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What triggered Melbourne’s union protests – from on the ground

27 September 2021

4:00 AM

27 September 2021

4:00 AM

What actually triggered the mass civil disobedience by construction workers last week in Melbourne? The following is a record of the version of events relayed to me from construction workers who were on the ground, massed outside the CFMEU union headquarters in Elizabeth Street just north of Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Market. 

The ‘trigger’, of course, starts with the 230-plus days of lockdown. Construction

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