cfmeu.net.au/news/ News feed from Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union - National. en-gb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:51 EST Copyright: (C) Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union - National, see cfmeu.net.au/site/pages/ for terms and conditions of reuse 15 A building industry union says it had to feed 30 starving Chinese workers who it discovered working illegally and without payment on a Canberra school site. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3468.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:21:00 EST Our Union in Queensland has warned BHP to back off its attempt to provide for the introduction of 14-16 hour shifts at its Central Queensland coal mines. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3467.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:59:00 EST Five years on, it is clear the free trade agreement between Australia and the United States was a dud. Despite the fanfare with which the Howard government introduced it, no tangible benefits have resulted for Australia.Australia's exports to the US in the five years to last year grew by only 2.5 per cent, compared with double-digit growth for exports to all the major Asian trading partners. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3466.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EST Nearly 800 years after celebrated rogue Robin Hood launched raids from their Sherwood Forest hide-out - redistributing wealth from a greedy and corrupt aristocracy to the starving peasantry - he has been recruited to a new campaign. This month, 350 prominent economists have publicly backed a proposed 'Robin Hood tax' on speculative financial transactions, which could raise about $US400 billion ($A450 billion) a year worldwide. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3459.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:57:00 EST The multi-billion dollar profits being gouged from Australian coal should mean job security for mineworkers in the industry and real benefits for our communities ? but it doesn?t. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3454.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:28:00 EST The Ambassador and Head of the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Mr. Izzat Abdulhadi spoke at the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the CFMEU yesterday in Sydney. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3453.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:39:00 EST In all of Australia's modern history, the crime of silence accompanies the death, destruction and denial that obliterates the rights of indigenous people. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's national apology two years ago was a long overdue admission that when a nation lives with officially sanctioned racial discrimination we are all diminished as human beings. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3448.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:09:00 EST ONE of Australia's most powerful trade unions has set itself on a collision course with the Rudd government, backing a campaign against it over the controversial 457 visa scheme for temporary foreign workers. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3438.html Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:35:00 EST As the climate change debate becomes increasingly polarised between the evangelical greens and the flat-earth, climate change deniers, regional communities have become the proverbial meat in the sandwich. Regional communities need practical answers to climate change. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3437.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:41:00 EST As we observe the first anniversary if the horrific firestorms that ravaged whole communities on Black Saturday, a typically scorching summer has again gripped much of Australia, providing a stark reminder that such dangers are a constant threat for those living in a sunburnt country. Tragedies such as Black Saturday have been made possible by poor forest management. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3433.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:58:00 EST A LONG-RUNNING battle in Australia's toilet paper industry has taken another twist, with the federal government overturning a previous ruling to prevent the import of thousands of tonnes of cheap loo paper from China and Indonesia. The offending paper, mainly sold in the form of the Select brand at Woolworths supermarkets, undercut the Australian product by up to 40 per cent. Tens of millions of the bargain-basement rolls were sold. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3431.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:36:00 EST Almost 20 years of guts and determination to fight for the right to bargain collectively with Rio Tinto in the Pilbara have finally paid off with the company agreeing to bargain with our Union for an agreement to cover most employees in its rail operations division. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3430.html Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:29:00 EST This week our Union has sought a majority support determination for workers in Rio Tinto's rail operations, in a bid to bring the company back to the bargaining table in the Pilbara for the first time in more than a decade. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3419.html Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:42:00 EST The CFMEU today welcomed the release of the Board of Taxation?s review of tax rules applying to contractors as vindication of the union?s extensive campaigning on the rorts and rackets in the sector. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3418.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:44:00 EST Miners armed with placards and boards displaying their frustration with US mining giant Peabody lined the road to Mackay Airport yesterday afternoon. The North Goonyella miners were locked out of their worksite last week, without pay for 10 days, after Peabody Energy Australia responded to six weeks of union-organised strikes. cfmeu.net.au/news/rss.xml cfmeu.net.au/news/3415.html Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:01:00 EST