Unity Feb 2012

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Legal advice around the
corner with T&S arrival
in Campbelltown
Taylor & Scott Lawyers have
been assisting CFMEU members
and their families for more
than 60 years. We are proud
and excited to announce the
expansion of our practice with
the opening of a new office at
Campbelltown this month.
Kimberley Becker, a very
experienced compensation
specialist, will be heading up
the team at Campbelltown.
Kimberley has been with Taylor
& Scott Lawyers for several
years and is a valued, dedicated
and committed member
with extensive experience in
compensation matters.
Kimberly is also a local
member of the Campbelltown/
Macarthur community and is
looking forward to providing
professional, sound legal
advice to local members of the
community.
The Campbelltown office will
also have the services of Taylor
& Scott lawyers who specialise
in the purchase and sale of
property, motor accident law,
public liability, personal injury
law, family law, employment
law, wills and estate matters and
migration law. These lawyers
will attend our Campbelltown
office regularly to assist you
with all your
legal needs.
CFMEU NSW Branch Secretary
Brian Parker says, “Taylor &
Scott Lawyers have been loyal
supporters of the CFMEU and
its members for more than half
a century and they have always
provided outstanding assistance
to our members. This move
will be of great benefit to our
members and their families
who live in the area. I urge our
membership to support the
Campbelltown office.”
His view was supported by
CFMEU President Rita Mallia
who added: “The CFMEU and
Taylor and Scott have had a
long partnership assisting
building workers, particularly
those seriously injured or
those families who tragically
lose a loved one to a workplace
accident. Taylor and Scott have
provided 1000s of CFMEU
members with expert advice
and assistance and obtained
results, even in the most
complex of circumstances.
Taylor and Scott, its partners
and staff understand the
construction industry and also
support trade unionism. The
open for business
CFMEU State Secretary Brian Parker congratulates Kimberley Becker
and Elizabeth Morris on the opening of the Campbelltown office
CFMEU supports the opening
of an office in Campbelltown
where many building workers
live and we hope that this
becomes part of the continued
high quality legal services that
out members deserve and have
come to expect.”
Taylor & Scott’s Managing
Partner Gervase Liddy says the
move reinforces the company’s
philosophy, “We Care For You”,
and highlights its commitment
to the CFMEU family.
“It will mean all of our
services are now more accessible
to CFMEU members and their
families who have lived too far
away from our current offices
based in Sydney, Lidcombe,
Newcastle and Wollongong, to
be able to take advantage of our
one-stop legal shop”.
Taylor & Scott’s new office
will be located at Suite 1.11,
First floor, Block B, Centric,
4 Hyde Parade, Campbelltown
Tel: 4623 8999. Office hours
will be between 8.30am-5pm
Monday to Friday. We are also
able to visit you in hospital by
appointment.
At Taylor & Scott Lawyers
“We Care For You”. We are ready
to assist you with all your legal
needs so contact our staff on
1800 600 664 for professional
sound legal advice.
Taylor & Scott Lawyers have
been fighting for the rights of
CFMEU members for more than
60 years, getting members the
compensation they deserve Our
team of experienced lawyers will
provide legal advice at discounted
rates to all members and their
families. Whether its advice on
compensation, conveyancing,
family law, wills/estates or criminal
matters, we’re here to help you.
Offices located in the City, and at
Lidcombe, Wollongong, Newcastle
and now Campbelltown.
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EDITORIAL
Winning start
for new team
The CFMEU NSW Branch begins 2012
with a new team at the helm and a run
of successful campaigns already under
its belt.
Ahead of the Christmas break, the new
team led a campaign to ensure members
working for the Cardinal group received
payouts when the company collapsed.
Then with Christmas pudding barely
digested, the CFMEU was again in the media
highlighting the presence of asbestos on
the Museum of Contemporary Art site at
Circular Quay.
These two early victories reflect the new
team’s focus for 2012: safety and wages
and entitlements.
Along with newly elected president
Rita Mallia and assistant secretaries Rebel
Hanlon and Rob Kera, as well as industrial
co-ordinator Brian Fitzpatrick, I am
committed to ensuring members receive
every dollar to which they are entitled.
I make this commitment knowing
our members and their families are feeling
the pinch financially as the economy
tightens and competition in the construction
industry grows.
At the same time I want to ensure safety
standards are not lost in the push to cut
corners to maximise profits, especially as
new safety laws come into force.
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Feb 2012 Issue 55
4-5 The new team
6-7
Your union
8
Retired members
9Enterprise agreements 10 Wage claims
11 Cover story
12-13 OHS
14-15Regional
The CFMEU has already made
large gains to protect workers’ rights
legislatively in 2011 with the federal
government crackdown on sham
contracting and making company
directors personally liable for unpaid
superannuation.
We also hope the legislation to abolish
the Australian Building and Construction
Commission will pass parliament in 2012.
In 2012, we will build on these
successes through site visits to check
compliance of 24-Hour Top-Up Insurance,
superannuation payments, workers’
compensation and pay rates. We would
also like to see more workers receiving
pay and conditions on union-negotiated
enterprise bargaining agreements.
NSW Branch Organisers will be a more
visible presence on NSW construction sites
through increased work site visits and
more face-to-face contact with our rank
and file membership.
However the union is only as strong
as its members and I seek your support
in rebuilding the union’s strength
by remaining financial in the union and
standing by your union delegates
and organisers.
Brian Parker
CFMEU NSW Branch Secretary
16 Brick, tile and pottery
17 Legal
18 Member services
19 Women’s conference
20-21 Picnic Day
23-26 Awards
27-29 Multilingual
35 International action
36-37 The essay
38 Your health
39 Drug & Alcohol
40 Profile
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UNITY 3
YOUR UNION
Steeped in labour tradition
Rebel Hanlon
Assistant State Secretary
Rita Mallia
NSW President
Brian Parker
NSW State Secretary
Rob Kera
Assistant State Secretary
Named after the James Dean
character, Rebel Hanlon differs
from his celluloid namesake as
the Blacktown boy is very much
the rebel with a cause.
Promoted to Assistant State
Secretary in October 2010, Hanlon
has been on the front foot since,
ensuring regional members get
the same level of service from the
CFMEU as city-based workers.
Having left high school to
take on an apprenticeship as a
boilermaker, Hanlon worked for
Transfield for seven years before
moving on to rigging and cranes.
While working on the Nepean
Hospital, Hanlon became a CFMEU
delegate. His move into a job with
the union was at the prompting of
Organiser Mark Cunningham.
“I was asking him where the
next job was and he suggested the
union,” he recalls. “The union was
just lining up for the Cole Royal
Commission and I thought ‘what
am I getting into’.”
But Hanlon regards his work
as “one of the best jobs you
could get”. “It’s one of the few
jobs where you can really make a
difference in people’s lives.”
As the child of Maltese
immigrants, Rita Mallia knows
the sacrifice new arrivals make.
So it is no surprise her
elevation to the presidency is a
matter of pride for her parents.
“Like all migrant parents
they clearly feel that to see their
children succeed emphasises the
correctness of the sacrifice they
made,” she says.
The only daughter of four
children, Mallia grew up in
Penrith, studying law at Sydney
University.
With a long-held interest in
industrial relations she jumped
when a job with the CFMEU
appeared in the Herald.
“I applied and didn’t get
the job,” she recalls. Soon after
however she was offered the
workers’ compensation role.
That was 15 years ago with
Mallia eventually taking on the
union’s top legal job. Now living
in the inner west with partner
Tim Curtis, Mallia admits she is
“very excited” by her new role. “I’d
like to make my own mark in this
position but also carry on in the
tradition of previous presidents.”
Construction may not have
been the first choice of a career
for Brian Parker, but it was his
destiny.
After an apprenticeship
with brickie Phil Fullerton, who
was later on the Committee of
Management, Parker started work
as a bar manager under a contract
to play rugby league. Although
he admits few would believe it,
Parker says he was “lightning
fast” and for two years was the
leading point-scorer. However his
hopes of a professional career
ended with an accident that saw
him again take up the tools.
The married father-of-two
became an Organiser in February
1990 and for the past 10 years
was Assistant State Secretary, He
has spent his life in Sydney’s west
and believes his working-class
upbringing sealed his fate.
“My father worked in the
industry along with five uncles
and was a prominent delegate.
My grandfather was with the
retired members association and
my mother is still active with her
union,” he says. “I had no choice
in life, it was in my genes.”
With a father who was a delegate
in the BLF, it is no surprise Rob
Kera has spent a life on the tools.
However he could have easily
taken another direction.
Leaving school in 1987 he
worked as a builder’s labourer
before heading to university. Kera
says he soon realised university
“wasn’t for me” and returned to
construction, spending the next
16 years helping build Sydney.
Growing up in Surry Hills,
Kera recalls his father often being
on strike. “At the time all we
knew was there was no money
coming in and we used to get the
shits,” says Kera. “But as I got
older I came to understand what a
sacrifice he made.”
Kera, whose third child is
due next month, admits he never
thought he would last as an
Organiser. “Being offered a job as
an official was my own personal
Everest. There were organisers
out there like Les Tobler and Tom
Mitchell and I thought there was
no way I’d be the calibre of official
they were.” Eight years later his
recent election shows how wrong
that view was.
Brian Fitzpatrick
Industrial Co-ordinator
The CFMEU’s Industrial
Co-ordinator for the past 12 years,
Fitzpatrick spent 20 years in the
cottage industry before taking on
delegate’s duties while working on
the Parramatta Law Courts.
It is a sign of the importance
of the moment when he became
a paid union official, that
Fitzpatrick can reel off the date
without hesitation – 2 May, 1988.
During his life on the tools
the Casino-born Fitzpatrick has
witnessed and joined many of the
union movement’s big struggles
including the fight during the
1970s for the introduction of long
service leave.
His time as a sub-contractor
helps him empathise with the
increasing number of members
who are “self-employed”.
“So many people are forced
on to an ABN and realise when
something happens they’ve got
nothing to back them,” he says.
If there is an afterlife, you can
bet Brian Fitzpatrick will be
fighting the good fight on the
other side.
With more than 24 years’
service to the building union,
Fitzpatrick is a “true believer”.
“I’ve been in the union since
1966 and will be until the day I
die and will be beyond,” he says.
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YOUR UNION
FACE OF THE FUTURE: Rob Hanlon, Rita Mallia, Brian Parker and Rob Kera are focused on increasing the union’s industrial strength
Generation change
In the closing weeks of 2011, the CFMEU
NSW executive underwent a transformation
with the Committee of Management electing
a new team to lead the union.
Brian Parker, known as “Sparkles”
throughout the industry, was promoted into
the top job as NSW State Secretary and Rita
Mallia elected NSW President.
City-based Organiser Rob Kera was voted
in as Assistant State Secretary with Rebel
Hanlon remaining as the other Assistant
Secretary and Brian Fitzpatrick continuing
as Industrial Co-ordinator.
Parker, who was previously Assistant
State Secretary, said he was honoured and
overwhelmed by the trust the COM had
placed in him.
“It is an incredibly big job, but I feel I can
make a big contribution,” he says.
“I have lived through two royal
commissions and have been part of battles
for rights that go way back so I know how
important the conditions we have are to
workers and I am determined to see them
improved, not stripped away.”
Parker says the new team signifies a
generational change at the union’s helm and
would bring a renewed energy to the union.
He says there will be a focus for 2012
on industrial issues with plans to rebuild
the union by increasing site visits and
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supporting delegates.
“The core of trade unionism is face to face
contact with the rank and file,” he says.
“You can’t deal with any issues with
workers unless you see what the issues are
and the conditions they are working under.”
The Liverpool resident also understands
how tough things are financially for many
members.
“In these difficult financial times we need
to address core issues that face workers and
their families every day of the week,” he says.
These issues included continuity
of employment, the casualisation of
the industry and improving wages and
conditions.
Parker says 2012 will also be a challenge
politically for the union as legislation
to abolish the Australian Building and
Construction Commission will go through
parliament.
“We still have battles to win on this front
and want to ensure that the new body
is not just the ABCC in a different dress,”
says Parker.
In accepting the presidency Mallia
makes history as the first woman to hold the
position in NSW.
She also brings a depth of legal knowledge
to the executive team having been a legal
officer with the union for more than 15 years.
“I am passionate about workers’ rights,
particularly those who have been injured
as a result of workplace accidents,” she says.
“I have also helped many families who
have tragically lost family members who
have died from workplace accidents. They
are the stories that stay with me, and inspire
me to continue the struggle for better laws
and conditions.
“I relish the opportunity now to broaden
my contribution to our members and the
wider trade-union movement in my role
as president.”
She also says it is a great honour to
succeed in such a male-dominated field,
and believes her appointment represents
a landmark moment for the construction
sector and is a testament to the CFMEU C&G
Division and its commitment to ensuring
the best person gets the job.
“To have a woman as part of the
leadership team of the CFMEU Construction
Division in NSW, one of the largest branches
of the construction union in Australia, sends
a message to women that they can succeed
within the industry.
“At a time of skills shortages across
Australia we need women to move into less
conventional careers and my promotion
reassures them that their voices and
concerns will be heard by the union.”
UNITY 5
YOUR UNION
New challenges
for outgoing team
Outgoing union secretary Mal
Tulloch has described his 18
months in the union’s top job as
one of the highlights of his life.
Tulloch says he decided to step
down from the position to spend
more time with his new-born son.
“It has been a great honour
to represent building workers
across the State in their struggle
for better pay and conditions,”
he says. “However it is a job that
requires the complete dedication
of the State Secretary and with
the recent birth of my son I can
no longer commit to giving the
position the hours it requires and
my full attention.
“I remain incredibly proud of
the achievements of the CFMEU
NSW branch under my leadership
and note during my 18-month
tenure we negotiated the next
round of enterprise agreements
that will deliver decent wages and
conditions to our membership for
the next three years.”
Tulloch says among the
highlights of his time was the
national campaign for Ark Tribe.
“It was a campaign that
highlighted the injustices of the
ABCC’s attacks on the union and
exposed the watchdog for what it
really was,” he says.
With more than 10 years
service to the CFMEU and a life
of trade unionism behind him,
Tulloch says he is not about to
walk away from the movement.
“I want to take a break and
reassess what I do, but I want
to be involved in some way in
CAMPAIGN: McClelland in action protesting outside Villawood Detention Centre
helping the working class who are
continually being exploited.”
Peter McClelland, who served
22 years as CFMEU President, says
he felt it was time to step aside.
“After 37 years as an elected
officer in various positions, it was
time for a change,” he says. Like
Tulloch he is taking a breather
before plunging into a new career.
“One thing the members of the
Union can be assured of is I won’t
be using the skills that I have as
an IR rep for the bosses,” he says.
McClelland began his union
life in 1974 when he was elected
to the Committee of Management
of the Plate Sheet and Ornamental
Glass Workers. Within 10 years
he had risen to be the union’s
general secretary and played
PROUD: Tulloch
a key role in its amalgamation
with the then BWIU, which
later became the CFMEU. The
Cronulla resident says as part of
the amalgamation he decided to
take on an Organiser’s role and
“leave it to my peers to see if I was
worthy of another position”.
In 1990 he became the
BWIU NSW President (now the
CFMEU NSW Branch) and has
held that elected position since.
McClelland’s expertise lay in the
rules of the union to protect the
members, union structure, Green
Bans, and international solidarity.
He has always been a strong
activist, organising rallies and
demonstrations and was proud
to be on the front line during the
1998 MUA Patricks dispute.
McClelland considers the
campaigns for superannuation in
1983 and the 1987 redundancy
fight as the key victories of
his time in the union as both
set benchmarks that spread
nationally. For the past 10 years
he has also spearheaded the
CFMEU’s Green Bans movement.
“The most significant Green
Bans placed during my watch
were in stopping the demolition
of four terrace houses (built in
1880) at Union Square. These
houses were to make way for the
Sydney Metro. Another significant
ban was stopping the commercial
development on Graythwaite
historic estate in North Sydney.”
McClelland says he is
committed to playing a role in
furthering workers’ rights.
“I’ve been very lucky to
represent workers in the capacity
I have,” he says, “and I’ll maintain
my passion for workers’ rights
until the end of my life.”
On the move
The changes at the top have had a trickledown impact on a number of officers’
positions with Kylie Price now carrying
out the role of the Union’s General
Manager.
Leah Charlson becomes the union’s
Senior Legal Officer in the wake of Rita
Mallia’s election to the presidency while
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Organiser and former State Secretary
Andrew Ferguson is working part-time with
the union on a number of special projects
with his main focus at present U-Plus
compliance across the industry.
Organiser Mohammad Morgani also
recently moved on from the Union,
but remains a committed supporter.
Kylie Price
Leah Charlson
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YOUR UNION
Aussie
award
Helping people is something that
just comes naturally to Comet
general manager Raymond Harty.
But his lifelong commitment to
that approach has been honoured
with a Medal of the Order of
Australia in the general division.
The award, made on Australia
Day, recognises his commitment
to the construction industry,
vocational education and
training and his involvement in
community projects.
Harty, who has been manager
of Comet Training “since day
one”, is a former State Secretary
of the PSU and steeped in labour
politics with a father who worked
as a coalminer and steel worker.
One of the first Labor
councillors on the Hills Shire
Council, he is also the first Labor
councillor to be deputy mayor
and the first serving councillor
to receive an OAM.
“The job of the unions is to
look after people, to protect our
workers,” he says. “Unions ensure
an equilibrium and they’ve
HONOUR: Raymond Harty
made a great contribution to this
country.”
Harty says the launch pad for
Comet Training was its success
in securing the contract to train
all skill-based workers for the
construction of Sydney Olympic
Games facilities.
‘‘It really put Comet Training
on the map and has continued
to be a catalyst for the past 16
years.’’
Harty was also a key player
in establishing Woodbury School
RDO roster
The CFMEU campaign for no-work weekends was aimed at
ensuring union members enjoyed leisure time with their family
and friends. You should already have enjoyed four leisure days
in January and with Easter around the corner make sure you
make the most of shutdowns. If a company goes broke and you
have accrued RDOs they can be lost as workers in the Cardinal
group discovered.
The RDO roster can also be found on the union website at
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for autistic children and he
co-ordinated labour and funds
to build and equip a vegetable
garden at Tallowood School for
disabled youngsters.
He says it is impossible to walk
away when community members
approach with problems.
“What do you do when parents
come to you and are under
enormous pressure,” he says.
However he has few kind
words to say about the new
Liberal Government in NSW and
recent decisions to cut funding
for pensioners to get glasses, cut
funding for foster parents and
to reduce funding for school
transport for disabled children.
“They are spending $100
million on Randwick racecourse
and the Sydney Cricket Ground,”
he says.
“It says something about this
government that it can do that
and at the same time the most
vulnerable in our community are
hung out to dry.”
Saturday June 9No Work Saturday
Sunday June 10No Work Sunday
Monday June 11No Work Public Holiday
Tuesday June 12RDO (fixed)
Monday July 16RDO (flexible)
Monday August 13RDO (flexible)
Monday September 10RDO (flexible)
Saturday September 29No Work Saturday
Sunday September 30No Work Sunday
Monday October 1No Work Public Holiday
Tuesday October 2RDO (fixed)
Monday February 27RDO (flexible)
Monday November 5RDO (flexible)
Monday March 26RDO (flexible)
Saturday December 1No Work Saturday
Sunday December 2No Work Sunday
Monday December 3No Work Industry Picnic Day
Tuesday December 4RDO (fixed)
Saturday December 22No Work Saturday
Sunday December 23No Work Sunday
Monday December 24RDO (fixed)
Tuesday December 25Christmas Day
Wednesday December 26
Boxing Day
Friday April 6No Work Public Holiday
Saturday April 7No Work Saturday
Sunday April 8No Work Sunday
Monday April 9No Work Public Holiday
Wednesday April 25No Work Public Holiday
Thursday April 26RDO (flexible)
Monday May 21RDO (flexible)
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UNITY 7
retired members
Fired up in support
of carbon tax plan
The Retired Members Association made
sure its voice was heard in the debate over
the carbon tax with a trip to Parliament
House, Canberra, in September last year.
Our group wanted to show our support
to the Labor Government’s proposals to
introduce a carbon tax on the big corporate
polluters, in order to prevent existing carbon
gas emissions inducing climate change
from occurring.
Retired members of the
union should come along
to our retired members
meetings and have your
say on the “big issues”
of the day.
We meet on the last
Tuesday of the month at
the CFMEU’s Lidcombe
Office starting at 10am,
followed by a sausage
sizzle for lunch.
Remember you have
“retired from work, not
from life”.
On Monday, September 12 at 8am
sharp a bus load of your union’s retired
members left Lidcombe and headed off to
Canberra to show Abbott’s conservative procorporate employer rabble that the public
does not believe climate change is “crap”
as Abbott claimed it was early last year
SLOW BURN: On the march in Canberra
but a scientifically proven certainty. Other
busloads of retired members from other
unions who are affiliated with CRUMA, also
headed from other parts of Sydney down to
Canberra to show their support.
Retired union members, with a lifetime
of knowledge and experience, understand
that for our children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren’s future there must be a
drastic reduction of human-created carbon
pollution entering the atmosphere.
It was fitting then that we made the effort
to head to Canberra with our message of
support for a carbon tax on the big polluters,
and to let the current working generation
know that it must tackle the issue now.
Capitalism, now corporatism, has had
since the start of the Industrial Revolution
250 years ago to voluntarily stop polluting
the environment, but has done little or
nothing about the problem. The priority
for corporations has always been profits,
not people. This is why it is for us retiree/
veterans (the wise generation) to do our duty
as experienced elders in society and to act.
Our meeting on the front lawn of our
Parliament was addressed and thanked by a
number of fine speakers including Labor’s
then Climate Change Minister Greg Combet
and the new Greens Senator, Lee Rhiannon.
It was then all aboard the buses and off to
the Trades Club at Canberra as guests for
refreshment before heading home after a
“good deed done for the day”.
Mick Tubbs
CFMEU Retired Members Association
chairman
On track for a safe race
Former CFMEU Safety
Co-ordinator Dick Whitehead
considers it a badge of honour
that despite working for nine
weeks on the V8 Supercar site, he
never saw one day of the race.
Whitehead says his focus
instead was ensuring safety
standards in the construction
of the Homebush race track
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were first rate. With 625 people
undertaking safety inductions
on his watch as one of two safety
co-ordinators, Whitehead is
convinced he achieved that.
“After the first week I thought
I can’t handle this because there
was so much shonky stuff,
but after that it turned into a
fantastic job and I enjoyed the
job immensely,” he says. Being
a retired official did not stop
Whitehead checking up on
workers’ conditions and making
sure they were paid properly.
He says beside fixing up a
number of OH&S issues he also
helped a number of workers with
problems with superannuation
payments.
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Enterprise Agreements
SUPPORT: Freysinnet
workers on the Anzac Bridge
are on a union agreement
Bridging troubled waters
When Freyssinet Australia
won a three-year contract to
undertake maintenance work on
Sydney’s Anzac Bridge it was an
opportunity for the workers to
win a collective agreement.
CFMEU co-delegate Mick
Taverner says the Freyssinet
workforce was split between
union and non-union members.
“About four years ago
Freyssinet started a job on the
Harbour Bridge and only had five
employees and they were nonunion. As the bridge job went on
they employed up to 30 people
and if you wanted the job you had
to go straight on to a non-union
enterprise agreement,” he says.
When the job was over the
remaining staff were almost split
between those on a union award
and a non-union deal.
However Taverner says with
the new job looming it seemed
a great chance to negotiate a
collective agreement for the
entire workforce.
“We got the union involved
and educated the guys as to why
they needed to become union
members as the conditions were
far better than the non-union
enterprise agreement.”
Taverner says the newest
union members are delighted
with the outcome, although it did
come at a price to the existing
union members.
“We did want to go a bit
further but in the end we took
a half-step backwards in order
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The CFMEU has jumped in to help union
members caught in the collapse of NSWbased builder Kell & Rigby.
More than 500 workers are set to lose their
jobs and about 50 small businesses will be
impacted by the expected liquidation.
NSW State Secretary Brian Parker says
Kell & Rigby and a subsidiary company
Brisland ceased trading on February 9.
He laid the blame for the collapse at the
feet of NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell.
“This is a company that has been around
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to get the people on non-union
agreements to take two steps
forward,” he says.
Although the agreement
affects about 15 workers, CFMEU
Organiser Joe Ratana says the
workforce will grow to 50 across
the three-year length of the job.
Ratana says although the
deal took months to negotiate he
credits the “pure doggedness” of
co-Organiser Andrew Ferguson
for their success.
“I think the company just got
sick of seeing him,” he says.
Taverner, a long-term CFMEU
member, says the process was
“very educational for a lot of the
young members of our company”.
“I had to explain to some of
them what the redundancy fund
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for more than 100 years, that has created and
trained more than 1000 apprenticeships to
help skill up Australia and has consistently
built this State’s infrastructure,” says Parker.
“It is a disgrace a decent company can
be allowed to collapse when there are dodgy
contractors working on State Government
jobs right now that do not even pay
superannuation to their workers let alone
invest in training,” says Mr Parker.
If affected by the collapse of the company,
please call the union office on 9749 0400.
(ACIRT) was and they thought it
was something the boss gave to
them out of the goodness of their
hearts.”
He says when he talked
through the benefits of union
membership such as the
ambulance benefit and travel
insurance and access to home
loans through Members’ Equity,
many of the younger workers
were impressed.
Taverner says his commitment
to unionism came from watching
the struggles of his father,
who worked as a self-employed
bricklayer. “There is a structure
to being part of the union,” he
says. “You are always going to
get superannuation, RDOs, long
service leave and holiday pay.”
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WAGE CLAIMS
Is that all
got
you’ve
The Australian Building and
Construction Commission has
been bragging in the press about
its success in claiming lost wages
for workers, announcing that it
had secured $265,200 for 218
workers last year.
The efforts have left CFMEU
officer Keryn McWhinney
wondering if the ABCC might
need a hand from the NSW Wage
Claims Department after it
secured more than $8 MILLION in
wage claims for members in the
same time.
“It’s a bit embarrassing for
the anti-union watchdog to be
trumpeting its success when
the CFMEU has managed to get
80 times the amount of money
for workers in the same period,”
McWhinney, the CFMEU’s senior
wage claims officer, says.
NSW State Secretary Brian
Parker pointed to the recent
Cardinal case (See page opposite)
where the CFMEU secured
$800,000 for 50-odd workers.
“On one job alone, the CFMEU
has embarrassed the efforts of
the ABCC,” says Parker. However
there was a silver cloud to the
ABCC’s efforts.
“If nothing else the ABCC’s
bragging highlights just how
uninterested the watchdog is
in looking out for workers in
construction.
“At the same time this antiunion body has spent millions
trying to secure prosecutions
of union officials whose main
focus is ensuring hard-working
building workers get every cent
they deserve.”
Picket pressure helps
restore festive feeling
When other people were tucking into a
festive feast on December 25, a group of
tilers and CFMEU Organiser Chikmann
Koh were reminding guests at a Sydney
hotel that not everyone was having a merry
Christmas
Four Korean tilers who worked for tiling
subcontractor Jacky Chung were owed more
than $31,000 in unpaid wages.
One of the men was owed more
than $11,000 and entitlements such as
superannuation and penalty rates had also
not been paid.
With the help of the union and supporters,
the men highlighted their issue through
pickets outside a Sydney CBD hotel
throughout the Christmas holidays on
December 23, 24, 25, 28 and 29.
On January 4, after talks with State
Secretary Brian Parker, the principal
contractor on the job agreed to settle the
claims.
Koh says it is a welcome victory for
the workers and the union would now
take legal action against Chung to secure
their superannuation and penalty rate
entitlements.
Parker says the win again highlights
the importance of taking a united and highprofile stand for your rights.
“If you don’t fight, you will lose,” he says.
“These workers were willing to sacrifice
important family time and holidays to stand
up for their rights and with the union’s
support have secured their money.”
JOY TO THE WORLD: Chikmann Koh leads the
workers in protest over their unpaid wages
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Cover story
‘
We got a
call to say
it was the
Titanic about
to hit an
iceberg
’
Cardinal’s sin
THE CFMEU has given
construction workers 800,000
reasons to be a union member
after it stepped in to save the
entitlements of Cardinal Group
employees when the company
went bust.
The collapse of the group, just
weeks before Christmas, left the
workers and their families facing
a bleak festive season and for
many, left them wondering where
the next mortgage payment would
come from. CFMEU Organiser
Martyn Wyer says the dispute
affected 51 CFMEU members
working on major redevelopments
such as Star City casino, the NSW
Law Courts in Macquarie Street
and the Port Authority’s White
Bay site.
He says the union was able
to negotiate with the principal
contractors on these jobs to
secure more than $800,000 in
lost entitlements such as annual
leave and outstanding rostered
days off.
“The workers had let us know
things did not look good and
then we got a call to say it was the
Titanic about to hit an iceberg,”
he says.
Union delegate Mate Matkovich
says the workers were aware the
company was struggling but when
they had raised their concerns
were told not to worry.
The workers had raised the
issue with the CFMEU when they
discovered ACIRT and Cbus
payments were not being made.
“From the time we started
fighting to the end Cardinal have
been telling us its fine and to
keep on working,” says Matkovich.
“It’s been a bunch of lies.”
Matkovich says workers were
told they could not take annual
leave or RDOs because there was
too much work.
Wyer says one worker was
owed $5700 in untaken RDOs and
warns union members should
learn from the dispute.
“Our union members have
to take their annual leave and
holiday pay and if companies
won’t let them take it they need
to come and talk to the union,”
Wyer says.
“If the boss has $800,000 in
leave and the company goes down
they take your money with them.”
Organiser Ritchie Aumiatagi
says the workers were to be
congratulated for their united
approach as it was the key to
winning.
Cardinal worker Bryan
Borromeo received his payout
just a week before Christmas and
says he was “very happy” with the
union’s efforts.
Bryan says with two mortgages
to service he had been very
worried about the company’s
collapse while colleague Mathew
Je Teira had nothing but praise for
the CFMEU Organisers.
“Thanks have to go to Martyn,
Ritchie and the rest of the
organisers for all their help,” he
says.
NSW State Secretary Brian
Parker says it is too common in
the industry for companies to
collapse just before Christmas.
He says while workers might
be entitled to make a claim for
some entitlements under the
GEERS scheme they would not get
100 per cent of their entitlement,
particularly as superannuation is
not payable under GEERS.
“The union could not let
these workers and their families
go through Christmas with the
uncertainty about the loss of their
entitlements,” he says.
“This is what being a union
is all about – delivering for our
members at the time of their
greatest need.”
UNITED THEY WON: Cardinal
workers rally for their payments
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OHS
OOPS: There was no
damage to people, but
this scaffolding collapse
certainly took its toll on
cars parked in French
Avenue, Bankstown.
Blame game in
asbestos row
CFMEU members who
have been working on the
Museum of Contemporary Art
redevelopment should register
with the Dust Diseases Board.
The 1200-odd workers on the
site may have been inadvertently
exposed to asbestos during the
$50 million renovation after fibres
were found in the mortar that
bonds the old walls and window
frames of the sandstone building.
Construction Forestry Mining
and Energy Union NSW Secretary
Brian Parker says the union
became aware of the issue after
workers received letters from
their employer in the lead-up to
Christmas saying they may have
been exposed to asbestos.
Parker says it is outrageous
that so much work could have
been completed on the site
without a proper asbestos audit
being completed.
“All WorkCover and Watpac
can do is blame someone else for
the problem rather than stepping
up and working with the union
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to ensure we fix this mess up,”
Parker says.
He says the MCA building
was built in 1953 at a time when
asbestos was one of the main
materials used in construction.
“It was obvious there could
have been endless issues around
asbestos on this site,” he says.
“The CFMEU has raised this
with Watpac and instead of
attacking asbestos on the site
it has attacked the union and
hindered and obstructed our
officials over dealing with
this issue.”
He says Watpac was now
blaming asbestos inspectors and
the building’s owners for not
alerting them to the presence
of asbestos on site.
“The truth is Watpac chose not
to investigate the issue thoroughly
and fulfil its obligation under
the Act to find where all the
asbestos was on the job before
work started.”
Parker says he is “appalled”
that WorkCover could say it had
‘
Instead
of attacking
asbestos, it
attacked the
union
’
no concerns with work at the site
continuing.
“This is the leading safety
watchdog in the state and it is
effectively telling workers that are
clutching letters telling them they
have been exposed to asbestos
that it can’t be bothered to stand
up for them and shut the site
down until a full and thorough
audit is done.”
Parker says any workers with
concerns over possible exposure
or more information on how
to register with the NSW Dust
Diseases Board should contact
the union on 9749 0400.
cancer
cluster
rejected
An investigation into claims
of a possible health risk
to painters on the Sydney
Harbour Bridge has found no
evidence of a cancer cluster.
In January last year the
CFMEU raised its concerns after
a spate of cancer deaths among
Harbour Bridge workers.
In response the RTA agreed
to an investigation that included
reps from Unions NSW.
CFMEU Organiser Brad Parker
says the reference group found
the deaths did not fall under the
strict definition of a cancer cluster
as there was a variety of cancers.
However he says it identified
areas of safety procedures that
could be improved. The report
included 12 recommendations
which included monitoring lead
levels in the soil below the bridge,
in the air and in drainage areas of
shower facilities.
Parker says the safety
committee is examining the
report. A mass meeting of
workers will be held to inform
them fully of the outcome.
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OHS
Shocking past
inspires DVD
In brief
Day of mourning
With the Day of Mourning on April 28 to
honour those killed in workplace tragedies
around the corner, the annual Construction
Safety Dinner will again promote the work
of the Workplace Tragedy Support Group.
The WTSG has had a busy year in 2011
helping families come to terms with their
loss through a series of innovative programs.
For more details about the group and a
full report on its activities visit the website at
http://www.workplacetragedy.com
Asbestos education site
Workers who are worried about asbestos
or even members keen on a bit of DIY
should check out the information at www.
asbestosawareness.com.au
Run by the Asbestos Education
Committee, which is funded by James
Hardie as part of its settlement with the
NSW Government, the site answers many
questions about asbestos in the home.
It also provides valuable links to
sources for more information about your
responsibilities when working with asbestos
and health links.
SOCIAL CONSCIENCE: Nick Cai addresses industry members with CFMEU State Secretary Brian Parker
Nick Cai knows the dangers of construction
and how a little money spent on safety can
mean the difference between life and death.
In 1989 he was working on the Novotel site
at Darling Harbour when he was electrocuted
– the shock so strong it threw him across
the room.
Just a week earlier he had paid an extra
$50 to buy better safety boots. He was later
told the boots had saved his life.
“At that time $50 was a lot of money, but
it was like god was there looking after me
because a week later I got the shock,” he says.
That near-death experience was not his
only severe injury in a 20-year career.
A few years later he fell from unsafe
scaffolding. His injuries were severe, with
damage to discs in his lower back, and to this
day Cai has back pain.
Now a successful businessman – his
company Hume Plasterboard is one of
Australia’s leading construction and building
materials distributors – Cai is determined
migrant workers don’t share his experiences.
Cai, who came from China with his family
as a teenager, has thrown his support and
funding behind a CFMEU initiative to develop
a safety induction DVD in Mandarin.
The brainchild of CFMEU State Secretary
Brian Parker the DVD will ensure Chinese
building workers receive an induction in
their own language.
“We have Chinese workers who do an
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induction completely in English and there is
no way they can understand what has been
said,” Parker says. “They then sign their
life away on a document that they don’t
understand a word of and they sign because
they want to keep their job.”
Parker says the DVD will feature CFMEU
Organiser Yu Lei Zhou and Cai and be
distributed in sectors such as gyprocking
that have large numbers of Mandarinspeaking workers.
He says it “breaks new ground” in the
industry and it is hoped it will be used by
the CFMEU nationally. The DVD will also
highlight the importance of reporting workrelated injuries.
Parker says when migrant workers are
injured they often fail to report the incident.
“Down the track they realise the injury is
worse than they thought and then they find
they can no longer work and there is no paper
trail to help them make a claim.”
Cai says his background means he can
empathise with the language issues many
Chinese building workers face.
“I came when I was 14, but many workers
today arrive in their mid-30s so it is very
hard to learn English.” Parker praised Cai’s
commitment to the project.
“He is not just a friend of the union, he
has a social conscience and wants to work
with us to improve conditions and benefits
for Chinese people in our industry.”
Death sparks formwork warning
CFMEU NSW Members have been urged to
demand formwork shutters on any job are
approved following a fatality in Queensland.
A 65-year-old foreman was killed recently
when a concrete formwork shutter being
lifted by a crane suffered a catastrophic
failure at the lifting points.
Extra strongbacks that were not part of
the original shutter design had been fitted
and were some 1.2-1.5m higher.
The extended strongbacks appear to have
failed under the extra load.
Workers should ensure engineers
approval is received and verified on the
design and construction of all formwork
shutters with all lifting points to be part of
that approval.
Missing safety pin proves fatal
A 34-year-old construction worker has died
just days before the birth of his baby after
he was crushed by an excavator bucket
while working at an Airds site in Sydney’s
south-west.
It is believed the bucket did not have a
safety pin at the time of the accident. The
safety pin is used to prevent the bucket from
detaching from the arm of the excavator.
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REGIONAL
Reaping rewards
The Bush Rats team of regional organisers are laying the foundations
to ensure members reap the benefits of an increase in works across
the State’s regional centres.
Construction and infrastructure works
are on the increase for regional NSW in
2012 providing a welcome boon for the
economies of these areas.
It will also provide new opportunities
for the union and its organisers to increase
activism on sites in an effort to build
membership and delegate structures.
Among the works planned for the year
are: South Nowra Bypass, Wagga Wagga Base
Hospital, various shopping centres within
the Jervis Bay catchment, Glenoogi Bypass
(Stage 2) and an expansion of coal-mine
infrastructure in Newcastle.
Interestingly the CFMEU’s support for the
Federal Labor Government’s carbon tax –
because it would lead to increased investment
in new technologies – has been vindicated
with a number of renewable energy projects
also planned across the State.
Delegates get lowdown
on OH&S changes
The CFMEU is helping improve conditions in
the State’s regional areas by increasing the
skills and providing greater support to our
union delegates.
Delegate meetings were recently held in
Newcastle and Wollongong with 44 delegates
involved in the training days.
The aim of the meetings was to provide
updates on OHS law changes, discuss 2012
regional campaigns on gate starts and living
away from home allowances and provide
additional awareness on key issues in
the workplace including superannuation,
redundancy and workers compensation.
The delegates were also able to tap
into the expertise of representatives from
WorkCover, Taylor & Scott and MEND, with
Nick Fodor from CBus also attending.
Shutting the gate on
living away rip-off
One of the big issues many workers have
raised with the union is the growing problem
of gate starts. Many of our regional members
are missing out on entitlements because they
are being forced to move for work.
The gate starts occur on jobs such as the
The BioEnergy plant outside Wagga Wagga
highway improvement works on the north
coast. When the focus of the job moves and
is based from a new regional centre, only a
handful of workers are retained and if other
workers want to continue in the job they are
forced to get an “address” in the new major
centre so the contractor can avoid paying
living away from home allowance.
Members are struggling financially under
this system as rents in these regional centres
are often hiked when a major project brings
an influx of workers.
More importantly families are being torn
apart with many fathers having to spend
months away from their families to keep
their jobs.
‘
our ongoing
relationship with
fozzie has been
instrumental in
improving
conditions
’
No train, no gain: Delegates meet
at Wollongong to hear the latest changes
to OH&S laws
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Deal shows the benefits
of cross-border relations
Riverina Oils & BioEnergy (ROBE) has started
structural steel construction on its new
plant in Wagga Wagga and provided a timely
opportunity for Organiser Mick Lane and
Assistant State Secretary Rebel Hanlon to
establish a project agreement with ROBE.
Our ongoing working relationship with
CFMEC Victoria Organiser Fozzie has been
instrumental in negotiations as many
workers have been recruited from country
Victoria.
Following negotiations an increase in
both hourly rate and living away from home
allowances has been achieved on site.
Goulburn’s gas turbine
project gets the ‘Gong
Just before Christmas, a project agreement
was finalised with Alstom, which is installing
a gas turbine plant on the outskirts
of Goulburn.
This agreement and subsequent work
will provide a boost to workers and members
throughout the Illawarra, particularly given
recent events with the winding down of
the steelworks.
BioEnergy workers hold a mass meeting to endorse the project agreement
WIN-DSTORM: Work
has begun to repair
Wollongong’s WIN
Stadium roof after it
was ripped off in high
winds in September
last year. However bad
weather is slowing
things down. The $29
million grandstand was
nearing completion
when two support
struts broke in strong
winds, causing
the roof’s near
collapse. Assistant
State Secretary
Rebel Hanlon says
the CFMEU will be
ensuring the highest
safety standards are
adhered to while
workers are on the site.
Company shows
it has no heart
CFMEU Organiser Dave Curtain
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The importance of good first-aid
practices has been demonstrated
by the death of a 47-year-old on
an Abigroup site in the Hunter.
The man, who worked for
a mulching contractor on the
Hunter Expressway project,
suffered a heart attack at work
late last year and died.
His death came after the
company had ignored repeated
calls from the Construction
Forestry Mining Energy Union to
install defibrillators on the $1.4
billion road project.
Workers on the job rallied in
the wake of his death and raised
funds to help his grieving family.
Organiser Dave Curtain says
the union had been campaigning
for Abigroup to install the lifesaving equipment and train up
first aid staff.
“Abigroup knew the risk and
they were willing to gamble on
workers’ lives,” Curtain says.
“This is a 28-kilometre long
job with more than 200 workers
on site. At the other end of the
job, which is run by Theiss,
there are a minimum of six
defibrillators,” he says.
Curtain says Abigroup had
two defibrillators on site at the
time of the incident. However he
was shocked to find they were
effectively inaccessible as one was
in the bosses’ compound and the
other in the back of a 4WD.
He says union Organisers are
still in talks with the company
over the defibrillator issue.
“A man has died and
Abigroup is still not learning the
lesson,” Curtain says.
CFMEU NSW State Secretary
Brian Parker says the presence of
a defibrillator on work sites can
mean the difference between life
and death.
“State of the art equipment
such as the Cardiac Responder
system cost a little over $400 a
month,” Parker says.
“Abigroup has just
demonstrated it is happy to take
on a $1.4 billion project from the
Federal Government, but isn’t
willing to fork out $400 a month
to save a life.”
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BRICK, TILE AND POTTERY
These mates rate
STAND BY YOUR MAN: A group of workers protest outside the Shinagawa factory
The bosses were relying on people’s greed,
but a group of Shinagawa workers have
shown mateship can’t be bought.
Rather than pocket an extra odd-$3000,
the committed unionists voted down a new
enterprise agreement that would give
them more as they walked out the door,
but strip conditions away from the workers
that remained.
“I think the guys that were leaving
took a very principled stand,” says CFMEU
Organiser John Prentice.
“They could have picked up an extra
$3000-$4000 just to vote yes so that’s a
pretty big call to say I won’t do that for
my mates.”
Prentice says the workers at the
Unanderra factory outside Wollongong had
been negotiating a new enterprise agreement
for months with short bouts of industrial
action including stoppages and bans.
However late last year the company
announced it was going to make a majority
of the workforce redundant.
CFMEU senior legal officer Leah Charlson
says the union took the issue to Fair Work
Two more
agreements
reached
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‘
the vote was about the fact the guys who
were going to stay were going to lose their
entitlements – it was a real clawback
’
Australia in an attempt to stop the ballot.
“We argued the company was acting
in an unfair way that undermined freedom
of association and collective bargaining,
as a majority of those voting would not
be working under the agreement,” says
Charlson. Prentice says Shinagawa
management had weighted the main pay rise
in the agreement to the first year.
It then told those taking redundancy they
would be paid out at the higher rate even
though the new agreement would not have
been in force at the time.
“The vote was more about the fact the
guys that were going to stay on were going
to lose all their entitlements – it was a real
clawback,” says Prentice. This included losses
to RDOs and redundancy packages along
with superannuation.
“The guys who were losing their jobs
refused to sell out their mates, who would
have had to continue to work under what we
consider to be a sub-standard agreement,”
says Charlson.
“I think this is particularly admirable
given that many of the guys have worked
in the factory for a very long time –
some more than 30 years, and of course
employment is not easy to get in the Illawarra
at the moment.
“So the workers who were leaving acted
for the collective good rather than in their
own self interest, at a time when they were
vulnerable.”
NSW State Secretary Brian Parker says the
Shinagawa workers have carved a place for
themselves in the Illawarra’s labour history.
“This is a real case of standing by your
workmates and makes me proud to be a
union member,” he says.
Brick, Tile and Pottery Organiser John
Prentice has continued his work improving
conditions across the sector with two new
enterprise agreements signed.
Prentice says workers at Vesuvius
Australia in Wollongong and CFMEU
members at Austral Bricks have all recently
endorsed new enterprise agreements that
include significant pay increases.
The Austral Bricks agreement covers
workers at four plants - three in Sydney and
one in Bowral.
Prentice says it was a long campaign to
secure the EA, but “the guys are very happy
with their agreement”.
He says the agreement at Vesuvius
Australia’s refractory plant “went well” and
covers about 80 workers.
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IPA forced to bargain
‘
’
THE CFMEU has won a major
victory against labour hire
company IPA after it was ordered
to negotiate an enterprise
agreement on behalf of its
workforce with the union.
The dispute involves labour
hire workers on the 28-kilometrelong Hunter Expressway job
outside Newcastle.
Senior legal officer Leah
Charlson says during a safety
visit CFMEU Organisers became
aware the IPA workers were being
paid significantly less than other
workers on the site.
After the union intervened the
non-union company increased the
The guys
were subject
to all sorts of
intimidation
workers’ pay. However when the
workers asked to have the CFMEU
negotiate an enterprise agreement
for them, IPA refused, Organiser
Dave Curtain says.
“The company increased
what they were paying them,
but refused to negotiate an
EBA,” he says. The CFMEU Legal
Department took the issue to
Fair Work Australia producing
petitions showing a majority
of workers wanted a collective
agreement.
However when IPA disputed
whether the signatures were
a “majority” of workers, FWA
ordered a ballot be held on site by
Electoral Commission officials.
Charlson says despite the
order, Abigroup management
refused to allow the ballot to
go ahead and in its place FWA
ordered a postal ballot be held.
The result of this vote was
overwhelming with only four
of the voters rejecting collective
bargaining. Charlson says the
victory is a credit to Organisers
Dave Curtain and Dave Kelly
who persevered on the workers’
behalf. Curtain paid tribute to
the IPA workers who stood up for
their rights.
“The guys were subjected to
all sorts of intimidation including
ongoing text messages from their
boss to stop them pushing for an
enterprise agreement,” he says.
“The important message from
this dispute is that workers who
stand together can win.”
IPA is now appealing the
decision. Watch this space.
A helping
hand for
hard times
When Ajantha Panapiti
was sacked he
discovered the value
of union membership.
Here he recounts his
experience.
A year after I started working I
was given a permanent position.
I applied for union membership
twice at my workplace, however
my application was neglected
on both occasions. I decided
to directly contact the union
office on my own and became a
member.
Nowadays people speak
negatively about unions, and
bosses wish to disarm workers
and crush them under their
boots. My boss was the same
when he found out I was a union
member. I felt as though he was
waiting for me to make a mistake.
I worked with great effort and
loyalty towards the company yet
they terminated my employment
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PROUD TO BE UNION: Ajantha Panapiti with his wife
soon after I became injured, even
though I received clearance within
four weeks. In the meantime the
company announced that it was
closing down and had already
offered redundancy payments to
a few employees.
My dismissal had a huge
impact on my family. I could not
sleep for a few days, my wife
became ill and visited the doctor
on a number of occasions who
could not give any diagnosis other
than stress and my daughter
experienced great shock, just
before she sat her HSC exams.
Furthermore with three
schoolchildren and one child who
is mildly disabled, my wife was
unable to work full time and with
mortgage and bills, my family
was put under great stress and
difficulty.
As a result of these events
I rang the union office and
contacted my Organiser Terry
Kesby and our union official
Radhika Raju. They successfully
handled the unfair dismissal
case and helped me to receive
compensation. They guided me
through the situation while I
experienced a lot of neglect from
my employers.
Without the support of
the union, I would never have
achieved such a satisfying result.
I cannot thank the union enough
for their help and hope they may
continue to show courage through
helping many more people.
Finally I am proud to be a
union member and I hope that
this message resounds within
others, across Australia.
UNITY 17
Member services
Time no barrier
‘
Time is proving no barrier to the work
of CFMEU Organiser Andrew Ferguson
who recently secured U-Plus top-up claims
for injured workers seven years after
their accidents.
In 2005 Glen Immer was working on a
Rhodes building site when he was injured in
a fatal accident.
Immer, a crane driver, was one of three
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working under a union enterprise agreement
24-hour income protection insurance if
they are injured in an accident and if they
get a workers’ compensation lump sum
for permanent disability. U-Plus“tops up”
workers’ compensation payments. There are
also death benefits payable.
Ferguson says employer compliance with
U-Plus has been waning and the union is now
campaigning to improve coverage across
the sector.
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Ferguson was also able to secure a top-up
payment for Issad Murad, a Palestinian
migrant worker who was injured in 2004.
Ferguson says Murad’s case highlights
the importance of talking to union solicitors
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employers have
stopped paying
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Murad had sought help via a suburban
solicitor who did not understand or claim
his top-up insurance.
Murad, who has a wife and five children,
was put in touch with union lawyers Taylor
& Scott who helped the family receive a
significant payment. If you need assistance
with site or company-based meetings re
U-Plus or negotiations with employers re
U-Plus contact Andrew Ferguson through
the Lidcombe office on 9749 0400.
bank on me
With the Big Four banks – the Commonwealth,
NAB, Westpac and ANZ – continuing to show
contempt for customers, it is good to know
CFMEU members do have a choice.
Rather than stick with a bank like Westpac that
is reaping record profits but can sack more than 500
workers because of “tough times”, being a union
member means you can enjoy discounts on home
loan products.
ME Bank is owned by industry super funds and
profits are designed to benefit members.
When the Reserve Bank dropped interest rates
last year, ME Bank immediately took action to drop its
home loan rate while the Big Four prevaricated.
For customers with a $300,000 home loan, this is
a saving of $50 per month.
The Super Member Home Loan standard variable
rate dropped from 6.99% p.a. to 6.74% p.a.
“ME Bank remains committed to passing on the
full benefits of the RBA rate cut to our customers
– union members – just as we did in November,
because we believe everyone deserves a fairer deal,”
Mr McPhee says.
With the Reserve Bank holding off on another rate
cut this month, the Big Four are now warning they
may have to lift rates because of global conditions.
So now might be a good time to look at making a
change. For more information regarding ME Bank’s
competitive home loan interest rates visit
www.mebank.com.au/homeloans
Call 1800 888 674 or visit apheda.org.au
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Women’s conference
Getting drilled
on their rights
The CFMEU
National Women’s
Conference will
give voice to
growing number
of females
entering the
industry
SIGN OF THE TIMES: CFMEU member
and traffic controller Jenny Smith
was at the conference which was
addressed by CFMEU NSW President
Rita Mallia, below
There has been a run
of firsts for women
working in construction
in NSW with the inaugural
CFMEU National Women’s
Committee Conference held
in Sydney late last year.
This was quickly followed
with the election of Rita
Mallia to the position of NSW
Branch President – the first
woman to hold that position.
Mallia, who is also
president of the CFMEU
National Women’s
Committee, says both events
mark an increased awareness
of women’s role in the
sector and a commitment to
improving their participation
and conditions.
She says the conference
was the first time a large
number of women members
from across all sectors were
participating in the formal
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structures of the Union as a
Committee.
“They are having input
into policy development that
affects them on the job and
making recommendations
for the union’s consideration,
adoption and implementation:
it’s a great initiative by the
union,” she says.
For those starting
out, like traffic controller
Jenny Smith and secondyear apprentice wall and
ceiling fixer, Leandra Grant,
the conference was an
opportunity to learn more
about the industry and
find ways “to help promote
females into construction
and get them their rights”,
Grant says.
Esther Van Arend, who
has been a scaffolder/rigger
for almost 15 years, is keen
to find ways of making it
easier for women starting out
in construction.
“We don’t come into the
industry with the same
mechanical background as
men. Trying to learn basic
stuff that men have grown
up with, can be doubling
challenging when you’re
the sole woman on the job,
with hundreds of blokes
watching intensely to see
how you’ll fare.”
The CFMEU National
Women’s Committee was
endorsed by a resolution
of National Conference in
October 2010. The Committee
has its own constitution
and objectives with a
commitment to hold annual
conferences that report back
to the union.
“The formation of this
committee means we’ve
got things in place now
and opportunities to really
encourage women into
our industries and enable
them to take an active
role in the union. That’s
a fantastic feat,” CFMEU
National Women’s Committee
Secretary and District
Secretary, NSW Energy
District, Lorraine Usher said.
UNITY 19
Picnic day
It may have rained, but CFMEU members poured into the six
picnic-day venues across NSW to celebrate with their families
on December 5.
Luna Park, Taronga Zo, Jamberoo, Western Plains Zoo,
Reptile World and Scenic World were a sea of grandparents and
parents and their grandchildren and children soaking up the
excitement of a day off work and school.
At Luna Park, the picnic-day tradition was being handed
down to a new generation by Melissa and Garry Midwood
of Newcastle.
They had travelled to the Sydney harbour venue for the day
with grandchildren Zye, 5, Jarome, 7, and one-year-old Aaliyah.
Garry said he had loved bringing his own children to picnic
days and was now ready to launch himself into the events with
a second generation.
“We love it and go every year,” he said. “Last year we were at
Reptile Park and next year we will head to Jamberoo – we’ll just
work our way around the venues and then start again.”
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idea for a
good day
out with the
family and
even better
we get a day
off work
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on
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MONKEYING AROUND: Craig
Murray checks out the gorillas
with Kerri-Anne Sinclair and
Lachlan Eiffert, above; Tess
and Caitlyn Wyton with Santa;
Joe Noronha and son Lucas,
3, stretch their necks to see the
giraffes and former Organiser
Phil Smith with granddaughter
Sinead, right.
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However he and Melissa were
literally left holding the babies
as their children, now aged 29
and 25 stayed home for a childfree day.
Wollongong formworker Joe
Noronha was on his first visit
with his family to Taronga Zoo
and said he was a firm supporter
of the picnic day.
“It’s a good idea for a good
day out with the family and even
better we get a day off work,”
he said.
The poor weather forecast
saw Raymond Terrace member
Craig Murray make a last-minute
change of venue and head to
Taronga Zoo instead of Jamberoo.
Employed by Downer
Engineering at a coalmine site,
Craig said all the workers on site
were receiving the right pay and
conditions.
However he said the use of
cheap labour was a major concern
for many workers.
“You have Asian tilers working
24 hours a day for nothing,”
he said. “We should be doing
something to the bosses that
allow that.”
Craig said the use of cheap
labour was also adding to the
skills shortage as people who had
spent the time learning the trade
were losing work to temporary
and illegal workers.
“Anyone who is doing the right
thing is finding it pretty hard at
the moment,” he said.
Self-employed sub-contractor
Paul Saab was singing the union’s
praises as he watched two of his
four children and a family friend
test their stomachs on the pirate
ship at Luna Park.
Despite running his own
business Paul said he had always
been a union member.
“You still need the union,”
THRILLED BY THE SPILLS:
Paul and Rita Saab struggled
to move family friend
Andrew Chaibon, 9, and their
children Tayla, 7, Katherine, 6,
Jonathon, 10, and Christopher,
4, on from the rides at Luna
Park, top left, while the
Melissa and Garry Midwood
were among the first to arrive
with grandchildren Zye, 5,
Jarome, 7, and Aaliyah, 1; the
Shepherd family, right, from
Cessnock were late arrivals,
while left, Jason Wright,
Cameron Wright and Tasha
Ngaira were delighted by their
first picnic day experience.
On the workfront, Joe said
he would like to see safety
highlighted by the CFMEU as
although employers talked a lot
about it “there’s not a lot done”.
“Last week I was working in
puddles of water with cabling
lying around,” he said.
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he said. “They help me out to
clarify legal issues and the travel
insurance and ambulance cover is
not bad too,” he said.
In fact the family was
about to make use of the travel
insurance over the school
holidays with a trip to Bali.
Hunters Hill painter Peter
McDevitt has been a member
for 20 years and has spent
many hours in 2011 marching
with other NSW public servants
protesting the O’Farrell Liberal
Government’s cuts to wages and
staff numbers.
“I’d like to see the Government
giving more work to us rather
than contractors,” he said.
“We’re like a dying breed –
as the blokes retire they’re not
replacing them with apprentices.
I think they are just trying to get
rid of us.”
UNITY 21
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awards – Sydney (county of cumberland)
Rates applicable from 1 October 2011
Classification
Per Hour
CW1
CW2
CW3 (Non Trade)
CW3 (Trade)
CW4
CW5
CW6
CW7
CW8
24.55
25.69
26.75
27.67
29.04
30.40
31.78
33.19
34.58
Per Day
7.2 Hours
176.76
184.97
192.60
199.22
209.09
218.88
228.82
238.97
248.98
0.8 RDO
Accrual
19.64
20.55
21.40
22.14
23.23
24.32
25.42
26.55
27.66
Per 36
Hours
883.80
924.84
963.00
996.12
1045.44
1094.40
1144.08
1194.84
1244.88
Time &
a Half
36.83
38.54
40.13
41.51
43.56
45.60
47.67
49.79
51.87
Double
Time
49.10
51.38
53.50
55.34
58.08
60.80
63.56
66.38
69.16
CASUAL
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30.69
32.11
33.44
34.59
36.30
38.00
39.73
41.49
43.23
Per 36
Hours
902.88
945.00
983.88
1017.72
1068.12
1118.16
1168.92
1220.76
1271.88
Time &
a Half
37.62
39.38
41.00
42.41
44.51
46.59
48.71
50.87
53.00
Double
Time
50.16
52.50
54.66
56.54
59.34
62.12
64.94
67.82
70.66
CASUAL
RATE
31.35
32.81
34.16
35.34
37.09
38.83
40.59
42.39
44.16
Rates applicable from 1 March 2012
Classification
Per Hour
CW1
CW2
CW3 (Non Trade)
CW3 (Trade)
CW4
CW5
CW6
CW7
CW8
25.08
26.25
27.33
28.27
29.67
31.06
32.47
33.91
35.33
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7.2 Hours
180.58
189.00
196.78
203.54
213.62
223.63
233.78
244.15
254.38
0.8 RDO
Accrual
20.06
21.00
21.86
22.62
23.74
24.85
25.98
27.13
28.26
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CONSTRUCTION EBA RATES OF PAY
CIVIL EARTHMOVING EBA RATES OF PAY
Rates applicable from 1 October 2011
Classification
Per Hour
CW1
CW2
CW3 (Non Trade)
CW3 (Trade)
CW4
CW5
CW6
CW7
CW8
23.62
24.52
24.92
25.43
26.64
27.76
28.87
30.17
30.91
Per Day
7.2 Hours
170.06
176.54
179.42
183.10
191.81
199.87
207.86
217.22
222.55
0.8 RDO
Accrual
18.90
19.62
19.94
20.34
21.31
22.21
23.10
24.14
24.73
Per 36
Hours
850.32
882.72
897.12
915.48
959.04
999.36
1039.32
1086.12
1112.76
Time &
a Half
35.43
36.78
37.38
38.15
39.96
41.64
43.31
45.26
46.37
Double
Time
47.24
49.04
49.84
50.86
53.28
55.52
57.74
60.34
61.82
Per 36
Hours
868.68
901.80
916.56
935.28
979.92
1020.96
1062.00
1109.88
1136.88
Time &
a Half
36.20
37.58
38.19
38.97
40.83
42.54
44.25
46.25
47.37
Double
Time
48.26
50.10
50.92
51.96
54.44
56.72
59.00
61.66
63.16
Rates applicable from 1 March 2012
Classification
Per Hour
CW1
CW2
CW3 (Non Trade)
CW3 (Trade)
CW4
CW5
CW6
CW7
CW8
24.13
25.05
25.46
25.98
27.22
28.36
29.50
30.83
31.58
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Per Day
7.2 Hours
173.74
180.36
183.31
187.06
195.98
204.19
212.40
221.98
227.38
0.8 RDO
Accrual
19.30
20.04
20.37
20.78
21.78
22.69
23.60
24.66
25.26
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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 2011. To check your pay or for more information call the cfmeu now.
Junior indentured – Four-year apprenticeship
Carpenter/Joiner/
Stonemason
Bricklayer/Tilelayer
Plasterer
Painter
Roof Tiler
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
1ST
YEAR
9.61
365.34
37.54
9.49
360.52
36.84
9.40
357.29
37.12
9.06
344.30
35.70
9.27
352.14
36.39
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YEAR
11.44
434.73
44.35
11.31
329.91
43.65
11.23
426.68
43.93
10.89
413.69
42.51
11.09
421.53
43.20
3RD
YEAR
15.09
573.51
56.86
14.97
568.69
56.16
14.88
565.46
56.44
14.54
552.47
55.02
14.75
560.31
55.70
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YEAR
17.83
677.59
66.34
17.70
672.77
65.63
17.62
669.54
65.91
17.28
656.55
64.49
17.48
664.39
65.18
Junior indentured – Three-year apprenticeship
Carpenter/Joiner/
Stonemason
Bricklayer/Tilelayer
Plasterer
Painter
Roof Tiler
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
1ST
YEAR
11.44
434.73
43.61
11.31
429.91
42.90
11.23
426.68
43.19
10.89
413.69
41.77
11.09
421.53
42.45
2ND
YEAR
15.09
573.51
56.49
14.97
568.69
55.78
14.88
565.46
56.07
14.54
552.47
54.65
14.75
560.31
55.33
3RD
YEAR
17.83
677.59
65.96
17.70
672.77
65.26
17.62
669.54
65.54
17.28
656.55
64.12
17.48
664.39
64.80
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
Adult indentured
If an apprentice is already employed, and 21 years of age or more, when they start their apprenticeship, the adult apprentice will continue to receive
the rate of pay applicable to their previous classification.
If an apprentice is 21 years or more when they start their apprenticeship the apprentice will be paid no less than the CW/ECW1(a) rate in the award (see table
below) or the apprentice rate whichever is the greater.
Carpenter/Joiner/
Stonemason
Bricklayer/Tilelayer
Plasterer
Painter
Roof Tiler
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
HOURLY
RATE
WEEKLY
RATE
HOLIDAY
PAY PER
WEEK
17.90
680.18
66.93
17.77
675.36
63.23
17.69
672.13
66.51
17.35
659.14
65.09
17.55
666.98
65.78
Refractory Bricklayer apprentices should also be paid the relevant percentage (based on the year of the apprenticeship) of the Refractory Allowance in Modern
Award for all purposes.
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.
24 UNITY
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AWARDS – NATIONAL
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
19.09
19.66
28.64
29.49
38.18
39.32
701.43
722.33
7.64
7.86
58.45
60.20
61-100 tonnes
20.22
30.33
40.44
743.13
8.09
61.93
101-200 tonnes
20.73
31.10
41.46
762.03
8.29
63.50
201-300 tonnes
21.73
32.60
43.46
793.73
8.69
66.15
301-400 tonnes
22.16
33.24
44.32
814.23
8.86
67.85
400 tonnes plus
22.72
34.08
45.44
835.03
9.09
69.59
Where more than one crane is engaged on any one lift the following additional payments shall be made per day
2 Cranes
2.91
3 Cranes
5.76
4 Cranes
8.61
Over 4 Cranes
11.52
Additional Allowances
Pile Driving allowance
14.10 per day
Demolition allowance
1.80 per hour
Wet Work allowance
58 cents per hour
Dirty Work allowance
58 cents per hour
Car allowance
Overnight allowance
74 cents per kilometre
12.77 per night
Meal allowance
13.03 per mealw
Fares and Travel allowance
23.40 per day
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UNITY 25
AWARDS – NATIONAL
BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION GENERAL
ON-SITE Award 2010
Per Hour
Time & a half
Double time
Per 38 Hours
Pro Rata
of hour
Annual Leave .4
plus loading accrual
Carpenter, Stonemason,
Bridge & Wharf Carpenter
20.28
30.42
40.56
770.64
68.46
8.11
Bricklayer
20.06
30.09
40.12
762.28
67.74
8.02
Tilelayer (NSW), HardFloor Coverer
20.28
30.42
40.56
770.64
68.46
8.11
Plasterer, Floorlayer
20.14
30.21
40.28
765.32
68.05
8.06
Roof tiler, Slate Ridge/Roof Fixer
19.92
29.88
39.84
756.96
67.30
7.97
Stonemason Machinist
20.28
30.42
40.56
770.64
68.46
8.11
Carver (Stoneworker)
21.45
32.18
42.90
815.10
72.38
8.58
20.86
31.29
41.72
792.68
70.42
8.34
Marker/Setter Out,
Lettercutter
Special Class Trade
21.45
32.18
42.90
815.10
72.38
8.58
Quarryperson
19.52
29.28
39.04
741.76
65.99
7.81
Signwriter
20.29
30.44
40.58
771.02
68.53
8.12
Painter, Glazier
19.70
29.55
39.40
748.60
69.44
7.88
Refractory Bricklayer
23.04
34.56
46.08
875.52
77.67
9.22
Refractory Bricklayers Asst.
20.15
30.23
40.30
765.70
68.09
8.06
19.52
29.28
39.04
741.76
65.99
7.81
Group 1
Rigger, Dogger
Group 2
Scaffolder, powder monkey, hoist winch driver, foundation shaftsperson, steel fixer including tackwelder, concrete finisher
19.00
28.50
38.00
722.00
64.24
7.60
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
20.16
30.24
40.32
766.08
63.00
8.06
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.
LEADING HAND
ALLOWANCE
26 UNITY
In charge of 1 person
46 cents per hour
In charge of 2-5 people
1.02 cents per hour
In charge of 6-10 people
1.29 per hour
In charge of 11 or more people
1.73 per hour
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‫‪MUltilingual‬‬
‫‪Chinese‬‬
‫‪Chinese‬‬
‫‪chinese‬‬
‫‪Arabic‬‬
‫‪Arabic‬‬
‫جديد‬
‫جديد‬
‫لفريق‬
‫لفريق‬
‫راحبة‬
‫راحبة‬
‫بدايةبداية‬
‫‪Arabic‬‬
‫‪新的领导班子旗开得胜‬‬
‫‪新的领导班子旗开得胜‬‬
‫قيادة قيادة‬
‫بفريقبفريق‬
‫العام ‪2012‬‬
‫العام ‪2012‬‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫نقابة نقابة‬
‫وايلز يف‬
‫وايلز يف‬
‫ساوثساوث‬
‫فرع نيو‬
‫يبدأ نيو‬
‫‪建筑林业采矿能源工会(CFMEU)新州支部在2012年新‬يبدأ فرع‬
‫‪建筑林业采矿能源工会(CFMEU)新州支部在2012年新‬‬
‫الناجحة‪.‬‬
‫الناجحة‪.‬‬
‫الصناعية‬
‫الصناعية‬
‫احلمالت‬
‫احلمالت‬
‫ومجلة من‬
‫ومجلة من‬
‫‪年伊始由新的领导班子领导，开始了一轮成功的工业‬جديدجديد‬
‫‪年伊始由新的领导班子领导，开始了一轮成功的工业‬‬
‫نشاطه‬
‫نشاطه‬
‫اجلديداجلديد‬
‫الفريقالفريق‬
‫األفق‪ ،‬بدأ‬
‫األفق‪ ،‬بدأ‬
‫داكن يف‬
‫داكن يف‬
‫ميالد ميالد‬
‫وجود عيد‬
‫وجود عيد‬
‫。‪ 运动‬مع مع‬
‫。‪运动‬‬
‫«كاردينال»‬
‫«كاردينال»‬
‫جمموعة‬
‫جمموعة‬
‫العاملني يف‬
‫العاملني يف‬
‫النقابةالنقابة‬
‫أعضاءأعضاء‬
‫حصول‬
‫حصول‬
‫لضمان‬
‫‪ 在圣诞节黯然而至之时，工会新的领导班子介入，‬لضمان‬
‫‪在圣诞节黯然而至之时，工会新的领导班子介入，‬‬
‫من شهر‬
‫األوىلشهر‬
‫األوىل من‬
‫األسابيع‬
‫األسابيع‬
‫الشركة يف‬
‫الشركة يف‬
‫انهارت‬
‫انهارت‬
‫عندماعندما‬
‫مستحقاتهم‬
‫مستحقاتهم‬
‫‪保证了为Cardinal集团公司工作的工会成员在公司12月‬على على‬
‫‪保证了为Cardinal集团公司工作的工会成员在公司12月‬‬
‫األول‪.‬األول‪.‬‬
‫ديسمرب‪/‬كانون‬
‫。‪初的几个星期垮掉时获得他们的所得利益‬ديسمرب‪/‬كانون‬
‫。‪初的几个星期垮掉时获得他们的所得利益‬‬
‫مادة مادة‬
‫وجودوجود‬
‫اإلعالم إىل‬
‫اإلعالم إىل‬
‫وسائلوسائل‬
‫تركيز تركيز‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫نقابة نقابة‬
‫نقلتنقلت‬
‫مث مث‬
‫‪建筑林业采矿能源工会随后又将媒体的聚光灯转到‬‬
‫‪建筑林业采矿能源工会随后又将媒体的聚光灯转到‬‬
‫مسلطة‬
‫مسلطة‬
‫كي»‪ ،‬كي»‪،‬‬
‫«سريكوالر‬
‫«سريكوالر‬
‫املعاصرة يف‬
‫املعاصرة يف‬
‫الفنونالفنون‬
‫متحف‬
‫متحف‬
‫األزبستوس يف‬
‫‪了现代艺术馆内有石棉的问题上，强调了对工人健康‬األزبستوس يف‬
‫‪了现代艺术馆内有石棉的问题上，强调了对工人健康‬‬
‫العمال‪.‬‬
‫العم‬
‫بصحة‬
‫املتعلقة‬
‫املتعلقة‬
‫خماوفها‬
‫خماوفها‬
‫على على‬
‫。‪的担忧‬الضوءالضوء‬
‫。‪的担忧‬‬
‫بصحةال‪ّ .‬‬
‫ّ‬
‫للعام للعام‬
‫اجلديداجلديد‬
‫فريقنافريقنا‬
‫تركيز تركيز‬
‫يعكسان‬
‫يعكسان‬
‫املبكران‬
‫املبكران‬
‫االنتصاران‬
‫االنتصاران‬
‫هذانهذان‬
‫‪这两个新年之初的胜利反映了新的领导班子在2012‬‬
‫‪这两个新年之初的胜利反映了新的领导班子在2012‬‬
‫واألجور‪.‬‬
‫واألجور‪.‬‬
‫السالمة‬
‫السالمة‬
‫وهي وهي‬
‫‪ ،2012‬أال‬
‫。‪ ،2012年的焦点：安全和工资‬أال‬
‫。‪年的焦点：安全和工资‬‬
‫حصول‬
‫حصول‬
‫بالتأكد من‬
‫بالتأكد من‬
‫الصفحة ‪)5‬‬
‫الصفحة ‪)5‬‬
‫(أنظروا‬
‫(أنظروا‬
‫اجلديداجلديد‬
‫الفريقالفريق‬
‫يلتزم يلتزم‬
‫‪这支新的领导班子（见第5页）致力于保证会员得‬‬
‫‪这支新的领导班子（见第5页）致力于保证会员得‬‬
‫االلتزام‬
‫االلتزام‬
‫نقوم بهذا‬
‫نقوم بهذا‬
‫مستحقاتهم‪.‬‬
‫مستحقاتهم‪.‬‬
‫دوالر من‬
‫دوالر من‬
‫على كل‬
‫على كل‬
‫النقابةالنقابة‬
‫‪到他们所应得的每一澳元。我们做出这样的承诺，因‬أعضاءأعضاء‬
‫‪到他们所应得的每一澳元。我们做出这样的承诺，因‬‬
‫املرحلة من‬
‫املرحلة من‬
‫يف هذه‬
‫هذه‬
‫املالية‬
‫املالية يف‬
‫بالوطأة‬
‫بالوطأة‬
‫يشعرون‬
‫يشعرون‬
‫العمال‬
‫العم‬
‫معرفتنا بأن‬
‫‪为我们知道随着经济的紧缩，建筑工业竞争的增长，‬مع مع‬
‫‪为我们知道随着经济的紧缩，建筑工业竞争的增长，‬‬
‫بأنال ّ‬
‫معرفتنا ّ‬
‫البناء‪.‬البناء‪.‬‬
‫قطاعقطاع‬
‫املنافسة يف‬
‫املنافسة يف‬
‫وازديادوازدياد‬
‫االقتصادي‬
‫االقتصادي‬
‫。‪会员所感受的经济压力‬الضيقالضيق‬
‫。‪会员所感受的经济压力‬‬
‫السالمة‬
‫السالمة‬
‫معايريمعايري‬
‫فقدانفقدان‬
‫عدم عدم‬
‫مند من‬
‫التأك‬
‫نريد‬
‫نفسه‪،‬‬
‫نفسه‪ ،‬نريد‬
‫الوقتالوقت‬
‫ويف ويف‬
‫التأكد ّ‬
‫ّ‬
‫‪同时我们也要保证在为利润最大化而减少工序的压‬‬
‫‪同时我们也要保证在为利润最大化而减少工序的压‬‬
‫األرباح‪.‬‬
‫األرباح‪.‬‬
‫لتعظيم‬
‫لتعظيم‬
‫وسريعوسريع‬
‫رخيص‬
‫رخيص‬
‫بشكلبشكل‬
‫األعمال‬
‫األعمال‬
‫حنو أداء‬
‫الدفع أداء‬
‫الدفع حنو‬
‫。‪力下没有丧失安全标准‬يف يف‬
‫。‪力下没有丧失安全标准‬‬
‫زيادتنازيادتنا‬
‫خاللخالل‬
‫النجاحات من‬
‫النجاحات من‬
‫على هذه‬
‫على هذه‬
‫سوف نبين‬
‫سوف نبين‬
‫‪،2012 ،2012‬‬
‫العام العام‬
‫يف يف‬
‫‪在2012年里，我们将这些成功继续下去，增加工会‬‬
‫‪在2012年里，我们将这些成功继续下去，增加工会‬‬
‫للتحقق من‬
‫للتحقق من‬
‫النقابةالنقابة‬
‫مسؤولو‬
‫مسؤولو‬
‫يقوم بها‬
‫يقوم بها‬
‫اليت اليت‬
‫البناء البناء‬
‫مواقعمواقع‬
‫لزيارات‬
‫‪组织人员去工地实地访问的次数，检查24小时补足保‬لزيارات‬
‫‪组织人员去工地实地访问的次数，检查24小时补足保‬‬
‫ادخارادخار‬
‫مدفوعات‬
‫مدفوعات‬
‫ساعة‪ ،‬ومن‬
‫ساعة‪ ،‬ومن‬
‫مدى ‪24‬‬
‫مدى ‪24‬‬
‫على على‬
‫اإلضايف‬
‫اإلضايف‬
‫بالتأمني‬
‫بالتأمني‬
‫التقيد‬
‫‪险的执行、养老金支付、工人工伤赔偿和工资标准的‬‬
‫التقيد ّ‬
‫‪ّ 险的执行、养老金支付、工人工伤赔偿和工资标准的‬‬
‫األجور‪.‬‬
‫األجور‪.‬‬
‫ومعدالت‬
‫التعويض‬
‫التعويض‬
‫وتأمنيوتأمني‬
‫التقاعد‬
‫。‪问题‬التقاعد‬
‫ومعدالت ّ‬
‫للعمال ّ‬
‫。‪问题‬‬
‫للعمال ّ‬
‫ّ‬
‫احلصول‬
‫احلصول‬
‫أسعى إىل‬
‫أسعى إىل‬
‫أعضائها وأنا‬
‫أعضائها وأنا‬
‫قوةيف قوة‬
‫تكمن‬
‫تكمن يف‬
‫النقابةالنقابة‬
‫ولكن قوة‬
‫ولكن قوة‬
‫‪然而，工会的强大来自于会员的强大。我寻求你们‬‬
‫‪然而，工会的强大来自于会员的强大。我寻求你们‬‬
‫كأعضاء‬
‫كأعضاء‬
‫استمراريتكم‬
‫استمراريتكم‬
‫خاللخالل‬
‫النقابة من‬
‫النقابة من‬
‫بناء قوة‬
‫إلعادةقوة‬
‫إلعادة بناء‬
‫دعمكم‬
‫دعمكم‬
‫‪对工会力量重建的支持，留在工会，并站在工会代表‬على على‬
‫‪对工会力量重建的支持，留在工会，并站在工会代表‬‬
‫فيها‪ .‬فيها‪.‬‬
‫واملسؤولني‬
‫واملسؤولني‬
‫النقابةالنقابة‬
‫ملمثليكم يف‬
‫ملمثليكم يف‬
‫دعمكم‬
‫دعمكم‬
‫فيها ويف‬
‫ماليني ويف‬
‫。‪和组织者一边‬ماليني فيها‬
‫。‪和组织者一边‬‬
‫باركرباركر‬
‫برايانبرايان‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫نقابةنقابة‬
‫وايلز يف‬
‫وايلز يف‬
‫ساوث‬
‫ساوث‬
‫فرع نيو‬
‫سكرتري نيو‬
‫‪建筑林业采矿能源工会新州支部书记Brian‬سكرتري فرع‬
‫‪建筑林业采矿能源工会新州支部书记Brian‬‬
‫‪Parker‬‬
‫‪Parker‬‬
‫‪Farsi‬‬
‫‪Farsi‬‬
‫‪Farsi‬‬
‫جدید‬
‫جدید‬
‫برای تیم‬
‫برای تیم‬
‫پیروزمند‬
‫پیروزمند‬
‫شروع‬
‫شروع‬
‫‪Croatian‬‬
‫‪Croatian‬‬
‫‪croatian‬‬
‫‪Pobjednički‬‬
‫‪Pobjednički‬‬
‫‪početak‬‬
‫‪početak‬‬
‫‪novog‬‬
‫‪novog‬‬
‫‪timatima‬‬
‫معادن و‬
‫جنگلبانی‪،‬‬
‫جنگلبانی‪،‬‬
‫ساختمانی‪،‬‬
‫ساختمانی‪،‬‬
‫کارگران‬
‫کارگران‬
‫احتادیهاحتادیه‬
‫ساوث ویلز‬
‫ساوث ویلز‬
‫ایالت نیو‬
‫ایالت نیو‬
‫شعبه شعبه‬
‫‪Podružnica‬‬
‫‪Podružnica‬‬
‫‪CFMEUа‬‬
‫‪CFMEUа‬‬
‫‪NSWа‬‬
‫‪NSWа‬‬
‫‪započinje‬‬
‫‪započinje‬‬
‫‪2012.2012.‬‬
‫‪godinu‬‬
‫‪godinu‬‬
‫‪sa timom‬‬
‫معادن و‪sa timom‬‬
‫موفقیت آمیز‬
‫پیشربدپیشربد‬
‫جدید و‬
‫جدید و‬
‫رهربیرهربی‬
‫یک باتیمیک تیم‬
‫‪ ۲۰۱۲‬را‬
‫سالرا با‬
‫‪۲۰۱۲CFMEU‬‬
‫‪ CFMEU‬سال‬
‫انرژی انرژی‬
‫‪novihnovih‬‬
‫‪rukovodioca‬‬
‫‪rukovodioca‬‬
‫‪i nekoliko‬‬
‫‪i nekoliko‬‬
‫‪održanih‬‬
‫‪održanih‬‬
‫‪uspješnih‬‬
‫‪uspješnih‬‬
‫‪industrijskih‬‬
‫موفقیت آمیز‪industrijskih‬‬
‫آغاز کرد‪.‬‬
‫مبارزاتیکرد‪.‬‬
‫مبارزاتی آغاز‬
‫کمپینهای‬
‫کمپینهای‬
‫‪kampanja.‬‬
‫‪kampanja.‬‬
‫جدیدعمل‬
‫جدید وارد‬
‫منایانتیمبود‪ ،‬تیم‬
‫افق بود‪،‬‬
‫افقدرمنایان‬
‫ناخوشایندی‬
‫ناخوشایندی در‬
‫کریسمس‬
‫کریسمس‬
‫حالیکهحالیکه‬
‫در در‬
‫‪Približavanjem‬‬
‫‪Približavanjem‬‬
‫‪sumornog‬‬
‫‪sumornog‬‬
‫‪Božića‬‬
‫‪Božića‬‬
‫‪na horizontu,‬‬
‫‪na horizontu,‬‬
‫‪novi novi‬‬
‫وارد عمل‪tim jetim je‬‬
‫کاردینال کار‬
‫شرکتشرکت‬
‫که برای‬
‫برای‬
‫که را‬
‫احتادیه‬
‫احتادیه را‬
‫اعضا اعضا‬
‫مزایایمزایای‬
‫حقوق و‬
‫حقوق و‬
‫کلیهتا کلیه‬
‫شده تاشده‬
‫‪poduzeo‬‬
‫‪poduzeo‬‬
‫‪mjeremjere‬‬
‫‪kako kako‬‬
‫‪bi osigurao‬‬
‫‪bi osigurao‬‬
‫‪da svida‬‬
‫‪članovi‬‬
‫‪svi članovi‬‬
‫‪koji rade‬‬
‫‪koji za‬‬
‫‪rade‬‬
‫‪grupu‬‬
‫کاردینال کار‪za grupu‬‬
‫اوایل ماه‬
‫های ماه‬
‫هفتهاوایل‬
‫در های‬
‫هفته‬
‫شرکت‬
‫شرکت در‬
‫کنند‪ .‬این‬
‫کنند‪ .‬این‬
‫دریافتدریافت‬
‫تضمین و‬
‫تضمین و‬
‫میکردند‬
‫میکردند‬
‫‪Cardinal‬‬
‫‪Cardinal‬‬
‫‪dobiju‬‬
‫‪dobiju‬‬
‫‪sve nasve‬‬
‫‪štonaimaju‬‬
‫‪što imaju‬‬
‫‪pravopravo‬‬
‫‪kad jekad‬‬
‫‪kompanija‬‬
‫‪je kompanija‬‬
‫‪propala‬‬
‫دسامربدسامرب‪propala‬‬
‫ورشکسته شد‪.‬‬
‫ورشکسته شد‪.‬‬
‫‪u prvim‬‬
‫‪u prvim‬‬
‫‪tjednima‬‬
‫‪tjednima‬‬
‫‪prosinca.‬‬
‫‪prosinca.‬‬
‫موزه‬
‫آزبست‬
‫آزبست در‬
‫وجود وجود‬
‫متوجهمتوجه‬
‫مجعی را‬
‫مجعی را‬
‫رسانه های‬
‫رسانه های‬
‫‪ CFMEU‬نگاه‬
‫‪ CFMEU‬نگاه‬
‫سپس سپس‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫‪CFMEU‬‬
‫‪je tada‬‬
‫‪je skrenuo‬‬
‫‪tada skrenuo‬‬
‫‪pažnju‬‬
‫‪pažnju‬‬
‫‪medija‬‬
‫‪medija‬‬
‫‪na nazočnost‬‬
‫‪na nazočnost‬‬
‫‪azbesta‬‬
‫در موزه‪azbesta‬‬
‫‪Circular‬‬
‫‪QuayQuay‬‬
‫‪ Museum‬در‬
‫‪ Museum‬در‬
‫‪of Contemporary‬‬
‫‪of Contemporary‬‬
‫معاصر ‪Art‬‬
‫معاصر ‪Art‬‬
‫هنرهای‬
‫هنرهای‬
‫‪u Muzeju‬‬
‫‪u Muzeju‬‬
‫‪suvremene‬‬
‫‪suvremene‬‬
‫‪umjetnosti‬‬
‫‪umjetnosti‬‬
‫‪na Circular‬‬
‫‪na Circular‬‬
‫‪Quayu‬‬
‫‪Quayu‬‬
‫‪i naglasio‬‬
‫‪i naglasio‬‬
‫‪za- za-Circular‬‬
‫حمل کار‬
‫این کار‬
‫ایندرحمل‬
‫که رادرکه‬
‫کارگرانی‬
‫کارگرانی را‬
‫سالمتی‬
‫سالمتی‬
‫ایمنی و‬
‫ایمنی و‬
‫در مورد‬
‫مورد‬
‫نگرانی‬
‫نگرانی در‬
‫کرد‪ ،‬وکرد‪ ،‬و‬
‫‪brinutost‬‬
‫‪brinutost‬‬
‫‪za zdravlje‬‬
‫‪za zdravlje‬‬
‫‪radnika.‬‬
‫‪radnika.‬‬
‫ساخت‪.‬‬
‫ساخت‪.‬‬
‫برجسته‬
‫برجسته‬
‫میکردند‬
‫میکردند‬
‫‪Te dvije‬‬
‫‪Te dvije‬‬
‫‪početne‬‬
‫‪početne‬‬
‫‪pobjede‬‬
‫‪pobjede‬‬
‫‪odražavaju‬‬
‫‪odražavaju‬‬
‫‪usredotočenost‬‬
‫‪usredotočenost‬‬
‫‪novognovog‬‬
‫سالرا‪ ۲۰۱۲‬را‬
‫در ‪۲۰۱۲‬‬
‫سال‬
‫جدید‬
‫جدید در‬
‫توجهتیمکار تیم‬
‫مرکز کار‬
‫کار‪ ،‬توجه‬
‫ابتدایمرکز‬
‫ابتدای کار‪،‬‬
‫پیروزی در‬
‫پیروزی در‬
‫این دواین دو‬
‫‪tima tima‬‬
‫‪u 2012.‬‬
‫‪u 2012.‬‬
‫‪godini‬‬
‫‪godini‬‬
‫‪na zaštitu‬‬
‫‪na zaštitu‬‬
‫‪na radu‬‬
‫‪na radu‬‬
‫‪i na plaće.‬‬
‫‪i na plaće.‬‬
‫دستمزدها‪.‬‬
‫دستمزدها‪.‬‬
‫ایمنی وایمنی و‬
‫میدهد‪:‬میدهد‪:‬‬
‫نشان نشان‬
‫‪Novi Novi‬‬
‫‪tim (pogledajte‬‬
‫‪tim (pogledajte‬‬
‫)‪5. stranicu‬‬
‫)‪5. stranicu‬‬
‫‪se obvezuje‬‬
‫‪se obvezuje‬‬
‫‪da ćeda‬‬
‫‪osigurati‬‬
‫‪će osigurati‬‬
‫خواهد کرد‬
‫وقف آن‬
‫را آن‬
‫وقف‬
‫کنید) راخود‬
‫کنید) خود‬
‫مراجعه‬
‫مراجعه‬
‫صفحه ‪۵‬‬
‫صفحه ‪۵‬‬
‫جدید( به‬
‫جدید( به‬
‫تیم تیم‬
‫‪da članovi‬‬
‫‪da članovi‬‬
‫‪dobiju‬‬
‫‪dobiju‬‬
‫‪svakisvaki‬‬
‫‪dolardolar‬‬
‫‪na koji‬‬
‫‪na imaju‬‬
‫‪koji imaju‬‬
‫‪pravo.pravo.‬‬
‫‪Prihvaćamo‬‬
‫خواهدکهکرد که‪Prihvaćamo‬‬
‫دریافتش‬
‫دریافتش‬
‫مستحق‬
‫مستحق‬
‫که را که‬
‫حقوق راخود‬
‫حقوق خود‬
‫کلیه وحق و‬
‫احتادیه حق‬
‫احتادیه کلیه‬
‫اعضایاعضای‬
‫‪tu obvezu‬‬
‫‪tu obvezu‬‬
‫‪znajući‬‬
‫‪znajući‬‬
‫‪da seda‬‬
‫‪članovi‬‬
‫‪se članovi‬‬
‫‪nalazenalaze‬‬
‫‪u sveutežoj‬‬
‫‪sve težoj‬‬
‫‪financijskoj‬‬
‫هستند‪،‬هستند‪financijskoj،‬‬
‫پذیریم که‬
‫پذیریم که‬
‫این ازامراینمیامر می‬
‫اطالع‬
‫اطالع از‬
‫تعهد را با‬
‫این را با‬
‫اینماتعهد‬
‫بیاورند‪.‬‬
‫بیاورند‪ .‬ما‬
‫بدستبدست‬
‫‪situaciji‬‬
‫‪situaciji‬‬
‫‪kako kako‬‬
‫‪se ekonomija‬‬
‫‪se ekonomija‬‬
‫‪steže steže‬‬
‫‪i konkurencija‬‬
‫‪i konkurencija‬‬
‫‪u građevinskoj‬‬
‫اعضایاعضای‪u građevinskoj‬‬
‫شدن شدن‬
‫بیشرت بیشرت‬
‫اقتصادی و‬
‫اقتصادی و‬
‫شرایط بد‬
‫شرایط بد‬
‫توجه به‬
‫توجه به‬
‫مالی را با‬
‫فشارهای را با‬
‫فشارهای مالی‬
‫احتادیهاحتادیه‬
‫‪industriji‬‬
‫‪industriji‬‬
‫‪je svejeveća.‬‬
‫‪sve veća.‬‬
‫کرده اند‪.‬‬
‫احساس اند‪.‬‬
‫احساس کرده‬
‫ساختمانی‬
‫ساختمانی‬
‫صنعتصنعت‬
‫رقابت در‬
‫رقابت در‬
‫‪U istoUvrijeme‬‬
‫‪isto vrijeme‬‬
‫‪želimo‬‬
‫‪želimo‬‬
‫‪osigurati‬‬
‫‪osigurati‬‬
‫‪da se da‬‬
‫‪ne se‬‬
‫‪gube‬‬
‫‪ne gube‬‬
‫‪standardi‬‬
‫‪standardi‬‬
‫‪zaštitezaštite‬‬
‫ایمنی ایمنی‬
‫استانداردهای‬
‫استانداردهای‬
‫شویم که‬
‫مطمئن که‬
‫مطمئن شویم‬
‫میخواهیم‬
‫میخواهیم‬
‫عینماحال ما‬
‫درحال‬
‫در عین‬
‫‪na radu‬‬
‫‪na radu‬‬
‫‪u trciuda‬‬
‫‪trciseda‬‬
‫‪nasesvemu‬‬
‫‪na svemu‬‬
‫‪štedi,štedi,‬‬
‫‪kako kako‬‬
‫‪bi se bi‬‬
‫‪ostvarili‬‬
‫‪se ostvarili‬‬
‫‪maksi‬‬‫قربانیقربانی‪maksi-‬‬
‫نگردند‪.‬نگردند‪.‬‬
‫افزایش سود‬
‫افزایش سود‬
‫مبنظورمبنظور‬
‫تالش تالش‬
‫‪malnimalni‬‬
‫‪profiti.‬‬
‫‪profiti.‬‬
‫استواراستوار‬
‫هایراخود را‬
‫پایهخود‬
‫دستاوردهاهای‬
‫دستاوردها پایه‬
‫اساس این‬
‫اساس این‬
‫‪ ۲۰۱۲‬ما بر‬
‫سالما بر‬
‫در‪۲۰۱۲‬‬
‫در سال‬
‫‪U 2012.‬‬
‫‪U 2012.‬‬
‫‪godini‬‬
‫‪godini‬‬
‫‪nadogradit‬‬
‫‪nadogradit‬‬
‫‪ćemoćemo‬‬
‫‪te uspjehe‬‬
‫‪te uspjehe‬‬
‫‪češćim‬‬
‫‪češćim‬‬
‫‪posjetama‬‬
‫خواهیمخواهیم‪posjetama‬‬
‫احتادیه از‬
‫احتادیه از‬
‫سازماندهندگان‬
‫سازماندهندگان‬
‫سرکشی‬
‫سرکشی‬
‫افزایشافزایش‬
‫طریق طریق‬
‫آنهموازآنهم از‬
‫ساخت‬
‫ساخت و‬
‫‪organizatora‬‬
‫‪organizatora‬‬
‫‪gradilištima,‬‬
‫‪gradilištima,‬‬
‫‪kako kako‬‬
‫‪bi provjerili‬‬
‫‪bi provjerili‬‬
‫‪da sedaprimjenjuju‬‬
‫کارهایکارهای‪se primjenjuju‬‬
‫مزایایمزایای‬
‫‪، Top-Up‬‬
‫‪، Top-Up‬‬
‫ساعتهساعته‬
‫بیمه ‪۲۴‬‬
‫پرداخت ‪۲۴‬‬
‫پرداخت بیمه‬
‫بازبینیبازبینی‬
‫ساختمانی و‬
‫ساختمانی و‬
‫‪odredbe‬‬
‫‪odredbe‬‬
‫‪24-satnog‬‬
‫‪24-satnog‬‬
‫‪dodatnog‬‬
‫‪dodatnog‬‬
‫‪osiguranja‬‬
‫‪osiguranja‬‬
‫‪– 24-hour‬‬
‫‪– 24-hour‬‬
‫‪Top Up‬‬
‫‪TopIn‬‬‫صندوقصندوق‪Up In-‬‬
‫دستمزدها‪.‬‬
‫دستمزدها‪.‬‬
‫پرداخت‬
‫پرداخت‬
‫همچنین‬
‫همچنین‬
‫’‪ workers‬و‬
‫’‪ workers‬و‬
‫‪compensation‬‬
‫‪compensation‬‬
‫بازنشستگی‪ ،‬بیمه‬
‫بازنشستگی‪ ،‬بیمه‬
‫‪surance,‬‬
‫‪surance,‬‬
‫‪mirovinsko-štednih‬‬
‫‪mirovinsko-štednih‬‬
‫‪isplata,‬‬
‫‪isplata,‬‬
‫‪plaćanja‬‬
‫‪plaćanja‬‬
‫‪radničke‬‬
‫‪radničke‬‬
‫‪odštete‬‬
‫‪odštete‬‬
‫‪i‬‬
‫‪i‬‬
‫اعضای آن‬
‫اعضای آن‬
‫است که‬
‫قدرت که‬
‫قدرت است‬
‫نیرومند و پر‬
‫نیرومند و پر‬
‫هنگامی‬
‫هنگامی‬
‫احتادیه فقط‬
‫احتادیه فقط‬
‫اینحالاینحال‬
‫با‬
‫با‬
‫‪platnih‬‬
‫‪platnih‬‬
‫‪stopa.stopa.‬‬
‫طریق طریق‬
‫میکهکنماز که از‬
‫پشتیبانیکنم‬
‫پشتیبانی می‬
‫تقاضای‬
‫تقاضای‬
‫شمااز شما‬
‫من واز من‬
‫باشند‬
‫باشند و‬
‫قدرمتند‬
‫قدرمتند‬
‫‪Međutim,‬‬
‫‪Međutim,‬‬
‫‪sindikat‬‬
‫‪sindikat‬‬
‫‪je samo‬‬
‫‪je samo‬‬
‫‪tolikotoliko‬‬
‫‪jak koliko‬‬
‫‪jak koliko‬‬
‫‪su jaki‬‬
‫‪su njegovi‬‬
‫حفظ حفظ‪jaki njegovi‬‬
‫احتادیه را‬
‫احتادیه را پر‬
‫‪ delegates‬خود‪،‬‬
‫‪ delegates‬خود‪،‬‬
‫منایندگان یا‬
‫منایندگان یا‬
‫محایت از‬
‫محایت از‬
‫عضویت وخود و‬
‫عضویت خود‬
‫‪članovi‬‬
‫‪članovi‬‬
‫‪i tražim‬‬
‫‪i tražim‬‬
‫‪vašu podršku‬‬
‫‪vašu podršku‬‬
‫‪u tome‬‬
‫‪u tome‬‬
‫‪da se da‬‬
‫‪ponovno‬‬
‫‪se ponovno‬‬
‫‪izgradi‬‬
‫‪izgradi‬‬
‫توانپر توان‪jaki jaki‬‬
‫کنید‪.‬‬
‫کنید‪.‬‬
‫بازسازی‬
‫بازسازی‬
‫‪sindikat‬‬
‫‪sindikat‬‬
‫‪tako da‬‬
‫‪tako‬‬
‫‪ostanete‬‬
‫‪da ostanete‬‬
‫‪financijski‬‬
‫‪financijski‬‬
‫‪članovi‬‬
‫‪članovi‬‬
‫‪sindikata‬‬
‫‪sindikata‬‬
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‫‪CFMEU‬‬
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‫‪Parker‬‬
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CFMEU
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iniziainizia
il 2012
il 2012
sotto sotto
la guida
la guida
Το CFMEU
Το CFMEU
του κλάδου
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της ΝΝΟ
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ξεκινά
ξεκινά
το 2012
το 2012
με μια
με νέα
μια νέαIl NSW
un nuovo
leadership
leadership
team team
e cone una
con serie
una serie
di recenti
di recenti
campagne
campagne
διοικητική
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ομάδα
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και μια
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από από
νίκεςνίκες
σε καμπάνιες
σε καμπάνιες
στονστονdi undinuovo
sindacali
sindacali
di successo.
di successo.
οικοδομικό
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κλάδο.
κλάδο.
Nel periodo
immediatamente
immediatamente
precedente
precedente
un Natale
un Natale
dalledalle
Με παγερά
Με παγερά
Χριστούγεννα
Χριστούγεννα
στονστον
ορίζοντα,
ορίζοντα,
η νέαη διοίκηση
νέα διοίκηση Nel periodo
prospettive
tutt’altro
tutt’altro
che rosee,
che rosee,
il nuovo
il nuovo
team team
è intervenuto
è intervenuto
per fare
perinfare in
επενέβηκε
επενέβηκε
για να
γιαεξασφαλίσει
να εξασφαλίσει
ότι ταότιμέλη
τα μέλη
που εργάζονταν
που εργάζονταν
στον στονprospettive
che gli
che
iscritti
gli iscritti
alle dipendenze
alle dipendenze
del Cardinal
del Cardinal
Gruppo
Gruppo
ricevessero
ricevessero
Όμιλο
Όμιλο
Κάρντιναλ-Cardinal
Κάρντιναλ-Cardinal
group
group
θα λάμβαναν
θα λάμβαναν
όλα τους
όλα τους
τα ταmodomodo
tutte
proprie
le proprie
spettanze
spettanze
quando
quando
la ditta
la èditta
stataè stata
costretta
costretta
a chiudere
a chiudere
i
i
δικαιώματα
δικαιώματα
όταν όταν
κατάρρευσε
κατάρρευσε
η εταιρία
η εταιρία
στις αρχές
στις αρχές
του Δεκέμβρη.
του Δεκέμβρη. tutte le
battenti
ai primi
ai primi
di dicembre.
di dicembre.
Στη συνέχεια
Στη συνέχεια
το CFMEU
το CFMEU
έστρεψε
έστρεψε
την προσοχή
την προσοχή
των μέσων
των μέσωνbattenti
Il CFMEU
ha poiha
richiamato
poi richiamato
l’attenzione
l’attenzione
dei mezzi
dei mezzi
di comunicazione
di comunicazione
ενημέρωσης
ενημέρωσης
στη ύπαρξη
στη ύπαρξη
ασβέστη
ασβέστη
στο εργοτάξιο
στο εργοτάξιο
του Μουσείο
του Μουσείο
ΝέαςΝέας Il CFMEU
sulla presenza
di amianto
di amianto
nel Museo
nel Museo
di Arte
di Contemporanea
Arte Contemporanea
a Circular
a Circular
Τέχνης-Museum
Τέχνης-Museum
of Contemporary
of Contemporary
Art στο
Art Σέρκιλαρ
στο Σέρκιλαρ
Κή-Circular
Κή-Circularsulla presenza
Quay,Quay,
mettendo
mettendo
in risalto
in risalto
i pericoli
i pericoli
per laper
salute
la salute
dei lavoratori.
dei lavoratori.
Quay,Quay,
τονίζοντας
τονίζοντας
την ανησυχία
την ανησυχία
για την
γιαυγεία
την υγεία
των εργατών.
των εργατών.
Queste
due vittorie
due vittorie
sono sono
indicative
indicative
degli degli
obiettivi
obiettivi
prioritari
prioritari
del del
ΑυτέςΑυτές
οι δύοοιέγκαιρες
δύο έγκαιρες
νίκεςνίκες
κατοπτρίζουν
κατοπτρίζουν
την εστίαση
την εστίαση
της νέας
της νέας Queste
nuovonuovo
team team
per ilper
2012:
il 2012:
sicurezza
sicurezza
e condizioni
e condizioni
retributive.
retributive.
διοίκησης
διοίκησης
για τογια
2012:
το 2012:
ασφάλεια
ασφάλεια
και μισθοί.
και μισθοί.
Il nuovo
team team
(cfr. pagina
(cfr. pagina
5) punta
5) punta
a far sì
a far
chesìgli
che
iscritti
gli iscritti
ricevano
ricevano
Η νέαΗδιοίκηση
νέα διοίκηση
(βλέπε
(βλέπε
σελίδα
σελίδα
5) έχει
5)δεσμευθεί
έχει δεσμευθεί
στην στην
εγγύηση
εγγύηση Il nuovo
ogni dollaro
loro spettante.
loro spettante.
Il team
Il team
si è assunto
si è assunto
questo
questo
impegno
impegno
nella nella
ότι τα
ότιμέλη
τα μέλη
θα λαμβάνουν
θα λαμβάνουν
κάθεκάθε
ένα δολάριο
ένα δολάριο
που δικαιούνται
που δικαιούνταιogni dollaro
consapevolezza
che gli
cheiscritti
gli iscritti
risentono
risentono
degli degli
effettieffetti
delle delle
difficoltà
difficoltà
. αναλαμβάνουμε
. αναλαμβάνουμε
αυτήαυτή
τη δέσμευση
τη δέσμευση
γνωρίζοντας
γνωρίζοντας
ότι τα
ότιμέλη
τα μέληconsapevolezza
dell’economia
e della
e della
crescita
crescita
della della
concorrenza
concorrenza
nel settore
nel settore
edile.edile.
μας αντιμετωπίζουν
μας αντιμετωπίζουν
οικονομικές
οικονομικές
δυσκολίες
δυσκολίες
καθώς
καθώς
η οικονομία
η οικονομίαdell’economia
Nel contempo
vogliamo
vogliamo
evitare
evitare
che gli
che
standard
gli standard
di sicurezza
di sicurezza
sianosiano
περιορίζεται
περιορίζεται
και ο και
ανταγωνισμός
ο ανταγωνισμός
στον στον
οικοδομικό
οικοδομικό
κλάδο
κλάδο
αυξάνεται.
αυξάνεται. Nel contempo
sacrificati
sull’altare
sull’altare
della della
massimizzazione
massimizzazione
degli degli
utili. utili.
Συγχρόνως
Συγχρόνως
θέλουμε
θέλουμε
να εξασφαλίσουμε
να εξασφαλίσουμε
ότι τα
ότιπρότυπα
τα πρότυπαsacrificati
Nel 2012,
faremo
faremo
leva su
leva
questi
su questi
successi
successi
aumentando
aumentando
il numero
il numero
ασφαλείας
ασφαλείας
δεν θα
δεν
χαθούν
θα χαθούν
στην στην
προσπάθεια
προσπάθεια
να γίνουν
να γίνουν
παραλήψεις
παραλήψεις Nel 2012,
di visite
di visite
ai cantieri
ai cantieri
da parte
da parte
degli degli
organizzatori
organizzatori
sindacali
sindacali
per verificare
per verificare
για να
για
αυξηθούν
να αυξηθούν
τα κέρδη.
τα κέρδη.
la conformità
alla 24-Hour
alla 24-Hour
Top-Up
Top-Up
Insurance
Insurance
e all’obbligo
e all’obbligo
del del
Το 2012,
Το 2012,
θα αυξήσουμε
θα αυξήσουμε
αυτέςαυτές
τις επιτυχίες
τις επιτυχίες
μας με
μαςαύξηση
με αύξησηla conformità
versamento
dei contributi
dei contributi
sui fondi
sui fondi
pensione
pensione
e delepagamento
del pagamento
dei dei
επισκέψεων
επισκέψεων
σε εργοτάξια
σε εργοτάξια
από τους
από τους
Οργανωτές
Οργανωτές
του συνδικάτου
του συνδικάτουversamento
ης
dell’indennità
dell’indennità
per infortuni
per infortuni
sul lavoro
sul lavoro
nonché
nonché
il rispetto
il rispetto
delle delle
Συμπληρωματικής
Συμπληρωματικήςpremipremi
για πιστοποίηση
για πιστοποίηση
συμμόρφωσης
συμμόρφωσης
της 24
τηςης 24
condizioni
retributive.
retributive.
Ασφάλειας-24-Hour
Ασφάλειας-24-Hour
Top-Up
Top-Up
Insurance,
Insurance,
συνταξιοδοτικών
συνταξιοδοτικών
εισφορών,
εισφορών,condizioni
Tuttavia,
Tuttavia,
la forza
la forza
del sindacato
del sindacato
è direttamente
è direttamente
proporzionale
proporzionale
αποζημίωσης
αποζημίωσης
εργατών
εργατών
και κανονική
και κανονική
μισθοδοσία.
μισθοδοσία.
a quella
dei propri
dei propri
iscritti
iscritti
e quindi
e quindi
chiedo
chiedo
il vostro
il vostro
supporto
supporto
per per
ΑλλάΑλλά
η δύναμη
η δύναμη
του συνδικάτου
του συνδικάτου
βασίζεται
βασίζεται
στη δύναμη
στη δύναμη
των τωνa quella
potenziare
ulteriormente
ulteriormente
il sindacato
il sindacato
rimanendo
rimanendo
in regola
in regola
con ilcon il
μελών
μελών
του και
τουζητώ
και ζητώ
την συμπαράστασή
την συμπαράστασή
σας στην
σας στην
επανόρθωση
επανόρθωση
της τηςpotenziare
versamento
delle delle
quotequote
sindacali
sindacali
e dando
e dando
il vostro
il vostro
appoggio
appoggio
all’opera
all’opera
δύναμης
δύναμης
του συνδικάτου
του συνδικάτου
παραμένοντας
παραμένοντας
ταμειακώς
ταμειακώς
εν τάξει
εν τάξει
και καιversamento
dei delegati
e organizzatori
e organizzatori
sindacali.
sindacali.
υποστηρίζοντας
υποστηρίζοντας
τους τους
αντιπροσώπους
αντιπροσώπους
σας και
σαςτους
και τους
οργανωτές
οργανωτές
σας. σας.dei delegati
Parker,
Parker,
segretario
segretario
del NSW
del NSW
Branch
Branch
del CFMEU
del CFMEU
Γραμματέας
Γραμματέας
του κλαδικού
του κλαδικού
CFMEU
CFMEU
της ΝΝΟ
της ΝΝΟ
Μπράϊαν
Μπράϊαν
Πάρκερ
ΠάρκερBrianBrian
Korean
Korean
Korean
새 간부진의
새 간부진의
성공적인
성공적인
출발출발
Macedonian
Macedonian
Macedonian
Победнички
Победнички
почеток
почеток
за новиот
за новиот
тим тим
Одделот
на CFMEU
на CFMEU
за Нов
за Јужен
Нов Јужен
Велс Велс
(CFMEU
(CFMEU
NSWNSW
Branch)
Branch)
ја ја
CFMEU
CFMEU
의 NSW
의 NSW
지부는
지부는
새로운
새로운
간부들과
간부들과
성공적인
성공적인
노사문제
노사문제Одделот
започнува
започнува
2012та
2012та
година
година
со
нов
со
раководствен
нов
раководствен
тим
и
тим
серија
и
серија
на
на
캠페인들을
캠페인들을
벌이면서
벌이면서
2012년을
2012년을
시작했습니다.
시작했습니다.
успешни
успешни
работни
работни
кампањи.
кампањи.
12월12월
초순에
초순에
카디널
카디널
사가사가
문을문을
닫음으로써
닫음으로써
암울한
암울한
크리크리 Со мрачниот
Со мрачниот
Божиќ
Божиќ
на видикот,
на видикот,
новиот
новиот
тим стапи
тим стапи
на функција
на функција
스마스를
스마스를
앞둔앞둔
듯 싶었을
듯 싶었을
때 새때간부진은
새 간부진은
카디널
카디널
그룹에서
그룹에서
근 근со намера
со намера
да осигура
да осигура
членовите
членовите
кои работеа
кои работеа
за фирмата
за фирмата
‘Cardinal
‘Cardinal
무하던
무하던
노조회원들이
노조회원들이
그들의
그들의
지급금들을
지급금들을
전액전액
수령할
수령할
수 있수 있group’group’
да гидадобијат
ги добијат
сите сите
надоместоци
надоместоци
на кои
на имаа
кои имаа
правоправо
кога кога
도록도록
조치를
조치를
취했습니다.
취했습니다.
компанијата
компанијата
пропадна
пропадна
во првите
во првите
недели
недели
во декември.
во декември.
тоа, CFMEU
тоа, CFMEU
го свртија
го свртија
вниманието
вниманието
на медиумите
на медиумите
на на
그 뒤를
그 뒤를
이어이어
CFMEU는
CFMEU는
써큘러
써큘러
키에키에
위치한
위치한
현대미술관
현대미술관 ПослеПосле
присуството
на азбестна
на азбестна
прашина
прашина
на градилиштето
на градилиштето
на Музејот
на Музејот
현장에
현장에
석면이
석면이
있다는
있다는
사실을
사실을
방송매체들로
방송매체들로
하여금
하여금
대대적
대대적присуството
на современа
уметност
уметност
(Museum
(Museum
of Contemporary
of Contemporary
Art) во
Art)
Circular
во Circular
으로으로
보도하게
보도하게
함으로써
함으로써
관련관련
근로자들의
근로자들의
건강에
건강에
관한관한
우려우려на современа
Quay,
Quay,
нагласувајќи
нагласувајќи
ја
загриженоста
ја
загриженоста
за
здравјето
за
здравјето
на
работниците.
на
работниците.
가 있음을
가 있음을
강조하였습니다.
강조하였습니다.
две рани
две рани
победи
победи
ја одразуваат
ја одразуваат
целтацелта
на која
на се
која
фокусира
се фокусира
새 간부진들이
새 간부진들이
초기에
초기에
이루어낸
이루어낸
이러한
이러한
두 가지
두 가지
성공담을
성공담을 ОвиеОвие
новиот
новиот
тим во
тим
2012
во 2012
г.: безбедноста
г.: безбедноста
и платите.
и платите.
보면보면
2012년에
2012년에
간부들이
간부들이
어디에
어디에
초점을
초점을
두고있는지
두고있는지
알 수알있수 있 Новиот
Новиот
тим (погледнете
тим (погледнете
на страна
на страна
5) се 5)
обврзува
се обврзува
да осигура
да осигура
습니다.
습니다.
바로바로
안전과
안전과
보수문제입니다.
보수문제입니다.
дека дека
членовите
членовите
ќе гоќепримат
го примат
секојсекој
долардолар
што што
им следува.
им следува.
Ја Ја
새로새로
부임한
부임한
간부진들은
간부진들은
(5페이지
(5페이지
참조)참조)
노조회원들이
노조회원들이
당 당превземаме
превземаме
оваа оваа
обврска
обврска
знаејќи
знаејќи
дека дека
членовите
членовите
финансиски
финансиски
연히연히
받아야
받아야
할 모든
할 모든
보수를
보수를
받게끔
받게끔
보장하는
보장하는
것에것에
전력을
전력을ги чувствуваат
ги чувствуваат
последиците
последиците
од економското
од економското
затегнување
затегнување
и
и
зголемената
конкуренција
конкуренција
во градежната
во градежната
индустрија.
индустрија.
다 하고
다 하고
있습니다.
있습니다.
경제경제
상황이
상황이
좋지좋지
않아지고
않아지고
건축업계에
건축업계에
경 경зголемената
Истовремено,
сакаме
сакаме
да обезбедиме
да обезбедиме
да не да
се не
изгубат
се изгубат
стандардите
стандардите
쟁이쟁이
더욱더욱
치열해
치열해
지면서
지면서
노조회원들이
노조회원들이
경제적으로
경제적으로
압박을
압박을 Истовремено,
за безбедност
на работниците
на работниците
во напорите
во напорите
на работодавците
на работодавците
работите
работите
받고받고
있음을
있음을
알기에
알기에
저희가
저희가
이렇게
이렇게
전력을
전력을
다하는
다하는
것입니다.
것입니다.за безбедност
прават
се прават
набрзина
набрзина
со целсодацел
го да
зголемат
го зголемат
профитот
профитот
до максимум.
до максимум.
이와이와
아울러
아울러
저희는
저희는
이윤이윤
극대화를
극대화를
위해위해
비용비용
절감을
절감을
추 추да се да
Во 2012
Во 2012
г., ќе г.,гиќенадградуваме
ги надградуваме
овие овие
успеси
успеси
прекупреку
зачестени
зачестени
진하는
진하는
과정에서
과정에서
근로자들의
근로자들의
안전안전
기준이
기준이
손해를
손해를
보는보는
일이일이
посети
посети
на градилиштата
на градилиштата
од страна
од страна
на организаторите
на организаторите
со цел
со да
цел да
없도록
없도록
확실시
확실시
하고자
하고자
합니다.
합니다.
проверуваме
проверуваме
далидали
се почитуваат
се почитуваат
правилата
правилата
за Дополнително
за Дополнително
2012년에
2012년에
저희는
저희는
이러한
이러한
성공사례들에
성공사례들에
그치지
그치지
않고않고
조직조직осигурување
осигурување
за заштита
за заштита
на платите
на платите
и надоместите
и надоместите
за повреди
за повреди
на на
책들의
책들의
현장방문
현장방문
횟수를
횟수를
늘임으로써
늘임으로써
24시간
24시간
보충보험,
보충보험,
은퇴은퇴и вониработното
вон работното
местоместо
(24-Hour
(24-Hour
Top-Up
Top-Up
Insurance),
Insurance),
исплатите
исплатите
во во
연금연금
부금지급,
부금지급,
산재보험금
산재보험금
지급지급
및 임금액수를
및 임금액수를
잘 지키는지
잘 지키는지пензиски
пензиски
фондови,
фондови,
компензација
компензација
за повреда
за повреда
на работа
на работа
и стапките
и стапките
на исплата.
на исплата.
점검함으로써
점검함으로써
더더욱
더더욱
노력할
노력할
것입니다.
것입니다.
Меѓутоа,
синдикатот
синдикатот
е моќен
е моќен
онолку
онолку
колкуколку
и неговите
и неговите
членови
членови
и
и
그러나
그러나
노조가
노조가
힘이힘이
있으려면
있으려면
든든한
든든한
회원들이
회원들이
필요하며
필요하며 Меѓутоа,
затоа
затоа
барам
барам
од
вас
од
поддршка
вас
поддршка
за
да
ја
за
повратиме
да
ја
повратиме
моќта
моќта
на
синдикатот
на
синдикатот
그런그런
이유로
이유로
저는저는
여러분들이
여러분들이
노조회비도
노조회비도
계속계속
납부해
납부해
주시주시
тоа ќе
што
продолжите
ќе продолжите
да бидете
да бидете
членови
членови
во синдикатот
во синдикатот
и да и да
고 여러분들의
고 여러분들의
대표나
대표나
조직책들의
조직책들의
입장을
입장을
지지하여
지지하여
노조를
노조를со тоасошто
ја плаќате
ја плаќате
вашата
вашата
членарина,
членарина,
како како
и да игидаподдржувате
ги поддржувате
вашите
вашите
튼튼하게
튼튼하게
키우는
키우는
데 일조해
데 일조해
주시기를
주시기를
부탁드립니다.
부탁드립니다.
пратеници
пратеници
и организатори.
и организатори.
CFMEU
CFMEU
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на CFMEU
на CFMEU
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Início
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brilhante
brilhante
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o novo
o novo
grupo
grupo
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Победнички
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почетак
почетак
новог
новог
тиматима
A Secção
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do CFMEU
do CFMEU
em NSW
em NSW
iniciainicia
o anoode
ano
2012
de 2012
com um
comnovo
um novoПодружница
Подружница
CFMEU-а
CFMEU-а
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Јужног
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ВелсаВелса
почиње
почиње
2012.2012.
grupogrupo
de trabalho
de trabalho
na suanaliderança
sua liderança
e partindo
e partindo
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para campanhas
laborais
laboraisгодину
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са тимом
са тимом
новихнових
руководилаца
руководилаца
и неколико
и неколико
одржаних
одржаних
bem-sucedidas.
bem-sucedidas.
успешних
успешних
индустријских
индустријских
кампања.
кампања.
Com Com
um Natal
um Natal
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encorajante
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no horizonte,
no horizonte,
o novo
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grupogrupo
de de Наилажењем
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на хоризонту,
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тим је
тим је
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uma posição
uma posição
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para assegurar
para assegurar
que osque
sócios
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que queпредузео
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кораке
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да бидаосигурао
би осигурао
да сви
да чланови
сви чланови
који раде
који раде
за за
trabalhavam
trabalhavam
para opara
grupo
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recebessem
recebessem
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a queatinham
que tinhamгрупугрупу
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приме
приме
све насве
шта
на имају
шта имају
правоправо
кад јекад
компанија
је компанија
direito,
direito,
quando
quando
a companhia
a companhia
faliu nas
faliu
primeiras
nas primeiras
semanas
semanas
de Dezembro.
de Dezembro.
пропала
пропала
у првим
у првим
недељама
недељама
децембра.
децембра.
O CFMEU
O CFMEU
levoulevou
depois
depois
os órgãos
os órgãos
de comunicação
de comunicação
socialsocial
a
a
CFMEU
је онда
је онда
скренуо
скренуо
пажњу
пажњу
медија
медија
на присуство
на присуство
азбеста
азбеста
concentrar-se
concentrar-se
na presença
na presença
de amianto
de amianto
(asbestos)
(asbestos)
no estaleiro
no estaleiro
de obra
de obra CFMEU
у
Музеју
у
Музеју
савремене
савремене
уметности
уметности
на
Circular
на
Circular
Quay-у
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и
нагласио
и
нагласио
do Museum
do Museum
of Contemporary
of Contemporary
Art (Museu
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de Arte
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забринутост
за здравље
за здравље
радника.
радника.
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em Circular
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salientando
salientando
preocupações
preocupações
com com
a saúde
a saúde
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две
Те
почетне
две
почетне
победе
победе
одражавају
одражавају
фокусирање
фокусирање
новогновог
тима тима
trabalhadores.
trabalhadores.
у 2012.
години
години
на заштиту
на заштиту
и плате.
и плате.
Estas Estas
duas vitórias
duas vitórias
precoces
precoces
reflectem
reflectem
as áreas
as áreas
de concentração
de concentração
do doу 2012.
НовиНови
тим тим
(погледајте
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5. страну)
5. страну)
се обавезује
се обавезује
да ћеда ће
novo novo
grupogrupo
de trabalho
de trabalho
para 2012:
para 2012:
segurança
segurança
e salários.
e salários.
осигурати
да чланови
да чланови
приме
приме
свакисваки
долардолар
на који
на имају
који имају
право.
право.
O novo
O novo
grupogrupo
de trabalho
de trabalho
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a página
5) compromete-se
5) compromete-se
a
aосигурати
assegurar
assegurar
que osque
sócios
os sócios
recebem
recebem
todostodos
os dólares
os dólares
a queatêm
quedireito.
têm direito.Прихватамо
Прихватамо
ту обавезу
ту обавезу
знајући
знајући
да се да
чланови
се чланови
налазе
налазе
у отежалој
у отежалој
Aceitamos
Aceitamos
este compromisso,
este compromisso,
porque
porque
sabemos
sabemos
que osque
sócios
os sócios
estão estão
a
aфинансијској
финансијској
ситуацији
ситуацији
како се
како
економија
се економија
стежестеже
и конкуренција
и конкуренција
sentirsentir
o beliscão
o beliscão
financeiro,
financeiro,
à medida
à medida
que a que
economia
a economia
apertaaperta
o cinto
o cinto
e
eу грађевинској
у грађевинској
индустрији
индустрији
је свејевећа.
све већа.
aumenta
aumenta
a concorrência
a concorrência
na indústria
na indústria
da construção
da construção
civil. civil.
Истодобно
Истодобно
желимо
желимо
осигурати
осигурати
да седанесегубе
не губе
стандарди
стандарди
Queremos
Queremos
assegurar,
assegurar,
ao mesmo
ao mesmo
tempo,
tempo,
que os
quepadrões
os padrões
de deсигурносно-техничке
сигурносно-техничке
заштите
заштите
у трци
у трци
да седа
насе
свему
на свему
штеди,
штеди,
да да
segurança
segurança
não caíram
não caíram
no esquecimento,
no esquecimento,
dada dada
a tendência
a tendência
de cortar
de cortarби себи
остварили
се остварили
максимални
максимални
профити.
профити.
caminho
caminho
para maximizar
para maximizar
lucros.
lucros.
У 2012.
У 2012.
години
години
надоградићемо
надоградићемо
те успехе
те успехе
чешћим
чешћим
посетама
посетама
Em 2012,
Em 2012,
aumentaremos
aumentaremos
aindaainda
mais mais
estes estes
sucessos,
sucessos,
através
através
do do
организатора
организатора
градилиштима
градилиштима
да бида
проверили
би проверили
да се да
примењују
се примењују
aumento
aumento
de visitas
de visitas
de organizadores
de organizadores
sindicais
sindicais
a estaleiros
a estaleiros
de obra,
de obra,
одредбе
24-сатног
24-сатног
додатног
додатног
осигурања
осигурања
– 24-hour
– 24-hour
Top Up
Top Up
para verificarem
para verificarem
a aderência
a aderência
ao Suplemento
ao Suplemento
de Seguro
de Seguro
para 24
para
Horas
24 Horasодредбе
Insurance,
пензијско-штедних
пензијско-штедних
исплата,
исплата,
плаћања
плаћања
радничке
радничке
(24-Hour
(24-Hour
Top-Up
Top-Up
Insurance),
Insurance),
pagamento
pagamento
de PPRs
de PPRs
(superannuation),
(superannuation),Insurance,
одштете
одштете
и платних
и платних
стопа.
стопа.
indemnização
indemnização
de trabalhadores
de trabalhadores
e escalões
e escalões
salariais.
salariais.
је само
је само
толико
толико
снажан
снажан
колико
колико
су јаки
су јаки
Међутим,
синдикат
синдикат
Contudo,
Contudo,
o Sindicato
o Sindicato
é apenas
é apenas
tão forte
tão quanto
forte quanto
os sócios
os sócios
que dele
que dele Међутим,
његови
чланови
чланови
и тражим
и тражим
вашувашу
подршку
подршку
у томе
у томе
да седа
поново
се поново
fazemfazem
parte;parte;
por isso,
por isso,
esperoespero
contarcontar
com ocom
vosso
o vosso
apoioapoio
durante
durante
a
aњегови
изгради
јаки синдикат
јаки синдикат
тако тако
да останете
да останете
финансијски
финансијски
чланови
чланови
reconstrução
reconstrução
da força
da do
força
Sindicato,
do Sindicato,
agradecendo
agradecendo
que continuem
que continuem
a pagar
a pagarизгради
as quotas
as quotas
e apoiem
e apoiem
os vossos
os vossos
delegados
delegados
e organizadores
e organizadores
sindicais.
sindicais. синдиката
синдиката
и да подржавате
и да подржавате
вашеваше
делегате
делегате
и организаторе.
и организаторе.
BrianBrian
Parker,
Parker,
Secretário
Secretário
da Secção
da Secção
do CFMEU
do CFMEU
em NSW
em NSW
Секретар
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www.cfmeunsw.asn.au
international action
Paradise lost
The Australian labour movement
has stepped up its support
for Fijian unionists calling on
the Australian Government to
consider economic sanctions
against the Pacific Islands’
military regime.
The call follows the
introduction of draconian laws
that attack human rights and
freedom of association.
ACTU President Ged
Kearney said a new decree
quietly introduced by the Fiji
Government meant anyone who
campaigned for workplace rights
could be considered a terrorist
and placed in jail indefinitely.
She says Fiji’s Prime Minister
Frank Bainimarama has hailed
the removal of the Public
Emergency Regulations (PER),
SANCTIONS: ACTU President
Ged Kearney
which banned public meetings
and freedom of the press.
But at the same time he had
introduced laws that gave his
illegal government sweeping
powers of arrest and detention
without a warrant for 16 days.
Under the new laws, ‘terrorism’
is redefined to cover any act
that is seen to be campaigning
to influence the government
towards change.
“This essentially means that
a Fiji worker or union leader that
asked the ACTU or Australian
Government to pressure the
Fiji Government to change its
draconian ways would be guilty
of an act of terrorism. That person
may be imprisoned for life,” she
says. Kearney said the Australian
Government should reconsider its
recent decision to renew a textile,
clothing and footwear scheme
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SWEEPING POWERS: Commodore Frank Bainimarama
‘
the deal legitimises a regime
that flouts human rights
with the Fijian Government under
a regional trade agreement.
“The agreement ... merely
legitimises an oppressive regime
that has persistently flouted
human rights.”
The new decree also includes:
An application to hold a public
meeting must be submitted to
the police seven days in advance,
with a possible five years’ jail and
$10,000 fine if the meeting goes
ahead without a permit;
Control over freedom of
movement, including where a
person may travel or live in Fiji, at
the discretion of the government;
Any person who makes any
statement, likely to undermine
Fiji’s economy or financial
integrity to face 10 years’ jail and/
or a $50,000 fine.
’
Trade union leader Felix Anthony
has been victimised by the regime
and was recently arrested. He also
claims to have been beaten.
‘’There are many people
who have been tortured, and
there have been no official
investigations into that. No
explanation given … I think [the]
government thinks that all of
this will simply be forgotten over
time,” he recently told the Sydney
Morning Herald.
Fijian trade unionist Rajeshwar
Singh is the latest victim of the
push to silence dissent.
He has been removed from the
country’s Air Terminal Services
board for supporting calls for
tourists to boycott the country in
protest at its ongoing campaign
against trade unions.
What can you do
Stay informed of the latest news from Fiji by visiting
Labour Start at www.labourstart.org
Visit the Your Rights at Work website and send an email
to Commodore Bainimarama asking for the restoration
of workers rights. See www.rightsatwork.com.au/Home/
Campaigns/ for more details.
Write a letter to your local paper highlighting the attacks
on workers and trade unionists in Fiji.
Nike workers
in backpay
bonanza
A Nike factory has agreed to
pay 9 billion rupiah ($950,000)
overtime backpay to Indonesian
workers in a move that could
force other suppliers of
multinational companies to
follow suit.
Nearly 4500 employees at
one of the sportswear group’s
suppliers, the PT Nikomas shoe
plant in Banten province, will be
compensated for close to 600,000
hours of overtime clocked up during
the past two years.
The settlement, reached after
nearly a year of negotiations, set
a precedent for other workers,
said Bambang Wirahyoso, national
chairman of the trade union Serikat
Pekerja National.
‘‘This has the potential to
send shockwaves through the
Indonesian labour movement,’’
Mr Wirahyoso said. Other
multinationals operating in
Indonesia may be the next targets.
The union claims it is standard
practice for Indonesian factory
employees to work seven days a
week without overtime or benefits.
‘‘There are more than 100,000
factory workers in Serang, and
those who are most prone to
overwork are labourers for branded
merchandise, since they have
to achieve certain targets,’’ Mr
Wirahyoso said.
Under the settlement,
employees will be compensated
by early next month. The union has
since set up a text-phone system to
help workers register labour-related
complaints.
Jim Keady, director of the
Catholic non-government
organisation Education for Justice,
who became involved in the case,
said workers claimed they had
worked overtime for the past 18
years without compensation, but
Indonesian law allowed redress
only for the past two years.
Nike said it ‘‘commends the
factory on their action plan and
efforts to correct inadequacies in
current policies designed to protect
the rights of workers”.
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the essay
Fair go
mate,
Uncle Sam
has no idea
36 UNITY
Why is Australia different?
Some key reasons Australia’s tax system is progressive when
compared with America;
Australia has an extensive and
progressive social security system which
means tests most social security payments;
Australia has an unique industrial
relations system based on an independent
labour court (umpire) fixing minimum wages
and basic award conditions of employment;
Australia has Labor governments which
have different values to political parties
of big business;
Australia has a stronger trade union
movement than America;
Big Business has a dominating influence
over US society and government whereas big
business in Australia has lesser influence.
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Australia’s unique system of workplace
relations is built on the basis of the
minimum wage being a living wage and on
a civilised set of conditions of employment
and workplace conditions overseen by an
independent umpire.
Across the Pacific, the US’s deregulated
system of industrial relations has been a
disaster for many millions of American
workers and their families.
The US system has made the rich and
powerful richer and the powerless working
poor even poorer.
There are 46.3 million Americans living
below the poverty line today. They live
on incomes between $15,080 which is the
minimum wage and $22,000 which is the
poverty line.
There would be tens of millions of more
Americans who live on an income between
$22,000 and $30,608 – the minimum adult
wage for a 38-hour week in Australia.
On top of this the average American
worker’s basic conditions of employment are
about half of what they are in Australia.
In the US:
The federal minimum wage is $US7.25/hr
The average amount of annual leave is two
weeks with 25% of workers receiving no paid
annual leave
America has no national laws
guaranteeing paid sick leave and 43% of the
private sector workforce do not receive paid
sick leave.
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Former BWIU leader Tom McDonald takes a look at how
big business’s push to Americanise our workplaces –
aided by Liberal leader Tony Abbott and the Coalition
Opposition – would undermine our society.
Be afraid
Don’t believe Tony Abbott’s rhetoric that
WorkChoices is “dead and buried”. The
Business Council of Australia, other powerful
employer organisations, and senior Liberals
are now calling on Abbott to water down the
workplace rights and protections Australian
workers have.
The type of “reforms” Australian business
and the Liberal Party want to introduce have
the following goals in mind:
1. A low minimum wage
2. No industrial umpire
3.Reduced minimum conditions
of employment
4.Reduced rights for working people
to be heard and protected
5. Privatised essential services
6. Shackled trade unions
7. A tax system which is less progressive
There are many similarities between
these “reforms” and American society. They
both deregulate the labour market and give
employers power over workers.
The challenge for America is that
poverty has become endemic and injustice
has become institutionalised. Those with
power to achieve change resist change and
regard any major reform that redistributes
wealth to the needy as a form of socialism
and un-American. The American Right has
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fought hard against President Obama’s
attempts to reform the country. Even his
plans to establish a watered-down version of
Medicare have been strenuously attacked as
introducing socialism to the United States.
This situation is sought to be justified
on the grounds that radical reforms will
seriously disrupt the American economy,
destroy enterprises and jobs, undermine
investment, rob shareholders, and divide
American society.
Faced with these self-made problems the
US appears to lack the capacity to tackle their
social problems. The result is that the status
quo prevails and thus the rich prevail and
poor Americans live with little hope.
Undermining society
The situation in America is summed up by
Steven Hill, author of Ten Steps to repair
America’s Democracy, who has written:
“Increasingly Americans are paying a
high price for our misreading of reality.
Professors Richard Wilkinson, Robert
Putnam, Henry Milner, and others have
traced the deteriorating social relations
found in unequal societies, showing that
such societies tend to have more violence,
lower levels of trust, less involvement in
community life, lower voter turnout – and
more discrimination against women and
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minorities. As the developed world’s most
‘unequal society’, America is suffering the
slow, cohesive deterioration of having the
wrong values, displaced priorities, and
inadequate fulcrum institutions that are
producing this unequal society.”
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affordable, essential public services are
regarded as evil forms of socialism.
The health system of the richest country
in history rates a lowly 37th in the world.
According to Dr Christopher Murray, director
of the World Health Organisation’s Global
Program on Evidence for Health Policy:
“Basically you die earlier and spend more
time disabled if you’re an American rather
than a member of most advanced countries”.
Shannon Brownlee, of the National
Institutes of Health Clinical Center in the US,
has found the average family of four in the
United States is coughing up $29,000 a year
for health-care insurance plus out-of-pocket
medical expenses and lost wages.
In Europe there is an extensive range of
government-provided services that are far
in advance of what exists in America and in
some cases they are better than what exists
in Australia.
And yet it is a myth that with this comes
higher levels of taxation. Professor Hill has
found that the level of taxation, when all
forms of taxes and service fees are included,
is much the same in Europe and America.
Because of the tax breaks for the rich in
the US, it is ordinary taxpayers who shoulder
the main tax burden.
According to billionaire investor Warren
Buffett, one of the richest men in the world:
“While the poor and middle class fight for us
in Afghanistan and whilst most Americans
struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich
continue to get extraordinary tax breaks.”
The ‘Americanisation’ of Australian
society is not the way forward for Australia.
Different values lead to different policies,
to different outcomes and to the creation
of different societies. Australia has taken
its own path to be where it is today and as a
You die earlier and spend more time
disabled if you’re American rather than
from other developed nations
American capitalism is based on different
values to those cherished in Australia and
Europe. Joaquim Almunia, the European
Commissioner for economic and monetary
affairs puts the difference in values this way:
“For Europeans, economic growth is a tool,
not an end in itself. We are not in a race with
the US. Our goal is not to grow as fast as the
US or anyone else but to do what we need to
protect our economic and social model …
and to keep the moral principles underlining
it alive ... with a fair and comprehensive
system that distributes society’s wealth.”
The American healthcare system
highlights what the American way means
for ordinary people. In America universal,
’
result it has become a more humane and less
unequal society as compared to America.
We have been guided by our values that
include mateship, collectivism and a fair
go for all. We have our own views of social
justice. We have created our own unique
industrial relations and award system which
helped to create a fairer Australia. We have
a system of government capable of delivering
major social justice reforms and we have
recognised that trade unions have a role
to play in creating a fairer Australia.
This is an edited version of the paper.
For a full version visit the union website.
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YOUR HEALTH
Industrial Health Matters
Keep an eye on
fatigue or you may
end up dead tired
It’s no secret the construction industry is
getting more pressurised as time goes by.
Pressures from production schedules and
deadlines mean workers are doing a lot
of overtime and longer shifts, as well as
weekend and night work.
While more money might be made, the
physical and psychological effects can be
a real problem. Workers who are tired
from these kinds of conditions are more
likely to suffer from physical illnesses,
poor psychological well-being, lower job
satisfaction, and a greater conflict between
the demands of their work and home life.
Fatigued workers are also more likely to
be involved in a workplace incident, which
increases the likelihood of serious injury
and death for themselves and others at
work. A recent University of Sydney study
showed fatigue is the number one accident
risk factor for construction workers.
According to the research workers doing
shifts of 17 hours straight have been shown
to have impairments equivalent or greater
than the 0.5% alcohol level that makes it
illegal to drive or operate heavy machinery.
Be aware of these risks, discuss them at
site safety meetings and tell your mates if
they seem tired out from work.
It’s the responsibility of employers to
make sure working conditions are safe and
healthy, and managers should be aware
of the risks that long hours and fatigue
might cause. Fatigue and workplace stress
factors should be part of the regular safety
assessments that companies must conduct
as part of their legal obligations, and don’t
forget that high summer temperatures can
add to tiredness as well.
Peggy Trompf is a University of Sydney
researcher specialising in occupational health
and is a former director of the Workers Health
Centre in Sydney.
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Happy
to be half
the man
had a weight
problem,
Kocic says
previous
dieting
had never
worked.
“I would
A LOAD OFF HIS BACK: Ned Kocic, before and today
lose 10-15
kilos and
says candidly. Under this
then put it
procedure about 80 per
on just as quickly,” he says.
cent of Kocic’s stomach was
Kocic talked to his doctor
removed, forcing him to eat
and decided to have gastric
smaller portions.
sleeve surgery.
Twelve months later
“It was either die or
and almost half his former
have the operation,” he
self at 71kg, Kocic says the
operation was worth it.
“I reckon I’ve added 20
years to my life,” he says
The rates of overweight and obesity amongst adults have
“There was no pain and
doubled over the past two decades with Australia now
I was just three days in
being ranked as one of the fattest developed nations.
hospital,” he says.
“You can only eat about 20
The health problems of obesity include:
per cent of your regular food
Type 2 diabetes
intake so you eat smaller
High blood pressure
portions more often.”
Heart disease
The surgery has been
Sleep apnoea
life-changing: he now runs
Joint problems such as bad knees and hips
around with his teenage
Some cancers
children, has more energy
and needs less sleep because
he sleeps well.
He has also met a new
You can figure out your own body mass index (BMI) if
partner and remarried.
you know your height and your weight. The formulas for
“A lot of people see me
calculating BMI are:
walking around and don’t
BMI = weight in kilograms/height in metres squared
recognise me any more,”
he laughs.
If your BMI is above 25 but below 30, you are
Kocic is well aware
considered overweight. If your BMI is between 30 and
there are many workers
39 you are considered obese. Your doctor can help you
in construction who are
determine your BMI
overweight and recommends
they take action to shed a few
kilos before it is too late.
The range of weight management services available
“I had a friend die recently
includes doctors, dietitians, commercial weight loss
at the age of 40 of a heart
programs and kilojoule-controlled meals. Always consult
attack – it is the biggest killer
your doctor before starting a diet or exercise program.
of men and being overweight
doesn’t help.”
The day Ned Kocic couldn’t
play with his kids any more,
was the day he realised he
had a problem.
Approaching his
40th birthday, Kocic, of
construction recruitment
company Zaned Workforce,
weighed a massive 134
kilograms.
“I could never run around
with my kids,” he says. “I had
no energy. I was borderline
heart attack, borderline
diabetes, borderline
everything.”
Although he was aware he
A weighty problem
Are you overweight?
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Drug & Alcohol
New challenge
for long-term
campaigner
After 10 years convincing building workers
there is no place for alcohol or drugs on a
construction site, Building Trades Group
Drug and Alcohol Program education officer
Tom Simpson has decided to move on.
Foundation co-ordinator Tony Papa
says Tom has joined a newly established
organisation with an offer the Foundation
could not match.
“We are really sad to see him go because
he was so good at what he was doing,” says
Papa. However he says Simpson continues
to be involved with the Foundation referring
new clients to the Callan Park-based facility.
His position will now be filled by Dave
Lakeman who has more than 30 years
experience in rehabilitation.
Lakemen, who spent 15 years working
in the State’s jails as a rehabilitation officer,
TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW: Tom Simpson on the job with the Alcohol and Drug Foundation
says it is a daunting task to take over from
Tom. “They are very big shoes to fill,” he says.
“Tommy was very well known and very well
thought of in the industry.”
However with a few site visits already
under his belt, Lakemen is gratified by the
reception he has received.
For a site visit phone Foundation House
on 9555-7852. If your site wishes to adopt
Foundation House as its Charity of Choice,
contributions can be made by cheque to:
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BSB: 062-032 Acct No: 10022523
Fight for
ongoing funding
Like Mark Twain who once
declared reports of his death
were greatly exaggerated,
Construction Industry Drug and
Alcohol Foundation co-ordinator
Tony Papa wants it well known
Foundation House is very much
open for business.
Having recently taken over
running of the Foundation, Papa
has found himself in the midst
of a political struggle to secure
funding from the NSW State
Government, which has provided
funding for the past nine years.
“We are doing it tough
financially,” he admits, “but we
are still operating, although
we have reduced the number of
residential clients.”
Papa says Foundation House
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has had to reduce staff numbers
due to the funding problems,
but is confident of maintaining
services including family support
groups and the outreach visits to
construction sites.
He says many of the problems
are due to the State Government’s
failure to release $200,000 in
funding due to the Foundation for
the current financial year.
“The financial year ends on
June 30 and we have yet to receive
the funding we had been led to
believe by the Department was
identified”, he says.
“On top of that we are now
having to apply for next year’s
funding. I have tried to speak
with the Minister and I am still
waiting on a response.
“The only other funding we
are receiving at the moment is
through the vending machine
contracts, a handful of canteens
and donations from construction
industry employers.”
Sutherland District Tradies
has also agreed to come on board
with sponsorship. Papa says the
Foundation receives funding as
a 10-bed facility yet provides 28
‘
beds for those trying to overcome
gambling, drug or alcohol
addictions.
“As each year goes by the
value of the $200,000 grant
diminishes,” he says. “Given the
money we save government by
helping addicted members of
the community we should be
given recurrent funding (which
is indexed).”
Given the money we save
government by helping addicted
community members we should
get recurrent funding
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UNITY 39
PROFILE
manna from heaven
It’s been 30 years in the firing
line for Sammy Manna, but he is
not a man to take a step back.
In a working life that has
stretched from Townsville to
Tumut, Manna has always taken
a principled stand for workers
rights. This commitment was
honoured recently when he
received a 30-year service
award from the CFMEU. “It has
been very hard for me to be an
organiser because of language
skills,” he says, “but I’ve done this
from the bottom of my heart.”
It has been a long, but
rewarding journey for the
boy who grew up on a farm in
Calabria in southern Italy.
As a young man, Manna had
no thoughts of a life in Australia,
instead it was at the urging of
his older brother that the family
decided to follow an uncle to the
land down under and the promise
of a better life.
Ironically when the papers for
the family finally came through,
Manna’s brother had fallen in
love and refused to leave so it
was left first to his father and
then Manna to head to Australia,
with his mother and three sisters
following them five years later.
The month-long sea journey
in June 1963 remains one of the
highlights of Manna’s life and he
jokingly suggests he would have
bought another ticket if he had
had the cash.
However one suspects it was
not the long horizons and sea life
that held his interest, so much
as the onboard entertainment in
the form of female companions, a
late-night bar and cinema.
Manna’s passion for workers
rights was cemented in his early
years working in Australia. “I
was working in Queensland and
they were treating us like slaves
and always there was a lot of
Spanish, Italian and Yugoslavs not
speaking English on the jobs and
I was always defending them to
the bosses.”
NEVER A BACKWARD STEP: Sammy Manna and below, receiving his 30-year
service award from then President Peter McClelland
It was this ability to stand
up for his workmates that soon
attracted the union’s attention.
In 1966-67 Manna was one of
about 1200 people working for
Transfield at Liddell powerstation
and was often used by Organiser
Eddie Boatswain as an interpreter.
“Boatswain asked if I wanted
to come on board as an Organiser
but I didn’t want to because I
didn’t think my English was good
enough,” he says. However Manna
stepped up as a delegate where he
revelled in winning the fight.
He recalls helping win a
site allowance for workers on
the Menangle Bridge job near
Campbelltown.
However after winning a fight
to have his workmates down
tools in hot weather, Manna was
sacked.
Remaining true to form,
Manna refused to back down
and won his job back. With this
level of determination it is no
surprise Manna soon came to the
attention of then union leader
Stan Sharkey while working on
extensions at Liverpool Hospital.
After again initially refusing to
take on an officer’s role, Manna
found himself on the job market
when he was sacked because of
his work as a union delegate.
‘
were going from strength to
strength.”
Manna charts the demise of
union power to the election of
Liberal Premier Nick Greiner,
who spent $25 million to set up
the Gyles building industry royal
commission and launched a
taskforce to police the industry.
Then just as the union was
recovering, John Howard and
WorkChoices arrived on the scene.
Although he dismisses any
suggestions of retirement the
66-year-old is proud his son, Ben,
has joined him at the union.
“I think Ben is the same age
I WAS WORKING IN QUEENSLAND AND
THEY WERE TREATING US LIKE SLAVES
“I went to Stan and since then
I’ve been with the union,” says
Manna. In his 30 years, Manna
has witnessed a transformation in
the workplace and union’s power.
“I see a lot of change from
when I started in 1981 with
the union ... it was the time of
no ticket no start and then we
amalgamated with the BLF and
’
as I was when I started, but he’s
much smarter. It is nice to see him
follow in my footsteps and I think
it will be easier for him … I still
have a problem with language and
he hasn’t got that.
“He was at Paynter Dixon for
17 years and always defended
his mates so maybe we’ve got it in
the blood.”