A week after Labor wins Victoria, the CFMEU shuts down a project

[nero_bolt]

Its all coming true as predicted in the lead up to the Victorian State election -- The CFMEU are at again -- not less than a week after their parrot - puppet is elected as Premier of Victoria ,here they are destroying and strong arming employers who are trying to grow their business

Here we go already. The CFMEU celebrates Labor’s win in Victoria by deciding which businesses may operate:

THE CFMEU shut down an Aldi supermarket construction site, the militant union flexing its muscle just a week after Labor won power in Victoria.

The Herald Sun saw CFMEU representatives block the site at Millers Rd, Altona, refusing access to trucks carrying building materials.

CFMEU representatives allegedly told subcontractors: “There’ll be no work here today."…

The Herald Sun has been told the construction company does not have a union-endorsed enterprise bargaining agreement.

It also understands the CFMEU has taken issue with Aldi’s use of overseas contractors. Building industry sources said the union has had a long-running battle with Aldi over its use of international experts, which are brought in to oversee the German company’s specific method of laying its concrete floors to provide extra strength.

And so the CFMEU takes it on itself to tell other people they may not work.

The supplier said he was “shattered” to see his union hurt his business.

“It’s just frustrating and expensive,” he said.

“I’m paying my blokes to be doing nothing out there. And the builder holds our payment because we’re not performing to contract.”

Is this Victoria under Daniel Andrews? YES more to come 

[aps1080]

Bad wording on my part. I meant "as part of" the award, not under it in terms of amount.

[alexander*beetle]

Seriously Nero if you can't post your own comment then at least post something that is current. 

And instead of union bashing, are you aware that over 550 people have been killed on worksite accidents in the past 3 years. Are you also aware that most building companies 'choose' to ignore and in fact some even 'demand' that OH&S requirements are bypassed to save time and money? Even with a fine for a death on-site, it is still cheaper than having to adhere to the regulations. That's why the unions often stop a job, to protect and look after their own. They might not be perfect but when an accident or death occurs, more often than not it is because of dodgy management decisions. 

And there will be plenty more of that when the new FTA's are in place. They will be allowed to bypass the normal hiring requirements for work and bring in their own overseas workers who will work for half the money. It's pretty obvious one of the reasons governments right back to Howard didn't sign it. Because it means overseas investors will be able to do what they want with their investments and the only ones who will suffer will be Australians. 

[debra9275]

i'm not very familiar with the western suburbs, does anyone  know where the east/west link was going to come out. I found the Aldi sites in the area

https://www.google.com.au/maps/search/aldi+millers+road+altona/@-37.844373,144.8459504,13z/data=!3m1...

[aps1080]

Stage 2 of the EW link would join the Western Ring Road between the two intersection where the Western Hwy and the Princess Hwy are - so about due East of the new Aldi store.

That is of course if it went ahead and wasn't changed.

[debra9275]

thanks aps

[the_hawk*]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Hi aps 🙂

Sorry, my question was meant to be in response to Hawk's post:

"As a life member of the CFMEU I can tell you they don't close down work sites without very good reason, the most common being work place safety issues that are being ignored."

You'd think Aldi would know all about work place safety issues by now, they've built enough stores in Aus by now. Have the rules suddenly changed with the new government?

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Aldi dont do the builing personally they contract that to a construction company. 

Many dont take workers lives seriously

[aps1080]

debra

it's just down the road from me. I drive past it weekly.

Shows how much I read local newspapers, I didn't know about it !!!

[the_hawk*]

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@alexander*beetle wrote:

Seriously Nero if you can't post your own comment then at least post something that is current. 

And instead of union bashing, are you aware that over 550 people have been killed on worksite accidents in the past 3 years. Are you also aware that most building companies 'choose' to ignore and in fact some even 'demand' that OH&S requirements are bypassed to save time and money? Even with a fine for a death on-site, it is still cheaper than having to adhere to the regulations. That's why the unions often stop a job, to protect and look after their own. They might not be perfect but when an accident or death occurs, more often than not it is because of dodgy management decisions. 

And there will be plenty more of that when the new FTA's are in place. They will be allowed to bypass the normal hiring requirements for work and bring in their own overseas workers who will work for half the money. It's pretty obvious one of the reasons governments right back to Howard didn't sign it. Because it means overseas investors will be able to do what they want with their investments and the only ones who will suffer will be Australians. 

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Glad to see someone that understands how it is

[debra9275]

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@aps1080 wrote:

debra

it's just down the road from me. I drive past it weekly.

Shows how much I read local newspapers, I didn't know about it !!!

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this is the thing aps,

there's so much we don't know about it yet (eat/west) that is

for all we know the govt may have needed to acquire the land from another aldi store , or aldi were building another store due to traffic relocation or accessibility or traffic flows, no idea until more info is released about it all

[fourandsixpants]

Well said Alexander.

OH&S legislation, rulings, procedures, requirements are mandatory to protect lives of all workers and to keep the work site safe.....office, retail outlets, mine sites, restaurants etc etc and they are there to be adhered to not ignored.

More penalties should be issued for those that ignore or choose to bypass OH&S issues imo.