The head of the building industry watchdog says he will keep pursuing new investigations and legal action over unlawful union behaviour.
The head of the building industry watchdog has said he will keep pursuing new investigations and legal action over unlawful union behaviour despite the Albanese government ridiculing the agency for pursuing trivial issues.
, which bans restrictive enterprise agreement content and certain conduct on building sites, and has threatened to defund the ABCC if it can’t pass legislation to abolish it. He said Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke did not consult him about the scrapping of the building code this week, which put 36 jobs at risk.“We got through a difficult period [during the pandemic] but that doesn’t compare to the stress occasioned by the fact I can’t tell any one of the 142 staff that their job’s safe. They’ve got no guarantees, I’ve got no guarantees.
“The only substantive contravention that exists under the BCIIP Act that would disappear if it’s repealed is unlawful picketing,” he said.On union claims that the ABCC had harassed workers over having union stickers at work, he said the building code’s sanctions only applied to contractors tendering for Commonwealth work.
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