Stop the apprenticeship decline: 457 employers must invest in local training
Businesses employing significant numbers of skilled trades workers on section 457 visas should be compelled to invest in apprenticeships to stop the cycle of skills shortage and apprenticeship decline, the CFMEU said today.
In a new letter-writing campaign, the CFMEU is calling on MPs to back mandated apprenticeship ratios on projects that employ more than 10 temporary overseas 457 workers in skilled trades jobs.
Young Australians to front new 457 campaign
Three young workers hoping for a career in the construction industry will be the human faces of a major billboard campaign starting this week, pushing for more apprenticeships for young Australians and less 457 overseas temporary work visas.
The billboard campaign by Australia’s main construction industry trade union, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), is planned to run for several months across six sites in CBD Melbourne, and may be extended nationally.
FIFO disgrace: BHP refuses to hire locals at new Central Queensland mines
BHP should be condemned for its refusal to hire locals for two new mines in Central Queensland, the CFMEU said today.
While the company is out promoting the popularity of its 100% fly-in-fly-out policy at the new Caval Ridge and Daunia mines with jobseekers from capital cities, it is excluding local workers and undermining regional communities, said CFMEU National President Tony Maher.
