CFMEU Manufacturing
The unions representing forestry and timber workers in NSW are calling on the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government to take urgent action to alleviate the crippling national timber shortage.
The unions want the establishment of a NSW Forest Industry Advisory Council to ensure better management and planning of the State’s timber resources in the wake of the 2019/20 bushfires and impacts of COVID-19 on global supply chains.
The CFMEU Manufacturing Division and the Australian Workers Union have made a joint submission to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry recommending the new body, which the union wants to focus on reducing the State’s dependence on imported timber.