@CFMEU_CG

CFMEU Construction & General Division. Authorised by Zach Smith, Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, Sydney

 Australia
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Joined July 2010
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Lethal Bias is the untold story of the Liberal Party's war to criminalise Australia's construction workers. Where workers & unions face massive fines for standing up against deadly safety breaches while corporate killers go largely unregulated & unpunished lethalbias.com.au
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Workers are breathing in fine dust particles when they are cutting, grinding and drilling engineered stone which can cause deadly silicosis. Support our campaign to help ban it.   stopthiskillerstone.com.au
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Unions and health experts are calling for a ban on deadly engineered stone along with stronger protections for all workers who are exposed to silica dust.   stopthiskillerstone.com.au
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Work Health and Safety Ministers are meeting on Feb 28th. We need this on the agenda. Send them a message and support the campaign to ban this killer stone. stopthiskillerstone.com.au
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Instead of planning a family, Kyle is planning his funeral. Kyle is one of thousands of workers whose life has been ruined by deadly silicosis. Help us and Kyle ban engineered stone to save the lives of Aussie workers at stopthiskillerstone.com.au
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Cbus is encouraging members to check their insurance coverage – click the link for more information. cg.cfmeu.org/news/cbus-ensur…

Cbus – Ensuring you’re protected | CFMEU

Guest post from Cbus Super Fund

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Cutting, grinding and drilling of engineered stone is causing silicosis which is killing Aussie workers. Support our campaign to help ban it. #StopThisKillerStone stopthiskillerstone.com.au
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Tonight at 8:30, be sure to watch Adele Fergusons' exposé on the Silicosis epidemic that is killing young Australian tradies. #StopThisKillerStone
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Watch #60mins story on Sunday night about the Silicosis epidemic that is killing young Australian tradies. #StopThisKillerStone
60 Minutes Australia
@60Mins15 Feb 2023
Australia's young tradies who've been given a death sentence. Sunday on #60Mins, a renovation catastrophe that's led to a global epidemic.

Australia’s renovation nightmare

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Lethal Bias - the untold story of the war to criminalise Australia's construction workers. The documentary details the shocking behaviour of regulators and investigators in their pursuit of working people. lethalbias.com.au/cfmeu-full…
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The CFMEU is calling for an inquiry into the AFP & Joint Union Taskforce which arose from the discredited Heydon Royal Commission after yet another anti-union investigation was abandoned. CFMEU calls for inquiry into AFP as 2015 Qld raids matter dropped cg.cfmeu.org/news/cfmeu-call…
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Seven years after the AFP raided the Queensland offices of the CFMEU in a blaze of publicity and innuendo, the organisation has quietly abandoned its investigation. This is the latest politicised investigation to end in failure for the Joint Taskforce.
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The agencies involved in the Joint Taskforce were handed tens of millions of taxpayer dollars by the former Coalition Government to prosecute unions for doing their job. Watch Lethal Bias: The War to Criminalise Australia’s Construction Workers for more. lethalbias.com.au/cfmeu-full…
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Union wants inquiry into AFP ‘fishing probe’ theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
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🛑 ✋ Have you checked your insurance cover? Log in to the Cbus app to check your cover today: bit.ly/3VVj3wt
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CFMEU WELCOMES ABOLITION OF ABCC: "The ABCC represented the last vestiges of John Howard's Workchoices agenda and its abolition today marks the end of that era's divisive anti-worker legacy." #ausunions #auspol cg.cfmeu.org/news/cfmeu-welc…
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Check out this segment from The Project last night talking about silicosis and our campaign to ban the use of engineered stone. #ausunions #silicosis
The Project
@theprojecttv23 Nov 2022
The CFMEU has given the government an ultimatum over engineered kitchen benchtops, which have left thousands at risk of developing the deadly lung condition silicosis. Former stonemason Dean Morris shares his story. #TheProjectTV

Union Gives Government Ultimatum Over Deadly Benchtops

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Former stonemason and silicosis sufferer Kyle Goodwin is backing our campaign to ban the use of engineered stone. #ausunions #silicosis news.com.au/finance/work/at-…
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"Engineered stone is the asbestos of the 2020s. That’s exactly why we’re taking this extremely rare step of flagging a ban on CFMMEU members working with this killer stone.”- Incoming National Secretary, Zach Smith. #ausunions #silicosis theage.com.au/national/stop-…

‘Stop this killer stone’: CFMMEU wants popular benchtop material banned

The CFMMEU has announced it will ban the use of engineered stone if the federal government fails to do so by 2024, in “industrial action not seen since building and construction unions banned...

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The @CFMEU National Conference heard from former stonemason Kyle Goodwin and Occupational Hygienist Kate Cole and Incoming National Secretary Zach Smith today as part of the launch of our Stop This Killer Stone campaign. #ausunions #silicosis abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/c…

Ban engineered stone or we will, CFMEU tells government

Australia's construction union says high-silica manufactured stone mostly used for kitchen benchtops is so risky for the tradespeople who handle it that it must be banned.

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"If the Federal Government doesn't ban killer stone, the CFMEU will." Read our media release 👇 #ausunions #stopthiskillerstone #silicosis
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