Via Domain:
Victoria’s powerful construction union is pushing for the building industry to be classified as essential when the state moves to a stage 3 shutdown, arguing construction sites should be allowed to operate 24 hours to minimise the number of workers at any one time.
The proposal has been backed by Master Builders Victoria amid “unprecedented co-operation” between unions and industry associations, which are united in doing everything they can to avoid the industry being shut down by the coronavirus.
“People that normally couldn’t sit in the same room together are now sitting down and working on ways to minimise the risk to workers and the public,” said John Setka, the Victorian secretary of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union.
“It is unprecedented the co-operation that is going on … I have been in this industry for 38 years and I have never seen it in my life. For once, we are all in the same boat.”
No we’re not. Shut these bastards down before they kill the elderly in droves.
