CFMEU concreting formworkers seeking 15 per cent pay rise over three years

Ian Kirkwood
Updated October 6 2021 - 6:25pm, first published 4:30pm
PROTECTED ACTION: Mark Cross of the CFMEU at one of two protests today against a company working on the Huntington apartments (seen here, at the right) at Honeysuckle, and The Foundry apartments at Adamstown. Picture: Ian Kirkwood
PROTECTED ACTION: Mark Cross of the CFMEU at one of two protests today against a company working on the Huntington apartments (seen here, at the right) at Honeysuckle, and The Foundry apartments at Adamstown. Picture: Ian Kirkwood

Concreting formworkers at two big apartment projects in Newcastle have taken indefinite industrial action in pursuit of a 15 per cent pay rise over three years, saying the money is to compensate for the "insecurity" of their jobs.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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