MAY 2017

WORKER EXPRESS

IT’S A FIZZA

TURNBULL’S 457

VISA FRAUD

OUT:

IN:

Malcolm Turnbull changing the name of the 457 Visa scheme will not end the rorting of temporary work visas.The Liberal Party’s dodgy rebrand of the visa system is a fizzer, just like the Prime Minister.When the CFMEU campaigned against temporary work visa rip offs two years ago, the Liberal Party attacked our union as racist and claimed there were no problems with the temporary visa system. Now, Malcolm Turnbull has been forced to take action as public outrage has grown over widespread abuse and as polls show his unpopularity.Turnbull’s rebranded 457 Visa stunt:

� Ignores rampant abuses of other temporary visa classes, including working holiday and student categories,

� Leaves labour market testing up to employers, against the advice of the government’s own inquiry,

� Means that many trades including carpenters, bricklayers, painters, plasterers, electricians, plumbers and fitters are still open for are still open for temporary overseas workers,

� Does nothing to address the inadequate monitoring and enforcement of temporary migrant visas.

� Does not abolish measures in the government’s building code, which ban apprentice ratios and preference clauses for Australian residents and citizens.

The more you examine this announcement, the more it looks like lipstick on a pig.

‘NEW’ TEMPORARY WORK VISA OCCUPATION LIST

(STILL)

� Bricklayer � Carpenter � Joiner � Painting

trades � Glazier � Fibrous

Plasterer � Solid

Plasterer � Stonemason

� Wall & Floor Tiler

� Plumber � Electrician � Welder � Fitter � Metal

Fabricator � Sheetmetal

Trades

� Auctioneer � Deer Farmer � Goat Farmer � Golfer � Homeopath � Judge

� Migration Agent

� Retail Buyer � Singer � Sports

Umpire

The Turnbull Government has given the AFP a $321,000,000 funding boost. If they weren’t so focused on the Liberal Party’s

political agenda, they might not need the extra money to tackle terrorism, drug cartels, paedophiles and people traffickers.

Illegal raids, phone taps, charges and prosecutions against Libs political enemies buys $321 Million funding boost!

Except for one?AWU INVITES ABCC INTO

DELEGATES MEETING.

THE APOLOGY

AWeakUnion

THE UNION MOVEMENT STANDS UNITED AGAINST TURNBULL’S

ANTI-WORKER ABCC

? “Seeking clarity from the ABCC was a mistake,’’ Mr Davis said. “The AWU stands with all construction unions in strong opposition to the ABCC. Every union member should be fighting to abolish the ABCC, not unintentionally finding ways to give it credibility.”He attacked the “ideologically driven” ABCC, claiming the other unions, including the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union, had been “targeted, vilified and hounded” by Mr Hadgkiss and the regulator.He said the powers of the ABCC, and the building code provision s, were “un-Australian”.

Victorian Labor Infrastructure Budget

New Projects CostM80 Ring Road upgrade $673m

Mordialloc Bypass $300m

North East Link planning $100m

Melbourne Park redevelopment- stage 3

$271m

Northern Hospital expansion - stage 2

$162m

Youth justice facility (Werribee) $288

Existing Projects CostCasey Hospital expansion $139m

Geelong Hospital upgrade $118m

Goulburn Health redevelopment (Shep)

$170m

Monash Children's Hospital $271m

Royal Ear and Eye redevelopment

$201m

An increase in jobs on infrastructure projects is welcome and the CFMEU will renew our focus on organising civil work to make sure Members are employed, conditions are good and and work is safe.

Big infrastructure investment, but will the jobs go to grubby subbies?