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Created Fri 24/05/2013, Last Updated Fri 24/05/2013

457 VISAS – CEOs rally for rights for the 1%

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CFMEU National Office News

Alarmed the Federal Government may announce a tightening of regulations around the use of temporary overseas workers 457 visas, CEOs staged a rally in Sydney’s Martin place today to oppose any changes.

“Any move to tighten use of 457s to get around hiring locals would be a personal assault on our human rights,” said protest organiser C.E.O (Cheaper Employees from Overseas) boss Larry Pines.

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Created Fri 24/05/2013, Last Updated Fri 24/05/2013

Stop the apprenticeship decline: 457 employers must invest in local training

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CFMEU Mining and Energy News

Businesses employing significant numbers of skilled trades workers on section 457 visas should be compelled to invest in apprenticeships to stop the cycle of skills shortage and apprenticeship decline, the CFMEU said today.

In a new letter-writing campaign, the CFMEU is calling on MPs to back mandated apprenticeship ratios on projects that employ more than 10 temporary overseas 457 workers in skilled trades jobs.

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Created Thu 23/05/2013, Last Updated Thu 23/05/2013

Young Australians front new 457 campaign

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CFMEU National Office News

Three young workers hoping for a career in the construction industry will be the human faces of a major billboard campaign starting this week, pushing for more apprenticeships for young Australians and less 457 overseas temporary work visas.

The billboard campaign by Australia’s main construction industry trade union, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), is planned to run for several months across six sites in CBD Melbourne, and may be extended nationally.

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