WAGES – CONSTRUCTION WORKERS – VICTORIA

Setka’s CFMEU branch backs pay deal worth 20pc

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman, Gus McCubbing
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 18-Jun-24

CFMEU members have backed John Setka’s final deal as Victorian secretary of the union before his retirement. The deal with Master Builders Victoria provides for a 20 per cent increase in pay for construction workers over the next four years and reinstates conditions banned under the former Coalition government’s building code, including union flags on site and union vetoes on rostered days off. The deal is expected to be rolled out to the rest of the construction industry in coming weeks.

CORPORATES
CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY AND MARITIME EMPLOYEES UNION, THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA

CFMEU’s 18 per cent pay grab

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Original article by Ewin Hannan, Patrick Hatch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 26-May-16

Victorian members of the militant Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union have approved a new enterprise agreement for construction workers. It includes an annual wage rise of five per cent for the next three years and a three per cent pay rise the following year. John Setka, the state secretary of the CFMEU’s building division, said members should lock in the pay deal in case the Coalition wins the federal election and makes another attempt to reinstate the Australian Building & Construction Commission.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA, DELOITTE ACCESS ECONOMICS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX LIMITED, PROBUILD PTY LTD, HICKORY GROUP PTY LTD, LU SIMON PTY LTD, BUILT PTY LTD

Master Builders slams pay deal with CFMEU

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 19-May-16

Employees of some building industry contractors in Victoria will receive an annual pay rise of five per cent after securing a deal with the Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union. Master Builders has expressed concern about the above-inflation wage rise and signalled that it is unlikely to endorse the deal. Some industry players have suggested that the contractors agreed to the deal as they feared facing even more demands from the CFMEU if the Australian Labor Party wins the federal election.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA, MASTER BUILDERS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, AUSTANNERS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, FAIR WORK BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA