About 80,000 workers are expected to hit Melbourne's CBD today, already causing traffic chaos to cars, trams and buses after the protest kicked off at 11am.
Melbourne streets have been flooded with tens of thousands of workers who have walked off the job in a major protest against the treatment of theSeveral streets in the CBD have been closed off to traffic in all directions due to the rally near Trade Hall, including Victoria Street, Lygon Street and Russell Street.'Incredible': How mass pager explosion in Lebanon could have happened
Footage from 9News choppers shows what looks to be over 1000 unionists marching across busy areas across the city.The CFMEU is also staging a protest across Sydney today and the rally is expected to close roads along Elizabeth Street and Macquarie Street near Hyde Park.Sacked union leaders marched across Roma Street Parkland in a rally organised by Your Union, Your Choice.
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