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Global unions that collectively represent more than 70 million workers in 150 countries have launched an international campaign to put pressure on multinational manufacturer Kimberly-Clark to save the jobs of 220 workers at the Huggies factory at Ingleburn, in South Western Sydney.

In a joint statement, UNI and IndustriALL Global Unions condemned the closure, linking the plight of Australian workers to those in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic where Kimberly Clark has also announced factory closures or mass layoffs in recent months.

The CFMEU Manufacturing division is hiring a Senior Organiser to be based in Melbourne.

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Business leaders on bloated executive salaries have been slammed for their hypocritical claims that Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s pledge to boost the minimum wage to a living wage “would take Australia backwards”.

Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union national secretary Michael O’Connor said big business was once again asking workers to shoulder the load and sacrifice their need for a pay rise at the same time corporate profits continued to rise and executive salaries remained bloated.

The Construction Forestry Maritime Mining & Energy Union - Manufacturing Division is currently seeking to appoint a full time Industry Fund Superannuation Coordinator. The work is primarily with members in the Forestry, Forest Building Products, Furnishing, Timber Manufacturing and Pulp & Paper industries. This position is with a national trade Union contracted to a Not-For-Profit industry fund with approx. $3 billion under management. The position is based in Sydney, servicing sites in both Sydney and NSW Regional/Country locations.

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Secretary of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union's Greater Green Triangle District, Brad Coates has called for the establishment of a new, independent safety commissioner for South Australia and for coronial inquests into deaths at work to be mandatory.

Mr Coates said that following the CFMEU Construction and General Division’s submission to the coronial inquest into the death of construction worker, Jorge Castillo-Riffo, it has highlighted the urgency of strengthening our laws surrounding workplace safety.

In a finding with ramifications for every construction site around the country, The South Australian Coroner has recommended that spotters be used whenever scissor lifts are operated on construction sites in order to save construction workers’ lives.

The Coroner today handed down his findings in the inquest into the death of Jorge Castillo-Riffo who was crushed to death by a scissor lift on a Leighton Hansen Yuncken contractors site in Adelaide in 2014.

The CFMEU Manufacturing division is hiring 2 Victorian based organisers.

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Federal Government intervention on behalf of business to wind back the WorkPac v Skene Federal Court decision will give big mining companies the green light to keep exploiting casual workers in permanent, on-going roles.

Despite employer rhetoric about the impact on small business, the Skene decision responds to the exploitative practices of the world’s biggest, richest, multinational mining companies, said CFMEU National President Tony Maher.

The CFMEU is setting up a youth crew in SA to get young workers involved in the union.

The first meeting is coming up this month at the union office in Adelaide.

Come along if your under 35 and bring some workmates along.