Building workers in Melbourne rally for Health and Safety

On the back of a rising number of injuries and deaths on worksites around the southern Australian state of Victoria, the main building trade unions staged a rally on 30 April demanding action.

Even though in the preceding days, the state government and conservative media tried to scare workers from attending, over 10,000 workers marched through the streets of Melbourne to remember the dead and to improve working conditions.

Video on dispute background here.

On the back of a rising number of injuries and deaths on worksites around the southern Australian state of Victoria, the main building trade unions staged a rally on 30 April demanding action.

Even though in the preceding days, the state government and conservative media tried to scare workers from attending, over 10,000 workers marched through the streets of Melbourne to remember the dead and to improve working conditions.

Video on dispute background here.