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News The CFMEU FFPD has a long and proud history of highly successful media campaigns. We punch above our weight by pursuing a sophisticatred media strategy to ensure that the concerns of our members are well publicised. Below are the most recent CFMEU FFPD media releases which cover a range of issues which affect our members. View by subject: View by type: 1 2 3 4 5 Union Backs Independent Candidate in SA Election - 26 February 2010 Paper workers have voted to back independent Darren O’Halloran to stand as a candidate in the electorate of MacKillop in the South Australian State election to highlight the hundreds of local manufacturing jobs put at risk after the Federal Government allowed foreign-made toilet paper to be dumped in Australia. » more Union Pressures Rudd Govt to Act on Dumping as Jobs Put at Risk - 22 February 2010 Unions have launched a concerted campaign to force the Rudd Government to overturn a decision to allow millions of rolls of toilet paper to be ‘dumped’ in Australia, threatening local manufacturing jobs. » more Paper workers down tools over mill sale - ABC News - 23 December 2009 Workers at the Paperlinx mill in Burnie will walk off the job today, to pressure the company to pay their entitlements before the mill is sold. » more Crunch Time for Region as Paper Mill Winds Up - article from The Age by Ben Schneiders - 10 December 2009 KEN Fraser has worked at the Burnie paper mill for 38 years. His father worked at the mill and his grandfather helped build it during the Great Depression. But in six months the sprawling mill, which employed more than 4000 people in the 1970s, is likely to be shut for good in the latest blow to Tasmania's struggling north. » more Union Applauds Government action on Green Building Council, accountability campaign to continue - 30 November 2009 The CFMEU Forestry and Furnishing Products Division today congratulated Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke for convincing the Green Building Council to adopt a certification scheme that will allow the Australian timber industry to compete for “green rated” building projects. » more Employer 'threatened union rep' Article from 'The Age' newspaper - 20 November 2009 A glass industry employer abused and threatened a union organiser and told him ''I'm coming after you'' after the organiser tried to meet workers at the factory, it has been alleged. » more CFMEU FFPD Notes the Beginning of the Fire Season and wishes regional Australians a safe and happy Summer - 6 November 2009 THE CFMEU FFPD notes the beginning of the fire season in Victoria and wishes regional Australians a safe and happy Summer and holiday season. » more Natural Resources Ministerial Council meeting must act on jobs destroying, unscientific Green Building Council - 5 November 2009 CFMEU Forestry and Furnishing Products Division National Secretary Michael O’Connor has called on today’s meeting of the Natural Resources Ministerial Council to take action against the Green Building Council and its refusal to accredit domestic sustainable timber products for its six star green building credit rating. » more The people of Tasmania deserve certainty on Gunns mill - 4 November 2009 The CFMEU Forestry and Furnishing Products Division today welcomed the Tasmanian Governments position that the proposed Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania’s Bells Bay Industrial Estate needed to be assessed on its merits and fast tracked if possible. » more Vale Bob Richardson 9 June 1943 - 12 October 2009 - 26 October 2009 Bob Richardson dedicated his life to improving the lot of timber workers and all rural and regional Australians. » more 1 2 3 4 5

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