Australia: Union boss on green building board
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has appointed a trade union heavyweight to its board in the hope of finding new opportunities for ‘green collar’ workers. Sharan Burrow, president of the...
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Australia’s unions are urging the country’s parliament to support government plans to match worker skills to jobs in new, green industries. The draft National Green Skills Agreement announced by the...
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Insulation action as deaths go through the roof
SAFETY HEAT Union warnings on unsafe contractors proved deadly accurate. On 24 November, a 19-year-old died from heat stress, the day after working in the suffocating heat of a ceiling cavity in a home...
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Belated action after Oz insulation deaths
POORLY INSULATED A government programme to insulate homes led to deaths after unscrupulous operators were left to take deadly shortcuts, ACTU's Sharan Burrow said. The Australian government has ordered...
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