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CFMEU members can get their hearing tested for free
Created Mon 14/05/2012, Last Updated Mon 14/05/2012

Hearing Loss? make a claim for industrial deafness now before O'Farrell changes the rules!

The O’Farrell Government may be making changes to the laws regarding industrial deafness. We advise that you consider making a claim for industrial deafness as soon as possible to beat O’Farrell’s changes.

 

If you wish to make a claim for industrial deafness please contact the Union’s Legal Department on (02) 9749 0480 to make an appointment for a hearing test.

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Created Sat 28/04/2012, Last Updated Sat 28/04/2012

An invitation to Sunday Telegraph columnist Miranda Devine

The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union has invited Sunday Telegraph columnist Miranda Devine on a “tour of duty” of toxic work sites after she branded concerns over asbestos and radiation contamination “laughable” and “implausible”.

Devine took issue with the CFMEU in her most recent column claiming the union was scare mongering over the presence of asbestos at the Barangaroo development site on Sydney’s harbour and the suspected radiation poisoning of road workers on the Pacific Highway upgrade near Coffs Harbour.

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Created Wed 11/04/2012, Last Updated Wed 11/04/2012

Significant asbestos finds force stop work at Barangaroo

Work has been stopped at the Barangaroo site in Sydney today after a disturbing history of asbestos findings was uncovered by the CFMEU.

After reports of asbestos-like substances from workers on site, the CFMEU investigated and discovered that there had been 13 other finds of asbestos since the project started.

However, despite archaeologists, contractors and others finding and reporting asbestos, at no stage had the manager, Bovis Lend Lease, alerted workers or the community to the potential dangers.

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