The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is calling for improvements in mine safety after the death of three workers in only three weeks. On 16 April two workers were killed when a mine wall collapsed 500 metres underground at a coal mine owned by Yancoal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Then on 6 May a mine electrician was apparently suffocated from noxious chemicals at the Anglo-American grasstree coal mine near Rockhampton, Queesland. The CFMEU’s website is a moving tribute to these and other workers killed at injured in mines. The Australian government is putting the lives of workers at risk by attacking unions through the Royal Commission. Meanwhile Australian courts criminalise unions that strike for improved health and safety, by fining unions for taking industrial action.
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is calling for improvements in mine safety after the death of three workers in only three weeks. On 16 April two workers were killed when a mine wall collapsed 500 metres underground at a coal mine owned by Yancoal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Then on 6 May a mine electrician was apparently suffocated from noxious chemicals at the Anglo-American grasstree coal mine near Rockhampton, Queesland. The CFMEU’s website is a moving tribute to these and other workers killed at injured in mines. The Australian government is putting the lives of workers at risk by attacking unions through the Royal Commission. Meanwhile Australian courts criminalise unions that strike for improved health and safety, by fining unions for taking industrial action.
