A secret recording of a tense meeting at a Melbourne CBD building site after a worker tested positive to COVID-19 has exposed divisions in the construction industry as it pushes to stay afloat during the crisisMultiplex's $2.8 billion Melbourne Square at Southbank closed temporarily on Monday night after a tradesman tested positive for coronavirus in the second known case at a construction site in Melbourne.
At the time, 20 of the tradesman's colleagues were at home having chosen to self-isolate, but the group was told there was no real idea of how many could be impacted because the infected worker had been on-site all last week. The members stopped work before the site was reopened on Wednesday following advice from the Department of Health and Human Services, the CFMEU said. Only two workers were deemed to have been in close contact and needed to self-isolate.A tradesman who worked on the Multiplex site said he felt uncomfortable being there because it was virtually impossible to physically distance in crowded lifts and site sheds.
Dave Noonan, the CFMEU's national construction secretary, said the industry was operating under the guidance of chief medical officers at state and federal levels. He said every site must have in place the correct health, hygiene and distancing precautions."COVID-19 is a risk that the industry needs to manage if it is to remain in operation through this period," he said.
TammyMills1 ClayLucas Unions should be shutting sites. Impossible to comply to the distancing requirements on a building site. shit effort from our unions who take our fees and are suppose to be there for our safety. do fuckall in reality. Surprised more of us aren’t sick. ETUVIC CFMEU_CG
TammyMills1 ClayLucas Interesting ... in my area there seems to be a view among developers 'I'll finish this bldg if it's the last thing I do.'
TammyMills1 ClayLucas If you can’t “guarantee” a construction workers safety CFMEUJohnSetka CFMEUJohnSetka you shouldn’t be allowing them to work on the job that’s why we pay our union fees for AWUnion
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TammyMills1 ClayLucas DanielAndrewsMP knows he's vulnerable to questioning from LiberalVictoria michaelobrienmp due to pre coronavirusau cost blowouts on metrotunnelvic and others. To avoid more, VictorianLabor fails to protect us in refusing to shut sites down. springst auspol theheraldsun
TammyMills1 ClayLucas Everyone should read this: virus suspected of spreading through normal breathing, not just cough/sneeze.