Action on Climate Change
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What the construction industry is doing to curb greenhouse emissions. And further actions needed.
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NASA, Australia's CSIRO, and 97% of climate s... ... International Energy Agency indicates that the battle to limit temperature rises to no more than 2 degrees Celsius is already struggling. There is no time to lose.In construction, products like concr... ...teps to reduce carbon emissions in buildings and infrastructure.Construction workers who have built Green Star-rated office or residential properties are front-runners in this new approach. The change... ...ining, but "It's the best way to go," those workers are telling the CFMEU. See Photo Galleries: Our Green Star JobsBesides Green Star-rated new buildings, retrofitting existing buildings will also be required to improve their energy efficiency.New York's 80-year-old Empire State Building leads the way on the benefits of retrofitting. For examples of Green Star-rated buildings in Australia go to: Cbus Property - One40 William, Perth; 1 Bligh Street Sydney; 171 Collins, Melbourne Hutchinson Builders' Santos Place, Brisbane Grocon's Pixel Building in Melbourne. Incentives drive InnovationFrom November 1, 2011, people selling or leasing office space of 2000 square metres or more in Australia will have to obtain and disclose an up-to-date Energy Efficiency Rating. That's an incentive to build Green Star-rated properties or to retrofit existing buildings.Similarly, putting a price on carbon emissions generally drives industry to be more efficient and produce less carbon.Without a carbon price, there is no incentive for the big polluters to invest in new technologies to lower carbon emissions.A carbon price will not force industries to close and lay-off workers.The CFMEU believes the big end of town undertands that carbon pollution will be priced in Australia. That's why Governments and big corporations are demanding low-carbon buildings. The scare campaign being run by big business now is aimed at maximising the compensation they can squeeze from Australian revenue.CFMEU response to carbon pricingThe CFMEU takes very seriously members' concerns about the cost of living and fears that jobs may be jeopardised by the move to a greener economy. Therefore, the Union's response to carbon pricing is:All revenue raised must be used to compensate households and provide job security.Unions must be consulted about industry assistance to ensure job security is the priority in compensation, not protecting excessive profits.The Government must tighten anti-dumping legislation and abandon further free trade measures while our manufacturing sector is under pressure.Download the CFMEU Action on Climate Change flyer for more information.Other useful linksCFMEU Mining & Energy Division Climate Change CampaignCFMEU FFPD Anti-Dumping CampaignAMWU Campaign on Climate ChangeNSW Nurses Union Climate change is a health issue NSW Nurses Union Undeniable Economic Impacts of Climate ChangeACTU Climate Change and Jobs Campaign - including fact sheets and docs.Keep informed, monitor the debate via In the Press on this website.
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Carbon emissions reached a record high in 2010, according to the International Energy Agency. 80% of projected emissions from the power sector for 2010 are already locked in.
78% of New York city's greenhouse gas emissions comes from buildings, mostly from the use of electricity and natural gas - NY Times.
The energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings was responsible for half the UK's greenhouse gas emissions in 2007 - Sir John Harman Chair, Environment Agency.
The Empire State retrofit resulted in 40% energy savings and paid for itself in 3 years.
Under the Federal Government's proposed carbon tax, only the biggest businesses will pay anything.
Consumers will not be taxed and most will receive compensation or tax cuts for any electricity price rise.
A handful of big businesses – GE Capital, AGL, BP, IKEA, Linfox & Pacific Hydro - call for a carbon price asap. “We need to stop thinking this will mean acting ahead of the world,” says GE CEO Steve Sargent. “Germany has broken the nexus between strong economic growth, strong trade growth and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. We [Australia] have grown our economy but are no. 6 of the worst performing greenhouse gas emitters per capita behind Bahrain, Brunei & Qatar.” The Age April 16, 2011 In the Press.
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O’Farrell dumps on western Sydney
For all his posturing about being a Premier for the western suburbs, Premier Barry O’Farrell is showing his true colours over a radioactive problem.
His role as the local MP for the northern suburbs seat of Ku-ring-Gai appears to have taken precedence over his position as the Minister for Western Sydney with suggestions contaminated waste from a radioactive site in Hunters Hill will be buried at Kemps Creek in the city's west.
Slam the Sham
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Green Bans 40th Anniversary
...We saved this city: construction workers mark 40th anniversary of first Green Ban Imagine it: McDonalds at Centennial Park; modern high-rise at The Rocks; a “privatised” harbour foreshore lined by hig... ... Wollongong we live in would look like now, if not for the CFMEU and its predecessor unions’ use of Green Bans.Today, June 16, the CFMEU marks the 40th anniversary of the first green ban. On that day Jack Mundey, then NSW secretary of the Builders Labourers’ Federation (BLF), joined forces ... ... Mundey, Joe Owens and the late Bob Pringle, with the support of other unions, imposed more than 42 green bans to protect heritage buildings, parks, bushland and even historical suburbs in Sydney. The... ...ng the recently created Jack Mundey Place in The Rocks. For Mundey and his comrades, the use of the green ban was a natural extension of workers’ rights. “It’s not much use us getting great wages and ... ...build chokes us to death,” Mundey said in a 1972 interview.A continuing proud traditionIn the 1990s green bans re-emerged in NSW under the leadership of CFMEU Secretary Andrew Ferguson and President P... ... Wharf at Woolloomooloo, which lasted for 2.5 years and eventually saved the wharf. In Erskineville green bans saved scarce green space from being developed and is now commemorated as Green Ban Park. At Pyrmont, children splash in a wondrous waterpark playground built on land that, save for a green ban, would now be privatised harbour foreshore. Peter McClelland says groups that seek the union’s help in saving their urban environments do not often realise the cost to the workers involved. “When we place green bans, we are sometimes acting contrary to our members’ best interests in terms of securing work and during John Howard’s government, workers faced huge fines if they took industrial action,” he says. Some victories took time to achieve. In Newcastle a ban was placed in 1973 on demolition in the historic East End and foreshore. Fourteen years later the world’s longest green ban ended with a State government announcement that the area would be saved. CFMEU members can be rightly proud to be part of the green-ban tradition, says NSW State Secretary Mal Tulloch. “Cities are often full of monuments to important ‘peopl...
Construction workers take up the Climate Change challenge
...n to business must go to protecting jobs in vulnerable industries, not to increasing the profits of greedy bosses. The Union also demands that real new jobs are created in ‘green’ industries – Australian workers should be designing and manufacturing wind mills or solar energy panels, fo... ... for big polluters to spend the money on new technologies to achieve those goals. In construction, ‘greening’ of our buildings has not caused the industry to collapse. On the contrary, designers have ...
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CFMEU NSW EBA
...The CFMEU along with other building unions campaign for Union Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBAs) on all sites. Our EBAs provide for wages well in excess of minimum award rates plus extra allowanc... .... Delegates and co-delegates need to be elected in every company, and on large sites.WagesThe Agreement provides for a 2.5% wage increase every 6 months commencing March 1st, 2009. On our ... ...f Pay page you will find all the rates of pay for 2009, 2010 and 2011 when they apply.Find an AgreementClick here to search Fair Work Australia for your agreement.Copy of Your Agreement Each worker has a legal right to obtain a copy of his/her EBA from the employer. If your employer ...
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... to and improves those benefits paid by workers compensation insuranceFor further informationOffice street address Level 12, 9 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000Ph: 02 9376 7888 / Toll free 1-3000-COVER By fax 02 9223 1422Email...
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