985 BLF - RIGGER 1986 BWIU - CLEANER 1985 BWIU - PLASTERER 1984 BLF - LABOURER 1985 BWIU - CARPENTER 2008 BLF - LABOURER 1985 BWIU - PLASTERER 1985 BLF - LABOURER 2000 BWIU - PLASTERER 1987 BWIU - LABOURER 1986 BLF 1989 BWIU - LABOURER 1988 CFMEU - CARPENTER 1985 BLF 1985 BLF - STEEL FIXER 1992 FEDFA - TRUCK DRIVER 1988 BWIU - PROCESS WRKR 1989 BWIU - LABOURER UNITY 17 REGIONAL ON THE ROAD >> Jim Hutcheon talks to workers on the Kempsey bypass and far right, a mass meeting of workers on the Hunter Expressway. H BUSH TELEGRAPH REGIONAL MEMBERS ARE BENEFITTING from the CFMEU’s drive to give better service to our members in the bush. Delegate structures are being renewed and superannuation and long service entitlements are being paid up. CFMEU Assistant Secretary Rebel Hanlon says regional organisers are starting to feel the effects of the drive. “We are getting a pretty solid response from workers,” he says. “We are seeing membership increase and there is a lot more communication between members and our organisers – they are ringing us up more and the workers are coming out and shaking our hands when we arrive on site.” In a recent case, Northern NSW Organiser Jim Hutcheon contacted Hanlon in the wake of a serious accident on the Tweed Heads bypass site near the Queensland border. “We had a worker run over by a machine and his leg was broken in five places below the knee. Jim was on to us straight away and myself and Taylor & Scott solicitor Ivan Simic hopped on a plane the next morning to investigate the accident and make sure the worker knew his rights under worker’s compensation. The point of this is to show that no matter where you are working, the union will come to you.” The latest updates include: POURING DOWN Concrete pour begins at Bega shopping complex KEMPSEY BYPASS SWEET VISIT Soon to be the home of Australia’s longest road-span bridge. Work has started on piles and foundations with formworkers and steel-fixers to start in September this year. Fruitiful discussions with the builder took place to ensure the subcontractors winning work on the job were meeting their legal obligations, including paying the proper level of superannuation, before their engagement. Talks were also held with workers and employers at three sugar mills in the Ballina area over the start of a new round of enterprise agreements, rank and file involvement and the election of delegates. Three new delegates were elected – Matthew Faulks, Barry Kratz and Steve Phillips – which ensures an ongoing CFMEU presence and representative at each site. LOCAL TALENT SOUTH BOUND North Coast Organiser Jim Hutcheon and Assistant Secretary Rebel Hanlon held talks with 20 young apprentices who had been let go after the completion of federally funded stimulus projects in schools. The CFMEU has stepped in and started negotiations with major builders on North Coast road projects, such as Leightons and Abigroup, to provide job opportunities for the apprentices. May 30 saw the launch of the first employment partnership in the Illawarra, established by the CFMEU. Negotiations have taken place over the past four months with Multiplex, Comet Training and Salvation Army Employment Plus. The Shellharbour shopping centre development will be the home of the program, which will guarantee training for 30 youth from the Illawarra, with 10 designated positions available for youth from an indigenous background. All participants will be trained with job ready skills for the construction industry – it is hoped subcontractors on the job will be able to employ the apprentices. A big thank you to Munro Jones, CFMEU delegate at Multiplex and Committee of Management member, for his help in getting this venture up and running. BETTER IN BEGA Organiser Mick Lane and Hanlon travelled to Bega to follow up and settle wage claims for employees on the Bega Shopping Centre undertaken in April. Assisted by Nick Fodor of Cbus, it was discovered formworking company, Oakdale Formwork, had established a shelf company and had not paid superannuation or ACIRT entitlements for six months. This works out roughly to $440 a month in missed superannuation and $280 a month in long service leave. Hanlon says initially 30 workers were affected by this claim, but the union is now looking at the entitlements of other workers. HEALTHY WIN Bega also saw a successful negotiation by Lane on behalf of a long-time CFMEU member who had been made redundant due to health issues, which the worker and the CFMEU felt was unfair. Initially the employer was not willing to pay entitlements, but an agreement was reached to pay six weeks’ salary, ACIRT and superannuation. May also saw the first trip of the Illawarra-based organisers to Wagga Wagga where in collaboration with Victorian, ACT and NSW regional organisers, federal government road projects were checked for safety and industrial compliance. Organiser David Kelly has also held mass meetings on a number of road project sites up and down the coast – including the M2 Motorway, Hunter Expressway and anticipated Berry and Nowra bypasses. BRIDGE OF SORROWS The David Pulver Memorial Bridge has been officially opened and will provide a constant reminder of the need for safety on construction sites, Organiser David Kelly says. The Hume Highway bridge has been named after the 39-year-old, father of two who was killed on July 1 last year while working on the highway upgrade near Tarcutta. The CFMEU, along with Pulver’s former workmates, successfully lobbied the previous NSW Labor Government to mark his death with a memorial bridge. In a opening recent ceremony, workmates, CFMEU representatives, Leightons’ management and officials were joined by Pulver’s parents Brian Pulver and Deanna Rutter, sister Liza Baker, wife Sara and his two young children Lewis and Lilly, pictured right. Ms Baker paid tribute to Leightons, the Union and her brother’s workmates for lobbying “to make this special memorial become reality”. “What a wonderful memorial this will be for all of the family, especially Lewis, 5, and Lilly, 3, to visit and remember their father in future years to come and know that his life meant so much to so many people,” Ms Baker says. She says her brother’s death shows the need to put safety first on construction sites. CFMEU Organiser David Kelly spoke at the bridge opening and says the naming of the bridge after Pulver, who was 39, was an important moment for his workmates. “It also highlights the need to put safety front and foremost on all workplaces sites. At least one person a week dies in a workplace accident – we should remember the toll that takes on their family and extended network of friends and work to ensure this death toll falls.” Leightons Brett Smythe told the ceremony that “when this bridge is named for David today it becomes more than just a bridge. It becomes a permanent marker of our respect for David and his family. It also becomes a reminder of the commitment to relentlessly pursue safety in all workplaces everyday.” UNITY 19 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING BREAKING GROUND Professor Michael Quinlan THE COST OF LOSS “When I had to choose his coffin, I thought to myself... I can’t believe I am picking out a coffin. This is horrible... He was full of life. I should be picking out a holiday not a coffin.” “Nothing can mend the broken heart of a mother. Nothing. You try. You try, because you have to. You have to try. But you always come back to it. You always say, why did it...? It shouldn’t have happened. It should not have happened.” “There is nothing that anyone can do to make you feel better... He’s still gone. He’s not back. He’s gone. He’s not coming back. It doesn’t matter what you say to me. He’s gone. He’s not coming back. It’s only I who has to find a way to – I don’t know – come to terms with it all.” “When my husband died, I lost everything. That is what I lost. I lost everything. I lost him. I lost the father of my children. I lost my future. I lost everything that day, that very day... which I am still trying to put together. Like, you are put in a puzzle where you can’t find the pieces. There are no pieces to put it back together.” UNITY 20 THEY ARE VOICES OF THOSE who until now have not been heard – the families of those killed in workplaces. Thanks to research, commissioned by the Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group, the experiences of the children, parents and partners of those who have been killed on work sites is being recorded and the impact on their lives measured. Professor Michael Quinlan, of the School of Organisation and Management at the University of New South Wales, says the study of seven families shows workplace deaths have significant impact on families, emotionally and financially. “It’s not often recognised that when the primary income earner dies, it places a family in quite a perilous state, their whole life changes and their family just takes a turn,” Professor Quinlan said. “The research also looked at how the institutions and regulators had dealt with families. They often felt very remote from the process and that there was a lack of closure. “The family weren’t kept in the loop, and often they didn’t know that a prosecution or coronial inquest was occurring until almost after the event. “Or they felt, and I think justifiably, that not enough investigation had occurred after the incident. There’s a sense that justice hasn’t been done.” The research also highlights weaknesses in the management of the trauma to meet the needs of families. For instance, counsellors often come in straight away, but families often say that what they needed was support six or 12 months later. Professor Quinlan says groups like the Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group are “pivotally important in reminding the community about what the cost of workplace health and safety problems really are. “The people here who’ve lost a loved one live with that everyday of their life after that. That’s something that we need to keep in mind when we talk about the cost burden of Occupational Health and Safety because we’re only talking about the financial costs, we’re not talking about the costs to people in that harm.” The research undertaken is unique in its focus on the impact of workplace death on families. Professor Quinlan was surprised to find that even though there is a body of research on death and trauma, there is nothing on workplace death. The findings will be published in two articles for international journals, one looking at consequences of the death on the family and friends; the second looking more at the regulatory response. Professor Quinlan is now seeking funding for a more substantial report on this issue. Professor Michael Quinlan is patron of the Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group. FA M I L I E S U N I T E IN SORROW FOR NICOLA BROCK, the international day of mourning ceremony at Darling Harbour was a chance to publicly remember her son, Wade. The 15-year-old died shortly after a horrific workplace accident at Australian Metal Springs at Condell Park last May. The young man was only two weeks into his job when his arm was ripped off by a metal lathe. He survived one day before he died in hospital. “It was his first job,” Ms Brock said. “He was delighted because he wanted to pay off his own car. And then his life was just taken away.” A year later, Ms Brock and her four daughters were one of the families who turned out at the public ceremony at Darling Harbour to honour their loved ones. Unfortunately, there are many more stories similar to the Brocks. Many thousands of Australian families are devastated by workplace accidents, with about 500 people killed at work each year. Globally, 1.3 million workers are killed at work with many more injured. The Darling Harbour ceremony was attended by the NSW Governor Marie Bashir, the new NSW Workplace Minister, Greg Pearce, Labor leader John Robertson and Unions NSW Secretary Mark Lennon. Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious representatives spoke and Cristian Cuevas, from the Confederation of Chilean Unionists, also attended. “We must commit ourselves every day of our lives to ensure safety in the workplace,” Ms Bashir told the mourners. Families tied cards and wreaths to the sculpture, Memory Lines, and held back tears as emotions ran high. Building unions are actively working for improved workplace safety. They have assisted the families of workers killed to form the Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group. This group is a support group for families and also campaigns to highlight the importance of workplace safety. To contact the group, visit website www.workplacetragedy.com GRIEF WITHOUT END Nicola Brock with Chloe, 6, Shenay, 17, top, and mourners place their memory cards at Darling Harbour, above. Below, Tom, Adele and Eliza Banford and the Paynter Dixon table at the construction dinner DINNER HONOURS OUR COMRADES THE IMPACT IS FELT FOR GENERATIONS, but the annual Construction Industry Safety Dinner has become an important event to honour the families of those killed in workplace accidents. More than 1000 people packed Le Montage in Sydney on April 29 – a day after the International Day of Mourning – to help raise funds for the Workplace Tragedy Family Support Group. Among those gathered was Kate Harvey, whose husband Rodney Bills was killed in 2001 at White Bay. She has been at every dinner since they started and attends the April 28 memorial services. Her daughter Natalie has also spoken on construction sites. “That’s been really important for her,” Kate says. “It has a big effect, it affects you, it affects your children, it then affects your grandchildren. We’ve got two grandchildren who’ve never met their grandfather. But we talk to them about him all the time and because it affects their mum, it affects them too. So it’s just an ongoing thing, generation after generation, it just doesn’t seem to stop. Year after year, it’s always there I guess.” “It’s important for the whole family to come and show our support for the group that’s supporting us. Even though I am not in that industry, I try and advocate for safety at work,” says Eliza Banford, who was there to honour her uncle Glenn Biddle. Her brother Tom who has attended the dinner several times adds: “It’s important to raise awareness for the rest of the industry, not only for the fact that fatalities can occur in workplaces, due to unsafe work practices, but also for the effect that that can then have on the families afterwards.” The evening, sponsored by the CFMEU with the support of the Master Builders Association, is unique for bringing unionists, bosses and families together at the same tables. In his address CFMEU State Secretary Mal Tulloch put builders on notice that the union had particular concerns about the ongoing problem of contaminated sites and the detrimental effect it had on workers and the public. “We will be vigilant and take a noncompromising response to workers having to deal with asbestos and other poisonous substances on contaminated land.” UNITY 21 MAY DAY LOUD PROUD MAY DAY AGAIN BROUGHT OUT the true believers across the State with a good turnout in Hyde Park, Sydney for the annual march. The successful march followed on from a fabulous Unions NSW May Day Toast, co-organised by Assistant State Secretary Rebel Hanlon. Marrickville Mayor Fiona Byrne was the keynote speaker and reminded the audience that, “the history of coming together to collectively resist exploitation is as old as humanity and is as strong today as it has been since the industrial revolution, despite the challenges of an increasingly individualised and alienated economy”. In Wollongong, May 6 marked a 100-year anniversary of May Day celebrations in Wollongong. The Illawarra May Day toast was well attended on Friday night by about 150 people. CFMEU guest Cristian Cuevas, of the Chilean Copper Miners Union, addressed a strong contingent of marchers on the Saturday morning. The May Day march started from union headquarters at Loden Square to Crown Street Mall, the heart of Wollongong shopping precinct on a relatively busy Saturday morning. Do more. Every day. 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AWARDS – SYDNEY (COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND) CONSTRUCTION EBA RATES OF PAY RATES APPLICABLE FROM 1 OCTOBER 2010 CLASSIFICATION PER HOUR CW1 CW2 CW3 (Non Trade) CW3 (Trade) CW4 CW5 CW6 CW7 CW8 23.49 24.57 25.59 26.47 27.78 29.08 30.40 31.75 33.08 PER DAY 7.2 HOURS 169.13 176.90 184.25 190.58 200.02 209.38 218.88 228.60 238.18 0.8 RDO ACCRUAL 18.79 19.66 20.47 21.18 22.22 23.26 24.32 25.40 26.46 PER 36 HOURS 845.64 884.52 921.24 952.92 1000.08 1046.88 1094.40 1143.00 1190.88 TIME & A HALF DOUBLE TIME 35.24 46.98 36.86 49.14 38.39 51.18 39.71 52.94 41.67 55.56 43.62 58.16 45.60 60.80 47.63 63.50 49.62 66.16 RATES APPLICABLE FROM 1 MARCH 2011 CLASSIFICATION PER HOUR CW1 CW2 CW3 (Non Trade) CW3 (Trade) CW4 CW5 CW6 CW7 CW8 24.02 25.13 26.17 27.07 28.41 29.74 31.09 32.47 33.83 PER DAY 7.2 HOURS 172.94 180.94 188.42 194.90 204.55 214.13 223.85 233.78 243.58 0.8 RDO ACCRUAL 19.22 20.10 20.94 21.66 22.73 23.79 24.87 25.98 27.06 PER 36 HOURS 864.72 904.68 942.12 974.52 1022.76 1070.64 1119.24 1168.92 1217.88 TIME & A HALF DOUBLE TIME 36.03 37.70 39.26 40.61 42.62 44.61 46.64 48.71 50.75 48.04 50.26 52.34 54.14 56.82 59.48 62.18 64.94 67.66 CIVIL EARTHMOVING EBA RATES OF PAY RATES APPLICABLE FROM 1 OCTOBER 2010 CLASSIFICATION PER HOUR CW1 CW2 CW3 (Non Trade) CW3 (Trade) CW4 CW5 CW6 CW7 CW8 22.60 23.46 23.84 24.33 25.48 26.56 27.61 28.85 29.57 PER DAY 7.2 HOURS 162.72 168.91 171.65 175.18 183.46 191.23 198.79 207.72 212.90 0.8 RDO ACCRUAL 18.08 18.77 19.07 19.46 20.38 21.25 22.09 23.08 23.66 PER 36 HOURS 813.60 844.56 858.24 875.88 917.28 956.16 993.96 1038.60 1064.52 TIME & A HALF DOUBLE TIME 33.90 45.20 35.19 46.92 35.76 47.68 36.50 48.66 38.22 50.96 39.84 53.12 41.42 55.22 43.28 57.70 44.36 59.14 RATES APPLICABLE FROM 1 MARCH 2011 CLASSIFICATION PER HOUR CW1 CW2 CW3 (Non Trade) CW3 (Trade) CW4 CW5 CW6 CW7 CW8 23.11 23.99 24.38 24.88 26.06 27.16 28.24 29.51 30.24 PER DAY 7.2 HOURS 166.39 172.73 175.54 179.14 187.63 195.55 203.33 212.47 217.73 0.8 RDO ACCRUAL 18.49 19.19 19.50 19.90 20.85 21.73 22.59 23.61 24.19 PER 36 HOURS 831.96 863.64 877.68 895.68 938.16 977.76 1016.64 1062.36 1088.64 TIME & A HALF DOUBLE TIME 34.67 35.99 36.57 37.32 39.09 40.74 42.36 44.27 45.36 46.22 47.98 48.76 49.76 52.12 54.32 56.48 59.02 60.48 UNITY 23 AWARDS – NATIONAL APPRENTICES Apprentices rates of pay for apprentices working for an incorporated employer that is covered by the building and construction general on-site award 2010 (ie. the employer was not previously covered by a State Award/NAPSA) Important exception: If you are an apprentice and are employed by an employer that is a sole trader or partnership, or you are an apprentice that is aged under 18 years of age, you may be entitled to different rates of pay. If you are a member of the Union contact the Counter Organiser or the Industrial department of the Union for more information on (02) 9749 0400. If you are not a member: JOIN NOW These wage rates apply from the first pay period to begin on or after 1 July 2010. To check your pay or for more information call the CFMEU now. JUNIOR INDENTURED – FOUR-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP CARPENTER/JOINER/ STONEMASON Hourly rate Weekly rate 1 s t 9.30 Year 353.44 2 n d 11.07 Year 420.57 3 r d 14.60 Year 554.83 4th Year 655.52 17.25 BRICKLAYER/TILELAYER PLASTERER PAINTER ROOF TILER Holiday Hourly pay per Rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday pay per week 33.06 9.10 345.65 32.36 9.18 348.77 32.64 8.77 333.08 31.22 8.96 340.66 31.91 39.28 10.86 412.78 38.58 10.94 415.90 38.86 10.53 400.21 37.44 10.73 407.79 38.13 51.49 14.40 547.04 50.79 14.48 550.16 51.07 14.07 534.47 49.65 14.26 542.05 50.34 60.67 17.05 647.73 59.96 17.13 650.85 60.24 16.71 635.16 58.83 16.91 642.74 59.51 Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday pay per week JUNIOR INDENTURED – THREE-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP CARPENTER/JOINER/ STONEMASON BRICKLAYER/TILELAYER Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per Rate week 1 s t 11.07 Year 420.57 39.13 2 n d 14.60 Year 554.83 3 r d 17.25 Year 655.52 Hourly rate PLASTERER PAINTER ROOF TILER Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week 10.86 412.78 38.43 10.94 415.90 38.71 10.53 400.21 37.29 10.73 407.79 37.98 51.42 14.40 547.04 50.71 14.48 550.16 50.99 14.07 534.47 49.58 14.26 542.05 50.26 60.59 17.05 647.73 59.89 17.13 650.85 60.17 16.71 635.16 58.75 16.91 642.74 59.44 All the wage rates above include the Award Industry and Tool Allowance. The following fares allowance is also payable for on-site work only. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE 1st year - $12.38 per day 2nd year - $14.03 per day 3rd year - $14.85 4th year - $15.68 APPRENTICES INDENTURED Rates of pay for Indentured Apprentices aged 18 years or over working for an Incorporated Employer where the employer was, prior to 1 January 2010, covered by the Building and Construction Industry (State) Award (NAPSA) Transitional rates calculated under the Building and Construction General On-Site Award 2010. These wage rates apply from the first pay period to begin on or after 1 July 2010. To check your pay or for more information join the CFMEU now. These wage rates apply from the first pay period to begin on or after 1 July 2010. To check your pay or for more information call the CFMEU now. JUNIOR INDENTURED CARPENTER/JOINER/ STONEMASON BRICKLAYER/TILELAYER PLASTERER PAINTER ROOF TILER Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per Rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday pay per week 1 s t 7.45 Year 283.18 26.71 7.25 275.58 26.30 7.33 278.62 26.03 6.92 263.04 25.55 7.11 270.26 24.89 2 n d 10.09 Year 383.27 35.91 9.88 375.29 35.46 9.96 378.33 35.19 9.55 362.75 34.74 9.75 370.35 34.05 3 r d 13.16 Year 500.08 46.54 12.96 492.48 46.13 13.04 495.52 45.85 12.63 479.94 45.37 12.82 487.16 44.72 4th Year 584.67 54.26 15.19 577.07 53.85 15.27 580.11 53.58 14.85 564.15 53.09 15.05 571.75 52.41 Hourly rate 15.39 UNITY 24 AWARDS – NATIONAL ADULT INDENTURED CARPENTER/JOINER/ STONEMASON BRICKLAYER/TILELAYER PLASTERER PAINTER ROOF TILER Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per Rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday Hourly pay per rate week Weekly rate Holiday pay per week 1 s t 12.26 Year 466.03 43.24 12.21 464.13 43.12 12.23 464.74 43.07 12.13 461.02 42.95 12.18 462.84 42.79 2 n d 12.46 Year 473.33 44.05 12.41 471.43 43.93 12.42 472.04 43.88 12.32 468.31 43.76 12.37 470.14 43.60 3 r d 13.95 Year 530.18 49.26 13.90 528.28 49.15 13.92 528.88 49.09 13.82 525.16 48.97 13.87 526.98 48.81 4th Year 589.76 54.72 15.47 587.86 54.61 15.49 588.47 54.55 15.39 584.74 54.43 15.44 586.57 54.27 Hourly rate 15.52 All the wage rates above include the Award Industry and Tool Allowance. The following fares allowance is also payable for on-site work only. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE 1st year - $12.38 per day 2nd year - $14.03 per day 3rd year - $14.85 4th year - $15.68 Due to the phasing in of modern Awards you may be entitled to a “transitional rate of pay”. If your employer is a soletrader or partnership, you may be entitled to different rates of pay. If you are a member of the Union contact the Counter organiser or the Industrial Department of the Union for more information on (02) 9749 0400 If you are not a member- JOIN NOW. MOBILE CRANE HIRING AWARD 2010 OPERATOR OF MOBILE CRANE PER HOUR TIME & A HALF DOUBLE TIME PER 38 HOURS ACCRUAL OF 0.4 HOURS PRO-RATA ANNUAL LEAVE PLUS LOADING Up to 20 Tonnes 21-60 tonnes 18.46 19.01 27.69 28.51 36.92 38.02 701.43 722.33 7.38 7.60 58.45 60.20 61-100 tonnes 19.56 29.33 39.11 743.13 7.82 61.93 101-200 tonnes 20.05 30.08 40.11 762.03 8.02 63.50 201-300 tonnes 20.89 31.33 41.78 793.73 8.36 66.15 301-400 tonnes 21.43 32.14 42.85 814.23 8.57 67.85 400 tonnes plus 21.97 32.96 43.95 835.03 8.79 69.59 WHERE MORE THAN ONE CRANE IS ENGAGED ON ANY ONE LIFT THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS SHALL BE MADE PER DAY 2 Cranes 2.81 3 Cranes 5.57 4 Cranes 8.33 Over 4 Cranes 11.14 ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES Pile Driving allowance 13.64 per day Demolition allowance 1.80 per hour Wet Work allowance 54 cents per hour Dirty Work allowance 54 cents per hour Car allowance Overnight allowance 74 cents per kilometre 12.77 per night Meal allowance 12.73 per meal Fares and Travel Allowance 23.40 per day UNITY 25 AWARDS – NATIONAL BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION GENERAL ON-SITE AWARD 2010 PER HOUR TIME & A HALF DOUBLE TIME PER 38 HOURS PRO RATA ANNUAL LEAVE PLUS LOADING .4 OF HOUR ACCRUAL 19.61 29.42 39.22 745.18 68.46 7.84 Bricklayer 19.40 29.10 38.80 737.20 67.74 7.76 Tilelayer (NSW), HardFloor Coverer 19.61 29.42 39.22 745.18 68.46 7.84 Plasterer, Floorlayer 19.49 29.24 38.98 740.62 68.05 7.80 Roof tiler, Slate Ridge/Roof Fixer 19.27 28.91 38.54 732.26 67.30 7.71 Carpenter, Bridge & Wharf Carpenter Stonemason, Stonemason Machinist 19.61 29.42 39.22 745.18 68.46 7.84 Carver (Stoneworker) 20.75 31.13 41.50 788.50 72.38 8.30 Lettercutter 20.18 30.27 40.36 766.84 70.42 8.07 Special Class Trade 20.75 31.13 41.50 788.50 72.38 8.30 Quarryperson 18.89 28.34 37.78 717.82 65.99 7.56 Signwriter 19.63 29.45 39.26 745.94 68.53 7.85 Painter, Glazier 19.06 28.59 38.12 724.28 69.44 7.62 Refractory Bricklayer 22.29 33.44 44.58 847.02 77.67 8.92 Refractory Bricklayers Asst. 19.50 29.25 39.00 741.00 68.09 7.80 18.89 28.34 37.78 717.82 65.99 7.56 64.24 7.35 GROUP 3 Bricklayer & plasterers labourer, demolition work, pile driver, tackle hand, jackhammer mixer driver, steel erector, aluminium alloy structural erector, gantry hand, crane hand, crane chaser, cement gun operator, concrete cutting or drilling machine operator, concrete gang including concrete floater, roof layer (malthoid or similar material) dump cart operator, stonemason assistant, concrete formwork stripper, mobile concrete pump hoseperson or linehand, insulator 18.02 27.03 36.04 684.76 63.00 7.21 Marker/Setter Out, GROUP 1 Rigger, Dogger GROUP 2 Scaffolder, powder monkey, hoist winch driver, foundation shaftsperson, steel fixer including tackwelder, concrete finisher 18.38 27.57 36.76 698.44 FARES ALLOWANCE 16.50 PER DAY * Where an employer requests a worker to transfer from one site to another site during working hours with their own vehicle an extra 89 cents per kilometre must be paid. * Where a worker uses their car to travel to a job outside the defined boundaries an extra 47 cents per kilometre plus on site travelling time from the boundary to the job and return must be paid. * The fares allowance must be paid on the rostered day off & superannuation calculated including ordinary time earnings. 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Izvještaj sindikata o sve raširenijoj praksi pokazuje da se stvara «trka na dno» u plaćama i radnim uvjetima i da se pošteni šefovi poslovanja guraju iz biznisa. То stoji Saveznu vladu i $2.45 milijarde godišnje u neplaćenom porezu – novcu koji bi se mogao potrošiti na javne radove i društvene službe. CFMEU je odlučan u tome da stane na kraj toj prljavoj praksi. Pregovara s velikim građevinskim firmama kako bi se osiguralo da se prava i plaće plaćaju pod-poduzetnicima (sub-contractors) koje angažiraju. Sindikat je također vodio razgovore sa Saveznom vladom, da se kompanije koje sudjeluju u poduzetničkim prevarama kazne velikim novčanim kaznama ako ih se uhvati. Ali mnogi radnici mogu biti lažni poduzetnici (contractors) a da to i ne znaju. Do lažnog poduzetništva dolazi kad kompanija zaposli radnike i traži od njih da rade na ABN (australski poslovni broj). Ali ako radite samo za tog poslodavca i on odlučuje koje smjene i poslove ćete raditi, onda ste zaposlenik. Tvrdnje da ćete zarađivati više su laž – građevinski radnici su iskorišteni u odnosu na mirovinsku štednju (superannuation), godišnji odmor i radničku odštetu. To znači ako ste ozlijeđeni na poslu nemate nikakvu zaštitu. Jedine osobe kojima koristi to lažno poduzetništvo su ti prepredeni šefovi. Lažno poduzetništvo prijeti industriji i standardima koje su članovi sindikata teškom mukom stekli tijekom desetina godina. Možete pomoći tako da postidite te prevarante. Ako takvo lažno poduzetništvo pogađa vas ili nekog koga poznate, kontaktirajte vašeg lokalnog organizatora CFMEU-а tako da nazovete 9749 0400. 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salarios y las condiciones de trabajo. El informe del sindicato sobre esta práctica en continuo aumento muestra que está creando una “carrera hacia lo más bajo” en cuanto a los salarios y las condiciones de trabajo y llevando a la ruina a los patrones decentes. Está costando también 2450 millones de dólares al gobierno federal en impuestos no pagados – fondos que podrían utilizarse en servicios públicos. El CFMEU está decidido a poner fin a esta práctica escandalosa. Está negociando con los grandes constructores para asegurar que los subcontratistas que ellos emplean, paguen los salarios y otros derechos que corresponden. El sindicato ha tenido también conversaciones con el gobierno federal con el objetivo de que se impongan multas severas a las empresas que implementan estos contratos simulados o falsos. Pero muchos trabajadores pueden ser “contratistas simulados” sin saberlo. Estos contratos simulados tienen lugar cuando una empresa contrata a un trabajador y lo hace trabajar como titular de un ABN. Pero si usted trabaja solamente para un empleador y éste determina sus turnos y sus tareas, usted es un empleado. Las promesas de que usted ganará más son mentiras – se estafa a los trabajadores de la construcción negándoles sus derechos legales, como ser la superannuation (contribución a un fondo de pensión privado), las licencias para vacaciones y los pagos de indemnización laboral. Esto significa que si sufre una lesión en el trabajo no tiene protección. Los únicos beneficiarios de los contratos simulados o falsos son los patrones sin escrúpulos. Los contratos falsos o simulados representan una amenaza para la industria y para las conquistas que los miembros del sindicato han alcanzado después de décadas de lucha. Puede ayudar avergonzando públicamente a quienes utilizan contratos simulados. Si usted o algún conocido trabaja conforme a un contrato falso o simulado, comuníquese con el organizador local del CFMEU llamando al 9749 0400. Nghiệp đoàn CFMEU trên toàn quốc quyết định theo đuổi việc chấm dứt các hợp đồng gian dối trong kỹ nghệ xây dựng nhằm bảo đảm an toàn tại các công trường làm việc và bảo vệ lương bỗng và các điều kiện làm việc của công nhân. Các báo cáo của nghiệp đoàn cho biết việc thâu dụng nhân công theo hợp đồng đang tăng lên khiến lương bỗng và điều kiện làm việc của công nhân “chạy đua rớt xuống đáy” và khiến những chủ nhân lương thiện phải đóng cửa doanh nghiệp đồng thời cũng làm chánh phủ liên bang thiệt hại mỗi năm một số tiền thuế là $2 tỷ 45 –một số tiền lớn mà chánh phủ có thể dùng vào các công ích xã hội. Nghiệp đoàn CFMEU cương quyết tìm cách chấm dứt cách thâu dụng nhân công theo hợp đồng đáng kinh tởm này. Nghiệp đoàn đang thương thuyết với các chủ nhân xây dựng để bảo đảm là những người phụ thầu phải trả các quyền lợi và lương bỗng chính đáng cho công nhân mà họ thuê. 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PTY LTD Unit 11/33 Ryde Road, Pymble, NSW 2073 Ph: (02) 9498 2466 Fax: (02) 9498 5914 UNITY53 WORLD FAIR GO FOR CHILEAN MINERS FOR A FEW WEEKS LAST YEAR the world’s attention turned to the Copiapó mine in San Jose, Chile, where 33 men were trapped in an underground mine. The men were dramatically brought back to the surface after a record 69 days underground in a rescue operation that transfixed the world. What is less known is that most Chilean workers operate in extremely unsafe working conditions that lead to many deaths and injuries. The country has 1 per cent of the world’s mine workers but 8 per cent of deadly accidents. Conditions at the San Jose mine were extremely unsafe before this accident. A worker died there in 2007, the mine was temporarily closed and the company warned of safety breaches. Cristian Cuevas is a union leader for Chilean copper workers who visited Australia recently as part of an international campaign to pressure the BEFORE BEFO BE FORE FO RE AND A ND AFTER A FT FTER ER DIGGING FOR SUPPORT Cristian Cuevas meets workers at the Liverpool Hospital building site, top, and paid his respects at the memorial to the Illawarra’s miners in Wollongong’s central business district. government to sign ILO convention 176, which guarantees the rights of mine workers. During the triumph of the rescue, Chilean president Sebastian Pinera promised to sign the international treaty and improve the country’s appall- ing safety record, but since then nothing has happened. “At the time of the Copiaco rescue the government gave a commitment to workers to improve safety. But it was only words. It was a great big lie. Nothing has been done to improve conditions.” In fact Cuevas said since the rescue 14 workers have been killed in mines and received little attention. “Until now the government has not made any effort to improve conditions.” Cuevas visited many construction sites in NSW to raise awareness of the plight of Chilean workers and managed to get 1000 people to sign a petition pressuring the government to improve conditions. Ab o u t 2 5 t r a d e u n i o n organisations sent letters to the Chilean president urging him to demand the government sign the convention. The groups included Unions NSW, Victorian Trade Halls Council, the ACTU and the CFMEU. Cuevas was impressed by the power of the union in Australia. “In Chile we struggle for our rights. In Australia the union is strong. We are very grateful for the support and solidarity. “We will never forget it.” UNITY 35 COMMUNITY A WORLD OF HELP CFMEU MEMBERS at the Built job – Park Hyatt at the Rocks – were on their best behaviour recently when Miss World Australia Ashleigh Francis dropped in for a bit of fundraising. Francis was helping out the Schizophrenia Research Institute in its annual SwearStop campaign, which calls on people to stop swearing for a week. Although swearing is not something normally associated with Miss World, Francis says from time to time she needs to watch what she says.In the CFMEU ranks, cursing is something of a trait, but the boys at Build were all pleases and thankyous as the bucket was passed around. Site delegate Larry Valesini, said, “The guys were on their best behaviour and were proud to do their bit”. Well-known cusser, Assistant State Secretary Brian “Sparkles” Parker took up the challenge last year with great success, although there were a few lapses according to sources close to the action. CFMEU Senior Legal Officer, Rita Mallia, who is also the CFMEU’s representative on the board of the Schizophrenia Research Institute says the union is proud to support the efforts of researchers in the field. “With this disease that affects one in 100 people, particularly young people, it’s important that the CFMEU and its members support the cause, one that the union has been proud to be a part of for more than a decade,” Mallia says. If you want to support the research work of the Schizophrenia Research Institute go to www. schizophreniaresearch.org.au Already this year SwearStop has raised $35,000 which will be used to fund research into mental health. I N T WOM E N ’ S DAY THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY of International Women’s Day saw a huge delegation of the CFMEU’s female officers and staff rally under the union banner in Sydney. The CFMEU marked it as Australian unions were pushing their equal pay claim to close the persisting gender gap in pay that leaves women earning almost 18 per cent less than men. However the CFMEU’s Rita Mallia says in construction there is no gender gap. “All women in this industry – be they crane operators, carpenters, scaffolders and painters, operating heavy plant on civil jobs or as ticketed workers and labourers – benefit from the same wages and conditions as the men. The CFMEU has been a proud UNITY 36 supporter of many of the women’s campaigns for equality over the past 100 years, including the recently introduced Paid Parental Leave. The Union also supports the current national equal pay test case for social and community service workers to redress pay discrepancies, which may lift the pay rates of up to 150,000 women workers. “The struggle for pay equity is an issue for everyone. If women working in service sectors can earn better wages as a result of this case, that will only benefit families and the Australian community and economy,” says CFMEU Construction Division National Secretary Dave Noonan. 5$188$ 1 .5$136.,(++(.- ,$- -# 6.,$-+.2$3'$(1+(5$2 %1.,4-2 %$6.1* *Source ICFTU Is it fair? MAKE LIFE FAIR EVERYWHERE, BECOME A GLOBAL JUSTICE PARTNER. Union Aid Abroad APHEDA The overseas humanitarian aid agency of the ACTU Call 1800 888 674 or visit apheda.org.au HISTORY S H O R T PAY W E E KS R A I N E D AWAY For many young workers today, the pay, rights and conditions they enjoy are just a fact of life. However, they were hard won through the struggle and sacrifices of past generations. This article recounts how building workers got to keep their feet dry and their wages intact. THE BUILDING INDUSTRY was an industry of short weekly pays back in the early 1940s. During those years building workers were only paid for time worked plus one week annual leave pay. This meant on weeks when it rained and it was too wet to work building workers got a short pay. When there was a public holiday or the worker was off sick that was also a short pay week. When they lost time between jobs they got no pay. Building workers were paid pay loadings that were meant to financially compensate them for these non-paid days. These loadings were added to their wage rate. The problem was that most building workers lived from week to week and never put money away to pay the bills during short pay weeks or weeks where they got no pay. Like other blue-collar workers they never received long service leave, redundancy pay or superannuation. So the building industry was an uncivilised industry to work in. The first step taken to address this problem was to increase annual holiday pay from one week to two weeks in 1945. WET WEATHER PAY In the early 1950s Victorian building workers took the next step when they won the right to be paid for time lost through wet weather – up to eight hours in any one week. Soon after NSW building workers took another step forward when they won the right to be paid for the first 32 hours lost in any one four-week cycle. The difference was for example, if four days were lost in any one week because of rain, Victorian building workers only got one day’s pay where the NSW building workers got four day’s pay. Later on time lost through excessive hot weather was also paid for and now it is called inclement pay. EMPLOYER’S SOMERSAULT Before wet weather pay was won, employers would usually close down the worksite for the day if it was raining when the workers turned up for work. The workers would stay in the sheds at least until smoko playing cards, telling jokes or talking about race horses or football before a decision was made about whether the job was to be rained off. This was because sometimes the weather would clear and that meant the men could work and be paid. When the new award provisions were introduced the employers did a somersault. They wanted the men to stay on the job at least until smoko time and in most cases until lunch before a decision was made on whether the job would be rained off for the day. The other problem was that disputes developed about what constituted rain. The employers argued that when it was sprinkling it was not rain, and “rain” was only if it was very heavily sprinkling. The workers argued the reverse. Different employers made different decisions. On those jobs that were unorganised heavy or light sprinkling was not regarded as rain and the workers were required to work. On jobs where there was some level of union organisation, heavy sprinkling was regarded as rain, but the men worked if it was only light sprinkling. On well-organised jobs, light as well as heavy sprinkling was regarded as rain and the men did not work. That argument still exists today in the area of safety. The level of safety is determined by the level of organisation. That’s how it is in respect of all differences between workers and employers. Tom McDonald Former National Secretary Building Workers Industrial Union (BWIU) UNITY 37 YOUR HEALTH/OBITUARIES IT’S YOUR LIFE WHEN ANDREIA JONES LOST her father to leukaemia, the young mother decided to put her grief to good use. Jones is hoping her father’s story will encourage men to take more responsibility for their health and go see a doctor. “I wanted to write this story to make others aware – especially men – on how important it is to have at least two full check-ups during the year,” says Jones. “On my dad’s ward there were more men then women and I asked the doctor why and he bluntly said, ‘Andreia men don’t like going to the doctor and when they eventually do go it is too late’.” The first sign that Andreia’s dad Alipio Jones was ill was when he came down with a burning fever that would not go away. Blood tests taken while he was in emergency showed he had AML leukaemia – the most aggressive form of the disease you can get. “My dad had been handed the biggest challenge of his life, yet he never gave up on a challenge – he thought his life was worth fighting for,” says Jones. “He came to Australia with only $100 in his pocket, a wife and two little girls. He had come here to give us all a better life. He had worked hard all his life and was proud of what he had come to this country with and what he had managed to achieve. He and mum were the happiest they had ever been. For the next nine months, Jones went through intense treatment and chemotherapy, making it briefly into remission. However two weeks after his last round of chemo he caught a virus and on September 5 last year – Father’s Day – with his immune system depleted the virus claimed his life. “The night before he had played his guitar and sat in a chair telling his three grandchildren old stories about when he was young – we all talked for hours, he told us he was okay and that he would one day watch over us,” recalls Jones. “The kids got taken home and the rest of the family stayed with him, we said goodnight, kissed him and in the early hours of the morning he let out a soft, but deep sigh, his eyes opened, he smiled and then shut them again – I think he just wanted to see us one more time before he left. “The feeling of peace we all felt in that room was amazing.” Jones urges men, of all ages, to honour her father by going to see a doctor “for any ache or pain or discomfort you have”. “Let the professionals determine whether it’s important or not. You’ll be thankful that you did go.” Jo n e s a l s o u r g e s C F M E U members to donate to the Leukaemia Foundation to help it fund research and to donate blood, which is critical in keeping sufferers alive. FALLEN COMRADES We salute members lost since the last edition of Unity. “Scotty Bob” Lewis died earlier this year after a battle with cancer. A former delegate and long-term union member, he had worked with Action Scaffolding during his career. Sydney Harbour Bridge worker John Langley passed away at work in March from a suspected massive heart attack. A former CFMEU delegate on the bridge he was highly respected by his workmates, who were devastated by his death. Fittingly, according to mates, his funeral started with a rendition of George Thorogood’s One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. Also lost is Roy Bishop, a scaffolder in the industry for more than 40 years. Also a former delegate and long-term member, he played a large role teaching the scaffolding ropes to many Islanders. Vale, our friends, we will continue the struggle in your honour. INDUSTRIAL HEALTH MATTERS PEGGY TROMPF ›› WOMEN SAY STOP AT A RECENT INFORMATION DAY at the Lidcombe office, women CFMEU members raised many health and safety concerns. Among them were lack of toilet and washing facilities, working with chemicals, working at height, little or no rest breaks, working in extreme temperatures, sexual harassment and physical violence and verbal abuse. Most women working in the sector are on casual rates and therefore feel very vulnerable about their job security, especially if they raise their concerns to the boss. One serious problem that crosses gender lines UNITY 38 is the amount of assaults experienced by traffic controllers, and there have also been a number of deaths due to vehicle collisions with workers. Women say that driver training does not include basic instruction about mandatory requirements to halt at stop signs at road works. Some drivers become very aggressive, ignore the signs and there are many instances where traffic controllers have narrowly escaped injury from drivers or their vehicles. Traffic control companies vary in their attitude to their female employees, with some having good safety and industrial policies in place, while others neglect the very basics of decent working conditions. Due to their employment conditions, these women do not have safety committee representation, and letting the union know about bad conditions as soon as they can is the best protection they currently have. Peggy Trompf is a University of Sydney researcher specialising in occupational health and a former director of the Workers Health Centre in Sydney DRUG & ALCOHOL ANOTHER ROUND Participants in the golf day had an above-par day out and below workers watch the new video ABOVE PAR PERFORMANCE A BIG THANK YOU to all who attended or supported the Building Trades Group of Unions Drug and Alcohol Program 2011 charity golf day recently. In its third year, the event attracted employers, workers and union delegates –altogether more than 100 people turned out at Camden Valley Golf Course. Companies sponsored individual holes, a large number of raffle tickets were sold and a substantial amount of money was raised. The event has become a big hit as it combines a fun day out with raising money for a great cause. The Program’s Tom Simpson thanked all the sponsors. “It is our sponsors who really make this day a great success. We value their ongoing support.” The money raised goes towards providing supporting the work done by the Program. Hats $10 2011 SPONSORS Alpene Group Axis Baulderstone Group Bovis Lend lease Darling Walk Brighton Australia Built CFMEU Const & General City East Carpentry CRC Commercial & residential DeiCorp Fine Touch Hutchinson Builders Instant Access Landscape Solutions Lawrence Group Lend Lease fitout Lindales NSW Tiling Services Reed Group Southside Reo Theo Brothers Thiess Kids T $8 Polo Shirts $20 BIG G DEMAND FOR NEW VIDEO The Building Trades Group of Unions Drug and Alcohol Program continues to promote its updated Just Not at Work, Mate video. The short film provides information for workers and employers about how to deal with drugs and alcohol in the workplace. The program’s Tom Simpson recently visited a Sydney site to show the video and said it was well received. “It’s a big hit with the workers. It is well received and we have never had any negative feed- HiVis Polo $12 Streetwise Safety Specialists. For all your Safety and Uniform needs. Stop in at the shop located in the foyer of the CFMEU Building. Or call us on 02 4225 7575 b k It hit i ht notes.” t ” back. hits allll th the right The video gives an overview of some of the problems around drugs, alcohol and gambling. It also highlights the work done by the program. Its available for purchase to companies both in and outside the construction industry and comes with a training pack that includes overheads, trainers notes and the DVD. If you would like to purchase a copy or arrange to have the video shown at your site, please call us on 02 9555 7852. HiVis Drill Shirts $25 GREEN BANS PRIDE OF PLACE A mural at Woolloomoolloo commemorates the green bans and inset, Jack Mundey being taken away by police STOPPED WORK 1971: Kelly’s Bush, Hunter’s Hill. 1972: The Rocks. 1976: Bellevue House at Blackwattle Bay, which is bought by Leichhardt Council in 1981 and restored and re-opened as a community facility in 2007. 1995: RTA site in Erskineville slated for high-rise development – now Green Bans Park. 1998: Ban on Conservatorium of Music redevelopment. Design changed to incorporate glass and sandstone in wall, size reduced. 1999: Ban on works at Seaforth TAFE, Manly. In March 2011, Manly Council announces plans to buy at a discount price to turn into community facility. 2000: Plan to build McDonalds at the entrance of Centennial Park on Anzac Parade and Lang Road WESAVEDTHISCITY Close your eyes and just imagine: McDonalds at the entrance to Centennial Park; modern highrise at The Rocks; a “privatised” harbour foreshore lined by highrise apartments, no Finger Wharf at Wolloomolloo, Newcastle’s historic East End demolished, Wollongong’s majestic Regent Theatre no more. That is the Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong we would live in today if not for the CFMEU and its predecessor unions’ use of Green Bans. On June 16, the CFMEU marks the 40th anniversary of the first green ban. On that day Jack Mundey, then NSW secretary of the Builders Labourers’ Federation (BLF), joined forces with a group of conservative Hunter’s Hill housewives to save the last patch of bushland on the Parramatta River. The win at what is known as Kelly’s Bush was to be the first of many victories for the union. During the 1970s, the BLF, under the leadership of Mundey, Joe Owens and the late Bob Pringle, with the support of the Building Workers’ Industrial Union and the Federated Engine Driver’s and Firemen’s Association (FEDFA) imposed more than 42 green bans to protect heritage buildings, parks, bushland and even historical suburbs in Sydney. The most high-profile of the battles was to save The Rocks. The BLF banned its members from working in The Rocks, effectively stopping its development. But the battle came to a head when a developer using non-union labour UNITY 40 broke the ban by starting demolition of old garages in Playfair St in October 1973. “We stopped work on all of Sydney’s building sites and marched on The Rocks,” recalls Mundey. Arrests, media coverage and government and developer outcry followed, but the public was on the side of the workers. “Without Jack Mundey and his intervention, The Rocks would have looked much the same as the Sydney central business district, generally high-rise modern development with individual older buildings interspersed,” the National Trust wrote in a submission supporting the creation of Jack Mundey Place in The Rocks. For Mundey and his comrades, the use of the green ban was a natural extension of workers’ rights. “It’s not much use us getting great wages and conditions if the world we build chokes us to death,” Mundey said in a 1972 interview. Much more than just saving patches of green space and important heritage buildings, Mundey and the building workers he led told the world that working people had a conscience and that they would exercise it through how they used their labour. The takeover of the BLF by Norm Gallagher and his right-wing supporters saw green bans abandoned and the cult of development once more to the fore. However in the 1990s green bans re-emerged in NSW under the leadership of CFMEU Secretary Andrew Ferguson and President Peter McClelland. In the early 1990s the CFMEU imposed a ban on the demolition of Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo, which lasted for 2.5 years and eventually saved the wharf. In Erskineville green bans saved scarce green space from being developed and is now commemorated as Green Ban Park. At Pyrmont, children splash in a wondrous waterpark playground built on land that save for a green ban would now be privatised harbour foreshore. McClelland says groups that seek the union’s help in saving their urban environments do not often realise the cost to the workers involved. “When we place green bans, we are sometimes acting contrary to our members’ best interests in terms of securing work and during John Howard’s government, workers faced huge fines if they took industrial action,” he says. Some victories took time to achieve. In Newcastle a ban was placed in 1973 on demolition in the historic East End and foreshore. Fourteen years later the world’s longest green ban ended with a State government announcement that the area would be saved. CFMEU members can be rightly proud to be part of the green-ban tradition, says NSW State Secretary Mal Tulloch, as not only are they recognised locally, but have also been hailed internationally as a uniquely Australian contribution to the international workers’ movement. “Cities are often full of monuments to important ‘people’,” says Tulloch. “In Sydney the heritage we have saved is a monument to the power of the working classes and our gift to our children’s future.” blocked. Green bans have been imposed four times in the park since 1972. 2001: Maritime Services Board building at Circular Quay, now the Museum of Contemporary Art. 2003: Ban on Water Police Site at Pyrmont results in purchase by Sydney City Council and its redevelopment into Pirrama Park. 2003: Regent Theatre, Wollongong – green bans stop demolition and building now heritage listed. 2005: Ban placed on Ferguson Lodge, home for 24 long-term disabled residents threatened with removal after owners ParaQuad announced plans to redevelop home into a respite care centre. 2006: Plan by Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Veterans Association to evict ageing Diggers and sell Belmore units stopped after green ban on any redevelopment. 2006: “Red and green” ban on Redfern Oval over Sydney City Council redevelopment plans for Rabbitohs’ spiritual home. 2006: Coastal Patrol building that houses the Greek Sportsman’s Hall of Fame, Grand Parade Bright-LeSands. 2007: Killalea State Park – privatisation/development abandoned after sustained campaign and green ban. 2008: Wollongong Town Hall – demolition stopped and building refurbished. 2008: Wollongong Harbour – saved by union and community campaign. 2009: Union Square, Pyrmont, saved after government announces plan to forcefully acquire 130-yearold terraces to make way for Pyrmont station on Rozelle to City metro.