More than 1000 construction workers have walked off the job at the Barangaroo building site in Sydney, and wont return until Monday morning. The workers, who are members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, voted to walk off the job on Thursday morning in protest against the suspension of a union delegate in late March. CFMEU NSW secretary Brian Parker said the delegate, Peter Genovese, was stood down on trumped-up charges, including offensive language, alleged assault and for being a representative on the board of Comet Training, which is part-owned by the union. Frustrated: CFMEU NSW secretary Brian Parker. Frustrated: CFMEU NSW secretary Brian Parker. Photo: Nick Moir Weve been frustrated about it and asked Lend Lease to get the delegate back to work. They havent done that. We took it to the workers and they resolved to walk off the job until Monday, Mr Parker said. Read more: smh.au/nsw/union-protest-at-barangaroo-1000-workers-walk-off-the-job-20140724-zwa8n.html#ixzz38NFas4tS
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:49:37 +0000
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