Black Dagger
29th August 2007, 16:14
CONSTRUCTING FEAR
Australia’s Secret Industrial Inquisition
Constructing Fear tells the story of Australia’s little known industrial watchdog, the $150 million dollar Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). The ABCC, created following the Cole Royal Commission to put a halt to alleged ‘unlawful practices’ on building sites, has far-reaching powers that strip building workers of basic rights and has had a disastrous impact on the safety and conditions of ordinary Australian men and women.
Constructing Fear is a compelling film that tells the first hand stories of the workers who have been singled out, stripped of their rights and intimidated, and the bravery of those who dared to fight back. Workers like the 107 Perth construction workers now facing individual fines of $28,600 each after a strike over the sacking of a safety delegate and Brodene, a crane driver and single mother of three children, who was threatened with jail after a stopwork meeting following a ‘near-miss’ accident with a train on a level-crossing.
Premiere - Constructing Fear
When: 5pm, Friday 31st August
Where: Guthrie Theatre, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in the Design Building (Building 6) Harris Street, Ultimo (near the ABC and the overhead footbridge)
For more information about Constructing Fear, go to www.constructingfear.com.au
The film premiere is followed at 6:30pm by the opening of the alternate forum to APEC. The forum will focus on people’s rights and workers rights. Speakers include Sharan Burrow, ACTU and ITUC President, Yuri Munsayac, from Asia Partnership for Human Development, and Don Henry, Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The alternate APEC conference is at the same venue on Saturday September 1, from 9.30am – 4.00pm, with panels and workshops, including some documentary screenings. Keynote speakers include: Prof Jane Kelsey from the University of Auckland and Action Resource Education Network of Aotearoa (ARENA), John Sutton, National Secretary CFMEU, and Elmer Labog, Chairperson of the KMU Labor Centre Philippines.
For more information, contact the AFTINET on (02) 9212 7274 or visit www.aftinet.org.au.
Tim Vollmer
Media Liaison Officer
Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union
(NSW Construction and General Division)
Ph: (02) 9749 0405 Fax: (02) 9749 3605 Mob: 0404 273 313
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cfmeu-construction-nsw.com.au/
Unions NSW Your Rights At Work – Get Active - www.nswrightsatwork.com.au
Australia’s Secret Industrial Inquisition
Constructing Fear tells the story of Australia’s little known industrial watchdog, the $150 million dollar Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). The ABCC, created following the Cole Royal Commission to put a halt to alleged ‘unlawful practices’ on building sites, has far-reaching powers that strip building workers of basic rights and has had a disastrous impact on the safety and conditions of ordinary Australian men and women.
Constructing Fear is a compelling film that tells the first hand stories of the workers who have been singled out, stripped of their rights and intimidated, and the bravery of those who dared to fight back. Workers like the 107 Perth construction workers now facing individual fines of $28,600 each after a strike over the sacking of a safety delegate and Brodene, a crane driver and single mother of three children, who was threatened with jail after a stopwork meeting following a ‘near-miss’ accident with a train on a level-crossing.
Premiere - Constructing Fear
When: 5pm, Friday 31st August
Where: Guthrie Theatre, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in the Design Building (Building 6) Harris Street, Ultimo (near the ABC and the overhead footbridge)
For more information about Constructing Fear, go to www.constructingfear.com.au
The film premiere is followed at 6:30pm by the opening of the alternate forum to APEC. The forum will focus on people’s rights and workers rights. Speakers include Sharan Burrow, ACTU and ITUC President, Yuri Munsayac, from Asia Partnership for Human Development, and Don Henry, Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The alternate APEC conference is at the same venue on Saturday September 1, from 9.30am – 4.00pm, with panels and workshops, including some documentary screenings. Keynote speakers include: Prof Jane Kelsey from the University of Auckland and Action Resource Education Network of Aotearoa (ARENA), John Sutton, National Secretary CFMEU, and Elmer Labog, Chairperson of the KMU Labor Centre Philippines.
For more information, contact the AFTINET on (02) 9212 7274 or visit www.aftinet.org.au.
Tim Vollmer
Media Liaison Officer
Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union
(NSW Construction and General Division)
Ph: (02) 9749 0405 Fax: (02) 9749 3605 Mob: 0404 273 313
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cfmeu-construction-nsw.com.au/
Unions NSW Your Rights At Work – Get Active - www.nswrightsatwork.com.au