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Rebuilding Australia after the boom |
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March 2009
The years of constant rapid growth in the mining industry have
finished. Significant job cuts are being announced. The world’s
financial system continues to be in turmoil - but it's not all doom and gloom, finds General President Tony Maher.
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Tony Maher on SkyTV's Eco Report |
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9 February 2008
Tony Maher was interviewed on by Willessee on SkyTV's Eco Report regarding carbon capture and storage technologies and cleaning up the emissions of the coal industry.
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UN Climate Conference, Bali |
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14 December 2007
President Tony Maher had the honour of representing trade unions worldwide when he addressed the UN Climate Conference in Bali, Indonesia.
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Mythbusters in the Mining Industry |
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19 July 2007
President Tony Maher's speech to a Recruitment and Retention in Mining Conference:
Mythbusters in the Mining Industry
Will Employee Rights see off the Mining Boom?
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Tony Maher videos on John Howard and climate change |
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March 2007
The union has made use of the video-sharing website YouTube to present two short videos by Tony Maher, General President. The first recounts the long history of attacks on mineworkers by Prime Minister John Howard. The second is on the continuing role for coal in a world combating climate change.
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WorkChoices & the future of unions |
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20 November 2006
Speech by Tony Maher, General President, to the IQPC Industrial Relations Summit in Sydney.
"No doubt some will say that the next election will be a referendum on whether or not unions have a future. "
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What is the future of work safety? |
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20 October 2006
Tony Maher speaks to the IR Society of Victoria about the disaster at the Gretley Colliery nearly 10 years ago and considers the future of work safety.
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John Maitland's retirement |
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17 August 2006
With John Maitland’s retirement we pay tribute to the last of the original architects of the CFMEU.
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Work Choices? What do I really think about it? |
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Tony Maher, General President
Address to the NSW IR Society, 5 April 2006:
"I’d like to thank John Howard for Work choices. It has reminded people
in the labour movement why we were formed, what we stand for and why we
hate these Tory bastards so much." |
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Book launch: Lockout |
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12 April 2006
"Nothing reveals the huge imbalance in power between capital and labour as sharply as a lockout."
Launch of the book “Lockout” by Jim Comerford.
Speech to Northern District delegates and retired mineworkers, Cessnock, NSW
by Tony Maher, General President, CFMEU Mining & Energy
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Howard’s grab for coal Long Service Leave is highway robbery |
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Tony Maher, August 2005
For coal mineworkers in Queensland, NSW, WA and Tasmania, Long Service
Leave entitlements are covered by our federal Coal Mining Industry
Award. It has been so since coal miners broke through as the first blue
collar workers in 1949 to win this entitlement.
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