CFMEU Construction and General Division - Victorian Branch

Your union covers workers in the construction industry, working on and off building sites. We also have members working in maintenance, the power industry, boiler rooms, oil refineries and more.

If you want to be a member of a union that sticks up for workers and isn't afraid to take action, you need to be a member of the CFMEU.

The union's successful bargaining campaigns continue to deliver high wages and better conditions like superannuation, redundancy pay and income protection. In 2000 this branch of the CFMEU won the 36 hour week, giving workers 26 paid days off a year.

The CFMEU never compromises on safety. We back up our workpkace health and safety reps and give them the training they need to minimise risks to workers. In construction you enforce your safety rights by being a member of the CFMEU.

The CFMEU believes strongly in training. Our accredited training and education unit runs courses in all aspects of construction work as well as first aid and industry induction. The unit also builds up our strength by training shop stewards.

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The collective strength of CFMEU members has made us the envy of other workers and hated by many employers and conservatives. These people would prefer to see workers divided and be able reverse hard-won gains.

Under the Howard Liberal Government they went so far as to set up special laws and a taskforce for the construction industry which attempt to make  union activity illegal. This was a blatant attack on the rights of a group of Australian workers, which breached the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was condemned by the International Labor Organisation.

Despite Howard being turfed out for his anti-union stance, and Labor's promise to restore our rights, the Australian Building and Construction Commission continues its war against building workers.

In 2010 Adelaide rigger Ark Tribe could be jailed for 6 months for refusing to answer questions about a safety meeting.