ACTU humiliated as another migrant wages scandal errupts

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By Leith van Onselen

A day after Migration Council chair, Innes Willox, continued his extraordinary campaign against migrant worker rights at the AFR, more than 120 Chinese plasterers that are working on the refurbishment of the Royal Hobart, and 60 Chinese plasterers at two Victorian construction projects, have walked off the job claiming they have not been paid for up two months. From The Australian:

The Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union’s… Kevin Harkins said the men were Chinese temporary visa-holders employed by Melbourne company Accuracy Interiors…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.