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‘Blue-collar workers are not terrorists!’

22 November 2008

On November 16, the Community Solidarity group took part in the annual Fremantle Festival parade, calling for the Rudd government to repeal all of the Work Choices legislation and completely scrap the Australian Building and Construction Commission’s powers.

The float included a cage in which two members were “imprisoned”, with the slogan “No Guantanamo-style ‘justice’ for construction workers” and “Blue-collar workers are not terrorists”.