NSW: Building unions push for more leisure time

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NSW: Building unions push for more leisure time

By Natalie Davison, Industrial Reporter

SYDNEY, Feb 22 AAP - Building unions will push employers for more rostered days offas part of a joint union case for better working conditions for 100,000 construction workersin NSW.

Talks between key building unions have started with a claim for more leisure time tobe lodged by September 30, when agreements for thousands of building workers expire.

Unions involved in the claims are the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union(CFMEU), the Australian Workers Union, the Electrical Trades Union, the Communications,Electrical and Plumbing Union, …