Newsletter No. 25
AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2004
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Victorian construction workers celebrate 36-hour workweek The Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union’s Victorian branch celebrated the full introduction of the 36-hour week earlier in the year at Melbourne’s Federation Square. The 36-hour workweek came fully into force throughout the construction industry in Victoria from 1 March 2004 and Federation Square was one of the first major construction jobs in Victoria to win a 36-hour week, as part of a workers’ site agreement in 2000. CFMEU Victorian Secretary, Martin Kingham, commended the union’s members, who had ‘been strong and united, determined and disciplined in pursuing the 36-hour week so they can have a better balance between work and family time’ (‘Victorian CFMEU celebrates 36-hour win’ Hard Hat, March 2004). |