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"Excessive hours of work are destroying the health and family life of building workers "

QUALITY OF LIFE CAMPAIGN FOR WORKERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF SYDNEY

The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is campaigning for quality leisure time for building workers. Excessive hours of work are destroying the health and family life of building workers. Equally important, safety standards are jeopardised, which undermine worker and public safety. Building workers are often required to work ten hours per day, six days per week.

The CFMEU and other building unions have negotiated with all major builders and employers a prohibition of work on the weekend and industry-agreed rostered days off adjacent to public holidays. This means a quality break from work for six weekends during the working year.

Unfortunately, a small number of unscrupulous developers and contractors are refusing to cooperate. In response, legitimate employers who agreed with increased leisure supported by the building unions are seeking endorsement of local government.

Specifically, the proposal is for the prohibition of work for long weekends be included in all Development Applications (DAs) so that shonky contractors do not get a competitive advantage. Many municipal councils have already endorsed this prohibition.

The CFMEU calls upon the Sydney City Council to endorse our proposal. This will be a win not just for building workers and their families, but for thousands of residents who now live in the City of Sydney and adjacent suburbs.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
Fill out the email form below to show your support for our campaign. When you click on the SUBMIT YOUR SUPPORT button, this will email your protest to the Mayor of Sydney City Council, and to all of the City of Sydney Councillors.

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By submitting this form you will be sending an email to the Mayor of Sydney City Council, and to all of the City of Sydney Councillors.

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To: Clover Moore and the City of Sydney Councillors, I am a resident in the inner city living at the above address. I have recently received a leaflet from the CFMEU in respect of their campaign for more leisure time for their members. Already most building sites are closed on the long weekends. No work takes place in the CBD. However, it is the smaller non-union sites often in the suburbs where residents live that continue to work. This is a sensible and reasonable campaign. I call upon you to support a ban on work on the long weekends as requested by the CFMEU. This will be a win for workers, residents, families and the community.

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