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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Builders and the Fair Work Commission are delaying CFMEU members’ pay deals, union leader says

Workers at a CFMEU rally in Brisbane
Electrical Trades Union Victorian secretary Troy Gray says the Fair Work Commission is delaying a ‘cost-of-living pay rise’ for construction workers. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

Blue-collar unions have taken aim at builders and the Fair Work Commission for delays approving pay deals struck before allegations of criminal misconduct and bikie links resulted in the construction union being placed into administration.

Troy Gray, the Electrical Trades Union Victorian secretary, said it was “appalling” that administrators have removed three union-appointed directors from the board of industry super fund Cbus and that enterprise agreements “aren’t getting through” the FWC.

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