Thursday, March 1, 2012

Vic: Thousands of locked out workers set for blockade


AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2000
Vic: Thousands of locked out workers set for blockade

MELBOURNE, Feb 22 AAP - Thousands of locked-out Melbourne building workers are expected
to blockade the offices of the peak builders' association in the increasingly bitter fight
over a 36-hour week.

The Master Builders' Association of Victoria (MBAV) has employed security guards and
has requested a police presence ahead of the expected blockade.

"The unions have already signalled that they're going to barricade our building on
Tuesday and Wednesday," MBAV executive director Brian Welch said yesterday.

Meanwhile building unions have …

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