Victorian Trades Hall Council. The voice of Victorian workers since 1856.Victorian Trades Hall Council. The voice of Victorian workers since 1856.

Campaign to have the ABCC Abolished

7 May 2008
by Brian Boyd, VTHC Secretary
 
National Building and Construction Unions (CFMEU, CEPU, AMWU, AWU), State TLC’s (Unions NSW, QCU, VTHC) and the ACTU recently launched a campaign to have the ABCC abolished.

On the 6th May last at an historic national gathering of senior union officials in Brisbane an agreement was reached for a sustained campaign to achieve this aim.

The meeting agreed that the original creation of the Building Industry (Improvement) Act 2004, the Building Interim Taskforce (B.I.T.) and the ABCC was based on the beat-up politically motivated activities of the Cole Royal Commission, set up by the now defunct Howard Government.

The meeting determined that all building unions would unite and co-operate across the country, in order to mount a political and industrial campaign to see an end to the ABCC’s anti-democratic interference in the industry.

The meeting determined to conduct specific defensive campaigns around individual officials, delegates and rank and filers, singled out by the ABCC for legal victimisation.

The meeting finally determined that the campaign would be disciplined and seek the support of the wider trade union movement and the community at large to ensure a fair outcome for all building workers.

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